106 FLORA OF NOVA SCOTIA — LAWSON. 



TILIACE.E. 



TiLiA PARVIFOLIA, Hayne, Arzneigewachse, III, t. 46 or 47, 

 (1834). DC. Prod., XVII, p. 317. The common Lime Tree, or 

 Linden. 



A common street tree in the city of Halifax and the country 

 towns. 



Windsor, Hants, planted, Dr. How. This species, commonly 

 called by the aggregate (and therefore ol»jectionable) Linnasan 

 name, T. Europcea, is our best shade tree for planting in the city 

 of Halifax. It forms a compact head, stands pruning to any 

 shape, and the roots form a ball so that the tree can be removed 

 even after it has attained considerable age. In dry situations 

 inland, the foliage is liable to 1)6 scorched in the hot season, 

 l:)ut this rarely occurs near the seashore. 



LINACE.E. 



LixuM usiTATissiMUM, Linn. Common Flax. Spontaneous 

 in fields where flax has been grown, but not permanent ; fre- 

 (|uently found by waysides and along railroad tracks, where the 

 seed has escaped in transit. 



LixUM catharticu:m, Linn. (3n waste PTOund along- the sea- 

 shore at Pictou, Macoun and Burgess. 



GERANIACE^. 



Geranium maculatum, Linn. Windsor, Hants, Dr. How. 

 In fields, Halifax, Dr. Lindsay. 



Geranium Carolinianum, Linn. Windsor, Hants County, 

 Rev. J. B. Uniacke, (How's List). Elmsdale, A. H. Mackay. 



Geranium R()BERTIANu:m, Linn. Blomidon, amongst rocky 

 dehris fallen from the cliffs. 



Spencer's Island, Cund)erland County, and Marble Island, Cape 

 Breton ; also near Windsor, Dr. How. Pictou, A. H. Mackay. 

 Manchester, Guysborough County, Rev. E. H. Ball. Whycoco- 

 magh, Cape Breton, and Pictou, Dr. Lindsay. 



