•'H) FLORA OF NOVA SCOTIA— LAWSOX. 



the name of CJold Tliread, wliich it has obtained on account of 

 the rich yellow colour of its root fibres, this herb is coninionl}^ 

 sold for medicinal purposes in our markets. Large (piantities 

 are exported from Yarmouth to the druggists of the United 



States. 



Aquilegia vulgaris, Li7in. English Columbine. A Euro- 

 pean plant that has spread from gardens and established itself as 

 a colonist in several localities in Nova Scotia. It is especially 

 abundant and beautiful, presenting many variations in the colour 

 of its blossoms, in the deep rock-cutting of the railway at " the 

 Prince's Lodge," the former residence of the Duke of Kent, on 

 the west shore of Bedford Basin, near Halifax. Old Windsor 

 Road, abundant in several places. 



Pictou, A. H. Mackay. 



AcoxiTUM Napellus. Wolf's Bane. Aconite. Found occa- 

 sionally as a garden outcast, not inclined to spread, but very 

 persistent where once grown. Lucyfield, Middle Sackville, Hali- 

 fax Count}^ Bank overhanging Lockman Street, Halifax, on 

 the west side, a short distance south of North Street. 



The original name, A. Napellus, as used by Linna3us, seems to 

 have included at least two European and one American species. 



AcT^A ALBA, Bigeloiv. Blomidon, King's County, 1882. 



Windsor Falls ; Butler's Mountain : Nesbit's Island, and in 

 Hants County, Dr. How, in " Notes." Pictou, A. H. Mackay. 

 Strait of Canso, Guj^sliorougli Count}", Rev. E. H. Ball. Truro, 

 Colchester, Dr. D. A. Campbell. 



AcT.EA RUBRA, WiUdenoiu. Blonddon, King's County, and 

 Lucyfield, Halifax County. 



Windsor, Hants Count}', Dr. How. Pictou, A. H. Mackay. 

 Strait of Canso, Guysljorough, Rev. E. H. Ball. Truro, Dr. D. A. 

 Campbell. Glace Bay, Cape Breton, H. Poole. Trilro, in hard 

 wood, at the Falls ; also, banks of ravine, back of Terrace Hill 

 Cemetery ; East Mountain, Onslow, Colchester : banks of Salmon 

 River, Colchester, with white berries and more slender pedicles, 

 Dr. G. C. Campbell. 



