FLORA OF NOVA SCOTIA — LAWSON. 91 



MAGNOLIACE^. 



Magnolia acuminata, Linn. Magnolia. Ciicuml)er Tree. 

 Planted trees of this species grow well in the Puljlic Gardens, 

 Halifax, and at Bellahill, Sackville (in front of the house) ; liut 

 in Nova Scotia we have no indigenous species of this order, 

 which in pre-glacial times was spread over the nortliern parts of 

 North America, extendino- even within the Arctic circle. 



LiRiODENDRON TuLiPiFERA, Linn. Known only as a planted 

 ornamental tree. Waverley House, Canning, King's Co. Public 

 Gardens, Halifax. Mr. G. A. Thompson, of Massachusetts, after 

 visitino' Nova Scotia in 1S73, wrote to the late Dr. How : " I was 

 quite surprised to see the Liriodendron Tidijnfera successfully 

 cultivated so far' north. I had seen only one or two specimens 

 in Massachusetts." 



BERBERIDACE^. 



Berberis vulgaris, Linn. Common Barberr3^ Windsor, 

 Hants County, cultivated, Dr. How. Lucyfield, Halifax County. 

 Ornamental grounds about the city of Halifax, Public Gardens, 

 etc. A European shrub, not native here, but occurs as an occa- 

 sional remnant of cultivation. (The allied Berberis Cavadensis, 

 so called, belone's to the Southern States, and was never found 

 in Canada.) 



Podophyllum peltatum, Linn. Not indigenous in Nova 

 Scotia, although abundant in Ontario. Lucyfield, and old gar- 

 dens altout Halifax, the Public Gardens, etc. 



NYMPHvEACE^.* 



Nymph.'EA advena, Aiton. American Yellow Pond Lily. 

 In ponds and pools, shallows along lake margins, and along river 

 courses, common. Halifax County, abundant. 



Caledonia, Queen's County; Hants, and Cape Breton, Dr. How. 



* For details in regard to Nomenclature and Synonymy of Ntmph.'eacf..t., see the Author's 

 .paper in Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Vol. VIU, Sec. IV, pp f)T-l-2.'i. 1>8S. 



