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Sisymbrium canescens and S. brachycarpum, Geranium caro- 

 linimiufn, Fumaria aurea, Lathyrus palustris and another 

 species, Vicia canadensis and V. pisiformis, an Astragalus, 

 resembling A. glycyphyllos, Hieraciimi sabaudum, Sonchus 

 oleraceus and 2 other species, a species of Cnicus, of which I 

 obtained no specimens, the inundation having destroyed 

 them all before their time of flowering. Verbesina alata ? 

 with large yellow blossoms, a species of Senecio and another 

 of Bidens, Leontodon palustre, Gnaphalium like G. dioicum, 

 Artemisia biennis, several kinds of Erigeron, Solidago mnltira- 

 diata and several others, many species of Aster, a Tussilago, 

 Achillea Millefolium and another species. Pursh considers 

 the A. Millefolium to be a naturalized plant, but this is cer- 

 tainly not the case, for it is frequently found near the sum- 

 raits of the Rocky Mountains. Of Orchis there are several 

 kinds, Corallorhiza innata, Cypripedium pubescens, Spar- 

 ganiwn ramosum, and S. simplex, Carex Pseudo-Cyperiis, C. 

 filiformis, C. teretiuscula and several others. Typha latifolia, 

 Urtica urens? Myriophyllum spicatum, Ceratophyllnm demer- 

 sum, Sagittaria sagittifolia, Calla palustris, Festuca fliiitans. 

 Uvidaria puberula, a species of Impatiens ? Fpilobium angiis- 

 tifolium and many others, a JRibes like rubrum, another with 

 black hispid fruit, 2 species with black smooth fruit, and one 

 resembling the gooseberry. Lemna minor, L. trisidca, L. 

 minor, and L. gihba, Equisetum palustre, E, arvense, E. syl- 

 vaticum, and a species smaller than E. variegatum, §t. The 

 only moss that I added to my collection here was Bryum 

 triquetrum, found abundantly in the swamps. The following 

 trees gi'ow in this neighbourhood : Pinus alba, P. nigra, and 

 P. microcarpa, Populus trepida, and the rough-barked species, 

 Populus balsamina, Betula jjapyracea and B. glandulosa, the 

 latter is small and confined to the swamps; with a few 

 species of JVillows. There is also a species of Fraxinus, 

 sparingly met with on the banks of the river Saskatchawan, 

 and a species o^ Elm. This place may be considered as the 

 highest northern limit of the genera Ulmus and Fraxinus. 



The birds which I observed here offer comparatively little 

 worthy of remark. The Passenger Pigeon is very common, 



