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JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



Letter from M. E. Bouegeau, Botanist to Capt. Pallisee's 

 British North American Exploring Expedition. Addressed to 

 Sir W. J. Hooker, E.E.S., F.L.S., and communicated by him. 



[Read March 3rd, 1859.] 



Fort Gh-rry, Saskatchewan, 

 June 7th, 1858. 



SiE, — As you received the first letter, sent from Port Garry, 

 I need not detain you with a description of the little collection 

 I was enabled to make, while almost daily upon the rivers and 

 lakes, hemmed in on all sides by dense forests, to the Fort just 

 named. 



I commenced my herborizations June 12th, upon the He Royale, 

 situated on Lake Superior, where the vegetation had hardly com- 

 menced. The Alders and Willows were in flower on the banks 

 of the island, and by their sides large banks of ice still existed 

 under the rocks. This island is thoroughly wooded, and especially 

 with two Ahies {alba and balsamifera), Betula papyracea, and the 

 Thuya. The same day we landed at the entrance of the Kami- 

 nistoquoiah Eiver, Fort William ; but the shortness of the stay 

 did not enable me to make excursions in that place. From that 

 time it was only during the hours of rest and at the portages that 

 I could gather a few specimens ; the indifferent accommodation in 

 our boat did not permit of a large collection being made, from 

 the difficulty of preserving it from damp. I have been delighted 

 to learn that you have received the plants in a good state of pre- 



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