BELOW NIAGARA 
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down a root from its point and produce a dependent 
offspring, climbs up on the moss-covered rocks in 
all kinds of inaccessible places* The delicate little 
Pellaea prefers the high, overhanging face of the cliff, 
where it secures a footing in the little holes bored by 
the cataract in earlier days* The Bulbed Fern, with 
its interesting, seed-like appendages, is quite common, 
and the tall, imposing Goldiana has found a habita- 
tion in the perpetual rocky shade. The Maiden-hair 
Fern demands admiration, and many other varieties, 
rare and common, enrich the hollows and crevices 
with almost tropical profusion* An Indigo Bunting's 
nest hanging in the fronds of a fern was an interesting 
discovery* The anxious father came around in his 
handsome blue coat and chirped excitedly while the 
mother hid in the Witch-hazel bushes ; but only one 
of the four nestlings was sufficiently confiding to 
raise his open bill for food. All the wild flowers 
of the district, from Hepatica to Golden-rod, grow 
confidingly, the sturdy Painted Trillium and the 
delicate Herb-Robert being most abundant. Nature's 
dominion is supreme in the glen, and her handi- 
work is there, from salt water molluscs to conifer 
trees. Vegetation is splendidly neglected and at the 
same time safely protected from landscape gardeners 
and other vandals. 
