1875. June 17 Second day — Ascent of Wachusett — Drive to Bridge etc.—155 Chordless but very smoky & somewhat warm in forenoon. Started up the mountain immediately after breakfast. The distance to the summit is 4/5 of a mile but we occupied nearly an hour in getting over it stopping often by the way to listen to Bird or examining the ferns of which very many beautiful and varied forms abounded. The entire upper half of the mountain is covered with a dense growth of oak, walnut, birch and maple, their comparative abundance ranking nearly in the order in which they had named. Near the summit rather stunted growth of the first & constitutes almost exclusively the arboreous vegetation and here I was much pleased in detecting the first typical forms [illegible] of the Canadian flora in the bunch berry (in full blossom) abundant, and the berries of which about 40 stunted examples were noticed. Roaming about the door of the