Rhodora 
JOURNAL OF 
THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB 
Vol. 11. May, 1909. No. 125. 
NOTES UPON THE FLORA OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 
Epwin H. EAMES. 
IN quest of recreation in a region of interesting botanical possi- 
bilities Dr. Charles C. Godfrey and the writer journeyed to western 
Newfoundland in mid-July 1908. A study of pertinent literature 
proved the country little known except near the coast, larger streams 
and along the railway. 
Few botanists have given any attention to the west coast, as it has 
until recently been comparatively inaccessible. In that region nearly 
all available information has been through the efforts of Rev. A. C. 
Waghorne, sometime resident at Birchy Cove, who, in pursuit of his 
missionary work, made many excursions to the outer coast and north- 
ward. As much of the material thereby accumulated still remains 
unworked in the light of present day knowledge it is not surprising 
that we are able to add to the known flora of the island upwards of 
fifty species and varieties of the higher plants, in part gathered within 
an area more or less familiar to our predecessor. 
Our itinerary was as follows: — July 20-25, Aug. 9-10, about 
Humber Arm, Bay of Islands, in the vicinity of Birchy Cove; July 
27-31, Aug. 7-8, shores, islands and lower mountain slopes about 
York Harbor, Bay of Islands; July 31-Aug. 6, summits and higher 
slopes of Blow-me-down Mts. immediately south of Bay of Islands 
(highest recorded altitude about 680 m.); Aug. 11-14, head of Bay 
St. George; Aug. 15, a forenoon at Port aux Basques. 
In these areas the rocks and soils are mainly potassic in their essen- 
tial influence upon plant-life, with occasional more or less calcareous 
composition or admixture, rarely an impure limestone. As similar 
conditions appear to prevail elsewhere our observations bear directly 
