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forest and swamp. Rosebush Falls proved a most satisfactory collecting 
ground, as the many fine things reported from here attest. The creek which 
here falls over a perpendicular ledge of some twenty feet, close to the Lake 
shore, was followed up for about one-half mile. 
4. — July 31, the trip along the Gunflint trail to the large swamp about 
ten miles north of the camp. This yielded especially fine Sphagna. 
5. — August 5, a trip along the mail trail to Two Harbor, to a point about 
three miles beyond Rosebush creek. 
6 — August II, 12, two exploring trips over Grand Portage Island, com- 
prising about seventy acres of rocky and wooded territory, an area with a 
very rich and varied moss flora. The party had meanwhile been conveyed 
by steamer to Grand Portage Island, and by permission of its owner, Pete 
Gagnon, had pitched camp on the north side of it. 
7. — August 13, a trip to the mainland to the east of the island, thence 
following the trail to the base of Mount Josephine, 1,328 feet alt. (i. e. above 
sea level) about a mile inland. The mountain was ascended from the west 
side without difficulty, though in places the ascent was quite steep. 
8. — August 14, another trip to the mainland, and to the base of Mount 
Josephine, resulted in striking a very rich moss flora, including Sphagna, 
principally on the edge of a small lake or pond without outlet, bordered all 
around by a sphagnum bog. 
9. — August 15, the last trip, at least of the writer, on this expedition, to 
Hat Point, the bold rocky wood covered peninsula projecting southward for 
several miles into Lake Superior from Mount Josephine. The region is 
indescribably rugged, being extensively covered by. gigantic jagged frag- 
ments the size of houses, the interstices between which are frequently 
bridged over by huge cushions of moss, and the shaded sides of which are 
covered with great colonies of lichens. This proved to be one of the richest 
collecting grounds visited on this expedition. 
The material gathered from the several localities above named yielded 
two hundred and thirty-one species, varieties and forms, one hundred and 
forty-five, given herewith, have not before been reported from Minnesota. 
Several are new to North America. Specimens of all species, etc. from all 
stations are deposited in the Herbarium at the University of Minnesota. 
Acknowledgements — The following persons haye aided in determining 
groups of mosses for this report: Dr. A. J. Grout has named principally 
the species of Eurhynchium and Brachythecium ; Dr. G. N. Best princi- 
pally species of Leskea, Thuidium and Orthotrichum ; Messieurs Cardot and 
