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Plokerlrw I sland proved to be the moet heavily wooded of any visited. 
There sjs not ticse to ssf ke a coiaplete survey of the plants, bnt in a 
bojj^jy part of the woods a most liunriant growth of ferns was seen - 
Spimilose, Lady, Oak, Long B-’Cch, Brake, Dioksonla, ^lensitive, 
CJlnnaiaon rnd vlolete of rank diaensions, while a veritable Paredlse 
of aoesee delighted the bryologists of the party. The moe see were 
not only beautiful but so varied end sorae rare and unusual ones, as 
well as coaaon mosses and liverworts. Here too, grew Vlld Celle, 
OyprlpediuE aoeule, the rarer Jack in the Pulpit (var. itewerdsonii) 
the tiiree leaved Smilacina. In this part of the woods hermits were 
8 lni; 5 ini; gloriously as well as parulas end golden crowns. Amoru' the 
good pitntE on this Islrni, not found on those previously visited, 
were Wpetrum nigrum (Orowberry) Sea-side Crowfoot, One flowered 
Pyrola (Joneses grandiflora) Potentilla Pennsylvenlca (pectinate). 
At least six species of violets were seen. Skunk Currant sbmmded 
and beds of Lycopodiuia annotlnium and lucidulum, with less 
Lycopodium obscurum, Lysliaachia terrestris, Eoiloblura nugustlfoliuiB, 
Both elder E, both oomiaon alders, Balsam Fir, two kinds of birch end 
the laiite Spruce made up the woody section. Shrubbery Hhue fox 
(Poison Oak; was common on the shore, also Dodder, Colrces and grasses 
were better represented than elsewhere. Twin flower and Wood sorrel 
carpeted the woods. 
Partial list of plants on i»ickering Island . July 10, 1933. 
Pteris ftcrulllan 
Asplenlum Filix-femina 
Aspldiura fipinulosura 
^ Thelypteris 
Oloksonls punctllobula 
Osasunda clnnsmomea 
Phegoptcrls polypodiodes 
* Dryopteris 
Onoolea sensibllis 
Squlsetum sylvaticu® 
Pioea Cfnadensis (much) 
Abies balEsraca 
Triglochln meritima 
Lyoopodlum annotinum 
* obscuruia 
*♦ lucidulm 
Crass ©e 
Anthoianthum odoratum 
Agrostie tlba var. vulgaris 
^ pereimans 
* hyemalis 
Danthonis spicata 
Deschajapsia fleauosa 
Daotylis glomerate 
Poa coiaprcEsa 
" pratensls 
*• glaucc 
Puooinellia msxltima 
Festuca clatior 
* ovina and rubra 
Agropyron rep ens 
