20 Hev. A. F. Kemp on the Shore Zones of 



leave tliis division of my subject, without referring to one impor- 

 tant difference which exists between Norway and Canada, in re- 

 gard to the economic minerals of this group. 



In the former country, despite its comparative poverty, those 

 deposits are well developed. In Canada they remain dead and 

 unproductive. Why they should be so, it is difficult to say. 

 Canada has the advantage of Norway in having richer mineral 

 deposits, better means of transport by its canals and railways, and 

 a much greater command of capital. With regard to fuel, both 

 charcoal and imported coal, it is equally as well situated as Nor- 

 way, and although labour is much dearer than in the latter 

 country, there is every prospect of this disadvantage becoming 

 less considerable. The severity of the winter presents no greater 

 hindrances to mining in Canada than in Norway,. and Canada is 

 rapidly acquiring the skilled labour essential for successful min- 

 ing. In view of these considerations therefore, one may hope 

 that the great accumulation of economic minerals in Canada will 

 soon become one of her most important sources of national 



wealth. 



{Tote continued.) 



ARTICLE l\.— On the Shore Zones and Limits of Marine 

 Plants on the North Eastern Coast of the United States. 

 By the Rev. Alex. F. Kemp. 

 (Readbefore the Botanical Society of Canada, at Kingston.) 

 While spending a vacation, during the month of August, 186], 

 at Peak's Island, in the State of Maine, and Bay of Casco, 

 it was a special and very profitable amusement of mine, to note 

 the botanical features of that region of country. The season was 

 too far advanced to find many of the beautiful land plants which 

 have their special home in the Northern United States. The 

 Kahnia angustifolia was out of flower, and its branches covered 

 with seed. The fragrant Myrica cerifera w2iS m a similar con- 

 dition. The Rosa blanda, though here very abundant, was out 

 of season. Gerardia maritima was in fine condition, and in one 

 or two swampy localities near the shore, very abundant. Along 

 with it, but more generally diffused, Spiranthes gracilis, grew in 

 beautiful profusion, and shed forth its delicate lily fragrance. 

 In one locality I found the pretty blue Trichostema dichotomum, 

 and in another the curious little Pine weed Hypericum Sarothra, 

 Other plants common to Ccinada and the United States flourished 



