[PENHALLOW] A REVIEW OF CANADIAN BOTANY 23 



University op New Brunswick. 



At the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Prof. Bailey- 

 reports that there are about one thousand herbarium specimens, in addi- 

 tion to which there are collections of native woods, seeds and fruits. 

 These collections represent material brought together first by Dr. James 

 Eobb, but subsequently greatly added to by Dr. Bailey's own efforts, as 

 well as by purchase and donation. 



Queen's University. 



Prof. W. J. Fowler informs me that the herbarium under his care 

 includes about 13,500 species, represented by about 25,000 specimens.' 



King's College. 



The botanical collections of the University of King's College, Wind- 

 sor, Nova Scotia, are represented by a herbarium containing about 2,000 

 specimens. There is no special arrangement, but the plants are distri- 

 buted among several small collections of indigenous and foreign species, 

 the largest individual collection being the Cogswell Herbarium of plants 

 from Great Britain, embracing about 1,000 specimens, 



In this presentation no attempt has been made to obtain statistics of 

 private herbaria, of which there are many, some of very considerable im- 

 portance, and it would be a very decided service to Canadian botany 

 if a reliable list, showing their size, location and special features, were 

 to be prepared. A summary of the herbaria of the various institutions 

 of learning as far as heard from, is as follows : 



University of New Brunswick 1,000 



King's College, Nova Scotia 2,000 



Laval University, Quebec 10,000 



Queen's University, Kingston . . 10,000 



McGill University, Montreal 30,000 



Geological Survey, Ottawa 70,000 



Summary. 



As we now look back over the three hundred and thirty-seven 

 years that have passed since Thevet published his account of "The New 

 Founde World," we are naturally led to ask what great movements are 

 to be noted in the development of botanical science here, movements 

 which are purely local in character and origin ? Until the clo.se of the 

 eighteenth century but few events stand forth with special prominence. 

 The visit of Diéreville to Nova Scotia in 1706 resulted in the conveyance 



1 Of these, the majority are the private property of Prof. Fowler, so that the 

 University collection is reduced to about 10,600. 



