APPENDIX — REPORT ON THE SUMMER CAMP AT QUACO. 71 



Fuci — F. Vesiculosus and F. Xodosus — were common. Corallina 

 officinalis was quite abundant in pools, with several species of Ulva. 

 On the adjacent cliffs of West Qaaco, clumps of the brilliant Sedum 

 Rhodiola, with patches of Ligusticum Scoticum, form a pleasing contrast 

 to the dark back-ground of trap rock. In the salt marshes above the 

 limit of the tide the vegetation was more varied and abundant. Atriplex 

 hastata, Sal sola kali, Stat ice limonium, Carex panciflora, Carex norvde- 

 ffica, Carex maritima, Comandra Uvida, Glaux maritima, and other 

 forms common to such a habitat, were observed. Further up from 

 the shore were Kahnia glauca in great abuundance, Cypripedium 

 acaule, Andromedra poly folia, etc., and the honeysuckle. Lonicera 

 involucrata, its first recorded appearance in the southern part of the 

 province. 



The visit to Salmon River did not result in the discovery of any 

 rare species of plants. This river, with its narrow gorge and lofty 

 hills on each side, reminds one strongly of the Restigouche. 



At Greer Settlement, five miles from Quaco, the beautiful Cypri- 

 pedium spectabile was found in great abundance, and on the roadside 

 near by a few groups of Scrophularia nodosa, its first recorded appear- 

 ance in this province. This plant belongs to Southern New England 

 and the Middle States. It was thriving well here, but whence or how 

 it came no one in the vicinity could tell. The abundance of the showy 

 blossoms of the Cypripedium made our lecture hall during the remainder 

 of our stay a place of beauty, from the presence of this orchid of tropical- 

 like richness of color. 



A visit to the ravine near Rourke's River, during the half-day 

 previous to our departure, was one of the most pleasant outings that 

 the botanists enjoyed. Amid the sandstones and calcareous slates, 

 there was growing, in the greatest profusion, Cystopteris bulbifera, 

 Cystopteris fragilis, and other ferns ; Geranium Robertianum in great 

 luxuriance, Habenaria rotundifolia, Equisetwm scirpoides, etc.; and on 

 a hill near by one specimen of Echium vulgare. 



Zoology. 



The beaches at Quaco show little animal life, and that only of the 

 very commonest forms. There are few tide-pools, and these are rather 

 barren. 



Several hauls of the dredge were made in Quaco Bay, but with 

 disappointing results. A few dead shells and two or three living forms 



