10,S FLORA OF NOVA SCOTIA — LAWSON. 



North-West Ann, Halifax, Col. Hardy, R. E., (How's List, 

 1876.) Near Shelbiirne, P. Jack. Near an old mill pond, North- 

 West Arm, Halifax, Macoun and Bureess. 



Nemopaxthes fascicularls, Rafinesque. Mountain Holly. 

 N. Canadensis, DC. Halifax County and Pictou, A. H. Mackay, 

 in Macoun's Cat. 



CELASTRACE.^. 



Celastrus scaxdens, Linv. Wax- Work. Introduced by Hon. 

 Justice Ritchie, and now grown as an ornamental creeper in 

 Halifax City and other parts of the Province. 



EuoNYMUS Americaxus, Limi.. Windsor, Hants, cultivated. 

 Dr. How. 



VITACEvE. 



ViTis RIPARIA, Michaux. Northern Graj^e. The evidence in 

 favor of the former and present existence of grape vines, pre- 

 sumably of this species, in Nova Scotia, is given and discussed 

 in a paper published in the Proceedings of the Institute. It is 

 ver}^ desirable that further inquiries should be made, and speci- 

 mens obtained. 



Ampelopsls quixquefolia, Michaux. Virginian Creeper. 

 American Ivy, Not indigenous in Nova Scotia, so far as known, 

 but a common creeper on the walls and verandas of dwellings. 

 Common in Halifax, especially in the older parts of the city, in 

 the " north end." Windsor, Hants, cultivated. Dr. How. 



SAPINDACEiE. 



^SCULUS HiPPOCASTAXUM, Linn. Horse-Chestnut. An 

 Asiatic tree, long cultivated in western Europe and America. 

 In deep, porous, well-drained soils, it thrives remarkably well, 

 but on heavy land it is not so vigorous, and is apt to be killed off 

 in dry seasons. There are some fine old trees at Donaldson's, 

 Birch Cove, on the western shore of Bedford Basin, near Halifax, 

 at Windsor, and other places. 



