List of PLANTS, — CAMPBELL, 209 
Art, VL—List or PLAnts COLLECTED IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 
oF TRuRO, NOVA ScoTIA, DURING THE SUMMERS 
OF 1883 AND 1884. By GrorGE G. CAMPBELL, 
B. Sc. COMMUNICATED BY Dr. LAWSON. 
(Read April 16, 1885.) 
THE following List was prepared from collections made during 
the summers of 1883 and 1884. 
With regard to the localities mentioned arotind Truro, it may 
be well to state, for the benefit of those who are not acquainted 
with the locality, that the places called respectively, “Smith’s 
Island,” and “McClure’s Island,” are not really islands in the 
proper acceptation of the term, but small tracts of land slightly 
elevated above the general level and surrounded by marsh or 
swamps: Probably the “ islands” so called, at one time were 
really surrounded by water at high tide, and the marsh around 
them constituted “mud-flats” so called, at low water, but, as the 
land has been dyked, the marshes are now nearly dry, except in 
the spring; when they are covered with fresh water brought down 
the rivers and brooks by the freshets. 
The particular dates given for plants collected during the 
months of April, May, and June, indicate not only the time of 
collecting specimens, but also the date at which the first open 
flowers were observed. For instance, the date given for Viola 
blanda, is May 5th, when I noticed a few flowers open on a 
sheltered spot facing the south, though the species could not be 
said to be fully in bloom before the middle of the month. 
In the order Composites the Asters and Solidagoes are not 
included, the species not being yet determined, The Polygona- 
ceze Salicacew, and Cyperaceze are very imperfect and will 
be included in a future list’ The nomenclature is that of 
Gray’s Manual, fifth edition, eighth issue. 
RANUNCULACES, 
Clematis Virginiana, Linn. Banks of streams, among alders; 
etc., common. 
Thalictrum Cornuti, Linn. Marshes; common, June 30th, 1884: 
