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as it seemed quite appropriate that the flora of New Scotland should 

 interest botanists of New England, invitations were sent to a num- 

 ber of members of the New England Botanical Club to join for such 

 time as they could during the summer in making as complete a sur- 

 vey as possible of the vascular flora of western Nova Scotia. Alto- 

 gether there were eight in the party, 1 though not all at one time. 

 5000 sheets of drying paper, nearly as many corrugated " ventilators, " 

 a large stock of white pressing paper, seven large collecting boxes, 

 ten presses, a bushel of flake naphthaline (to keep out mold and 

 hasten drying of "soggy" specimens) and the other necessary equip- 

 ment (to the extent of 16 heavy freight boxes) were shipped from 

 the Gray Herbarium to Yarmouth, where they are entered as con- 

 signed by "Messrs. Grey, Hubanning & Co., Boston;" and on July 

 1st four members of the party left Boston. I was slightly delayed in 

 starting and saw Bissell, Long and Linder leave on the early-morning 

 train without me, to be joined en route by Pease. Their first landing 

 in Nova Scotia was at Digby, where, waiting for the train to Yar- 

 mouth, they made the acquaintance of the village weeds and col- 

 lected for the first time the beautiful Ladies' Mantle, Alchniiilla 

 vulgaris,' afterward found to lie one of the most obnoxious though 

 handsome weeds of western Nova Scotia; Sedum stolon if mini, then 

 only in bud, but later, when its pink petals were expanded, seen 

 along several roadsides around the coast as far as Barrington; and 

 Silene gallica, a somewhat unusual ballast weed. On the marshes 

 PuccineMa iiiurilima, 3 was in fine condition, a characteristic plant of 

 Massachusetts marshes, afterward found to be very generally dis- 

 tributed on the coast of Nova Scotia. 



When I arrived on July 6 at Mrs. Frank Davis's, where we had 

 most comfortable and home-like quarters, presses of specimens were 

 out-doors by the barn enjoying one of the last sunnings for several 

 weeks. In the absence of maps, which were in my trunk, the advance 



1 The members of the party and the periods of their stay in Nova Scotia follow: 



Ralph C. Bean, July 16-July 30. 



Charles H. Bihsell, July 2-July 23; August 11-September 2. 



Merhitt L. Fernald, July 6-Septemher 9; October fi-8. 



Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. Graves, August 10-August 24. 



David H. Linder, July 2-September 9; October 6-8. 



Bayard Long, July 2-September 9. 



Arthur Stanley Pease, July 2-July 21. 



Donald White, July 16-August 6. 



1 See Fernald & Wiegand, Rhodoha, xiv. 232 (1912). 



» See Fernald & Weatherby, Rhodora, xviii. 6 (1910). 



