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tion as an ornamental shrub in gardens ; also the beautiful Lobelia 

 Kahnii, Prenanthes racemosa, Pycnanthemum lanceolatum, and other 

 interesting plants. After lunch they walked down an old road which 

 Capt. Cowley said was made to connect Desch^nes Lake with Chats 

 Lake, completing the line between Aylmer and Portage-du-Fort. This 

 was the only road between 1837 and 1847. He also said that where 

 Mr. Whyte had found some of the rarest plants he had once had an 

 old storehouse, which in those days was used for storing merchandise 

 from Montreal, and he suggested that some of the seeds might have 

 been brought from that region. Subsequently they rowed up the 

 Mississippi River to Galetta, where they spent the night. Starting 

 early the next morning before breakfast they went out to search for the 

 Ceanothus Ainericanus, which Mr. VVhyte had found growing there the 

 year before, but at this time they could not discover a single specimen, 

 although a great many were discovered later in the day. After break- 

 fast they had a delightful row down the Mississippi again to the Snye, 

 where both banks of the river were lined with arrow heads, water lilies, 

 cardinal flowers and many other beautiful flowers. After rowing for 

 some time down the Snye they landed on the north side, where they 

 found Helianthus, divaricatus, Hele?iiiim autumr.ale^ Pycnanthemtan, 

 and Ceanothus in great abundance. Before returning to the boat they 

 visited a Galena mine which is situated to the south-west of the island ; 

 it is worked by a man from Montreal, and sends out many dollars 

 worth of lead every year. After leaving the Snye they rowed down the 

 Mississii)pi to a place on the lake called " The Camp," where people 

 from Arnprior and Galetta often spend the summer. Here within one 

 hundred yards they found almost all the plants seen during the two 

 days. Mr. Whyte then described the new plants, of which he had 

 mounted specimens with him. The first was Aster ptar7nic0id.es, which 

 has not been found before east of Belleville, but it is known in many 

 places in the North-West. It is however scarce and local, and the 

 Chats Island may be the nearest place to Ottawa where it grows. The 

 Potentilla fruticosa, or Shrubby Cinquefoil, which grows on the rocky 

 margins of rivers, is common in Eastern Canada, having been found 

 ei^en in Northern Labrador. Another plant was the Prenanthes race- 

 mosa, or Rattlesnake-root, which is found at Montreal and Lake Huron ; 



