378 THE FLORA OF NEWFOUNDLAND, LABRADOR 
5) 
to be common everywhere in and about gardens ; 
strange to say, Flat Bay (Bell). 
sandy shore, 
364. S. sylvaticus, L. Railway  ballart, Whitbourne; 
abundant (R.& 8.). August. 
365. S. Jacobea, L. Common Ragwort. 8. John’s (R. & 
S.) Roadsides, August. 
366. Sonchus asper, Vill. Spiney Sow Thistle. New 
Harbour (A. C. W.), and Bay d’ Espoir, Hermitage Bay (Mrs. 
Gallop-Macoun). August. 
367. S. arvensis, L. Corn or Field Sow Thistle. “ Abun- 
dant along roadsides and in fields from Newfoundland through- 
out the Atlantic Provinces and Quebec ” (Cat. II, 288); New 
Harbour (A. C. W.). Gravel banks in Salmonier River, exclu- 
sively with native plants, as if indigenous (R. & 8.) August. 
368. S. oleraceus, L. Common Sow Thistle. Fields. 
Placentia (R. & S.). In Trinity Bay, at Heart’s Content (Miss. 
Southcott); and at Rawdon and New Harbour (A. C. W). 
“ Naturalized from Newfoundland to Manitoba and B. Columbia ” 
(Cat. II., 283). August. . 
369. Solidago rugosa, Mill. Tall Golden Rod. Holyrood. 
A smoothish form was collected in open woods near 8S. John’s 
(R. & 8.) ; at Harbour Breton (Macoun); in Bay of Islands, at 
Little Harbour, and Lark Harbour (Fowler); and at Benton, 
Bonavista Bay (Trelease) by myself. Fields and wet woods. 
August, September. 
370. S. arguta, Ait. (Reeks). 
371. 8. bicolor, L. v. concolor, 'T. & G. White Bay (Bull- 
man); in Bay of Islands, at Apsey Beach, and Shoal Point 
(Fowler). Two other specimens are referred to this plant by 
Dr. Robinson, one from Goose Arm (ealled S. nemoralis, “low 
canescent form” by Dr. Trelease), and the other from Coal River 
(said to be S. humilis, by Prof. Fowler). Sea cliffs and woods. 
August. 
372. S. Canadensis, L. Canadian or Common Golden Rod. 
(Reeks). Trinity Bay (Cormack); S. John’s (Miss Southcott) ; 
