TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



^olui (^cotian Jnetitutc of (§dence. 



SESSION OF 1905-1906 



On the Flora of McXab^s Island^ Halifax Harbour, X. S. : 

 Part 1, General Notes; Part 2, Work iu Special Ordei-s; 

 Part 3, Narcotisation of Plants ; Part 4, Occasional 

 jSTotes, — By Captain John H. Baebouk^ M. D., Royal 

 Army Medical Corps. 



(Read 13ih. November, 1905.) 

 Part I. — General Notes. 



It is not my intention to deal fully with the flora of this 

 island. I intend rather to just mention some of the principal 

 things which stnick me personally, leaving it to others who 

 know the locality much better than I do, to fill in the details in 

 after years, if this has not been already considerably done by 

 observers in the neighbourhood of Halifax. 



AMien we consider the position of the island, its size, the 

 winters which occur, and the presence of the ocean around it, 

 I think that we have on it a most wonderful varietv of flowers, 

 and the botanist may there find plenty of work to do in all 

 departments, for he comes across woodland, littoral, meadow and 

 sea plants glowing in profusion within a small area. 



One great peculiarity that one notices, is that the woodland 

 plants descend right on to the shore, even to high-water mark, 



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