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here and in the States in low moist grounds), a Bidens .(with radiant 
flowers), Aguilegia Canadensis, Leptanthus nepetoides (Ancaster), Poly-^ 
gala verticillata (common in pastures), Lobelia inflata and syphilitica 
(the latter frequent in wet meadows, the former in dry fields), Asele- 
pias Syriaca (along fences), &e. A little way out of Hamilton I picked 
Chenopodium hybridum and C. botrys, and Abutilon Avicenne occurred 
sparingly on the road to Ancaster. At the very pretty and thriving 
village of Dundas, situated in a lovely valley under thickly-wooded 
rocky hills, Leonurus cardiaca and Cynoglossum offici grew in 
plenty, both supposed to have been introduced from Europe, but now 
frequent in many parts of the continent about houses. In woods at 
Oakwood Farm grew Arum triphyllum, Monotropa uniflora (abundant 
under the Weymouth pines), Gentiana crinita, and in the same neigh- 
bourhood Inula Helenium was perfectly naturalized in rough pasture 
ground but near a farm house, about which I noticed Wnothera biennis, 
Epiphegus Americanus, and Smilax herbacea ; the last now in ripe fruit, 
forming globose bunches of bluish black berries, is distinguished by 
the disgusting carrion-like smell of the flowers. The arborescent 
vegetation around Hamilton does not materially differ from that of 
Niagara and the intervening country, which are all on the same 
parallel, and consists chiefly of hard-wood or deciduous trees, of which 
the following are the principal :—Red and White Oak (Quercus coccinea 
and Q. alba); Sugar Maple (Acer saccharinum), abundant; Red or 
Scarlet Maple (4. rubrum), less frequent; Butter-nut (Juglans cinerea) 
common ; Hickory (Carya alba), and probably other species; Beech 
(Fagus ferruginea), plentiful in woods; Chestnut (Castanea vesca), 
common ; Basswood (Titia glabra) ; Hornbeam (Carpinus Americana), 
called here Blue Beech; Hop Hornbeam or Ironwood (Osírya Vir- 
ginica), both these last frequent; and Elm (Ulmus Americana). The 
Buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis), called also Sycamore and Water 
Beech in America, appeared to be rare in this part of Canada, as I 
em but few specimens and those not remarkable for size. The 
ak is common, and yields its valuable timber of good scant- 
ie. ghe it has the same straight trunk, fastigiate growth, and 
regularly pinnatifid leaves which invariably distinguish it from our 
British Oak wherever I have seen it, whether in the north or south. 
The Sugar Maple is in this latitude one of the prevailing trees. The 
Basswood (Zilia glabra) abounds around Ancaster, often reaching a 
vast size and height, and is one of the most stately forest-trees of the 
