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[[underline]] Mountain Pond [[underline]]

Gentiana Andrewsii and linearis, a couple of species of Sisyrinchium and various marsh ferns.

The flora of the Mountain Pond woods is that  generally characteristic of the Adirondack forests. These are essentially evergreen woods, varying from tall trees towering like spires up into the air, to low shrubs. The red spruce, balsam, hemlock, red and white cedar, and red and white pine are generally common. In cold swamps are tamarack and black spruce. Oaks and maples are also abundant.

The vicinity of Mountain Pond is a paradise for mushrooms and the meal when we did not have a quantity of these was an exception. To pick up a few mushrooms, remove the heads, and put them in a frying-pan was but the work of a moment. But no person should attempt to eat mushrooms unless he knows what species are poisonous and what edible and can distinguish between them. More lives are lost every year and more severe illnesses caused by the wrong knowledge of mushrooms than by a total lack of knowledge. No general rules for determining the edibility of mushrooms can be established. A few of the [[underline]] worthless [[underline]] rules which

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[[underline]] Cooking at Mountain Pond [[underline]]