BULLETIN 



OP THE 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



OF 



NEW BRUNSWICK. 



ARTICLE I. 



AX OUTLINE OF PIIYTOBIOLOGY 



WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE STUDY OF ITS PROBLEMS BY 



LOCAL BOTANISTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR A BIOLOGICAL 



SURVEY OF ACADIAN PLANTS. 



BY W. F. GANONG, M. A. 



Read May 1st, 1894. 



First Paper. 



It is clear to all botanists wlio note the signs of the 

 times that the stndy of local Botany must take a new 

 direction in the near future. Up to the present, under 

 the favoring influences ot intrinsic esthetic interest, 

 abundance everywhere of easily-handled materials, accur- 

 ate terminology and excellent manuals, the systematic 

 study of flowering plants has been the department of 

 natural history most cultivated by those of scientific 

 tastes, who must work without special training and away 

 from the great centres. Hence has arisen the great class 

 of local botanists. Their relationship to the science^ 

 however, has been one of reciprocal advantage, for not 



