Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... VI The Plant Societies, A. The Rock Societies. a. The Crustaceans Lichen Society. b. The Reindeer-Iceland Moss Society. The Alpine-Tundra. The Krummholz. I. The North Basin. The Picea-Abies Forest. The Roches Moutonnees Society. THE ALPESTRINE MEADOW SOCIETIES. a. The Pioneer Stage. b. The Meadow Stage. c. The Shrub Stage. THE POND-BOG SOCIETIES. a. The Pond Societies. b. The Sphagnum Bog Society. VII. Conclusions. B. C. ln the spelling of this name Mr. Harvey has followed J. Hammond Trumbull, William Willis and C. E. Potter, authorities on the Abscalka language; also Thoreau, Dr. Chas. F. Jackson, and others. From the White Mountains, on the eastern borders of New Hampshire, a mountain system traverses the State of Maine in a northeastern direction terminating in Mars Hill on the eastern boundaries of Aroostook county near the St. John's river. This system, presumably archean in age, has many notable interruptions and is represented now and then merely by widely distant hills and low peaks. From its southwest extremity in the White Mountains, of which Mount Washington (6,300 feet) is the highest peak, the elevation decreases toward the Kennebec river where the first appreciable break in the system occurs. Here the range gives way to an extensive stretch of low hills and broad swells reaching nearly to the eastern border of the State. From out this plain occasional high peaks arise, such as Mount Kineo on the eastern margin of Moosehead lake. In Piscataquis county the range assumes again a mountain character in Mt. Spencer and, increasing higher and higher toward the northeast, has its grand culmination in that majestic peak, Ktaadn. Again decreasing in elevation, the range continues its northeastern direction; Chase mountain in...
