1922] Fernald,—Notes on the Flora of Western Nova Scotia 157 
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GRAY HERBARIUM OF HARVARD 
UNIVERSITY, NEW SERIES, NO LXVI. 
NOTES ON THE FLORA OF WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA 
1921. 
M. L. FERNALD. 
THE results! of our exploration of Nova Scotia in 1920 were so 
gratifying that it seemed wise to continue the work, with Yarmouth 
as a center, during another season. Accordingly, Mr. Bayard Long 
and I devoted two months in 1921 to further investigation of the flora 
of western Nova Scotia. We were accompanied for all too short 
periods in July by Messrs. Edwin B. Bartram and Norman C. Fassett, 
and for a few days in September we had the active cooperation of 
Professor Horace G. Perry of Acadia University. The summer of 
1920 had been abnormally wet, with the result that savannahs and 
lake-margins were often inaccessible or the characteristic plants of 
these habitats drowned or very tardy in development. In marked 
contrast, the summer of 1921 was phenomenally dry, in northwestern 
Nova Scotia to the point of extreme drouth; and the shores of un- 
dammed lakes were generally exposed, while small ponds had in 
some instances completely evaporated. We were consequently able 
to explore many places which were inaccessible in 1920, with the 
result that the ranges of a large proportion of the coastal plain types 
were extended and a good number of additions to our previous list 
of Nova Scotian plants discovered. Several regions, for example 
southwestern Lunenburg County, in the neighborhood of Bridgewater 
furnished days of thrilling botanizing and important discoveries, but 
they were all in general character so similar to our already described 
experiences of 1920, that they need not be related in detail. 'The 
itinerary of the summer, briefly stated, was as follows, the collecting 
being done by Mr. Long and myself unless otherwise stated. 
July 13: Markland (Cape Forchu), Yarmouth Co., Fernald, Bartram, Long 
& Fassett. 
July 14: Atwood Brook, Shelburne Co., Bartram & Long. 
Upper Wood's Harbor, Shelburne Co., Fernald & Fassett. 
July 16: Brazil Lake, Yarmouth Co., Bartram & Long. 
Lake George, Yarmouth Co., Fernald & Fassett. 
July 18: Annapolis Royal and Granville, Annapolis Co., Fernald, Bartram, 
Long & Fassett. 
1 Ruovora, xxiii. 89-111 (1921), 130-152 (1921), 153-171 (1921), 184-195 (1921), 
223-245 (1922), 257-278 (1922), 284-300 (1922). 
