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specimens from different localities, I cannot satisfy myself that we 

 have the type here, or even in Canada, at all. The variety scandenSy 

 Gray, has twice been found in this locality and is a much handsomer 

 plant. 



(Enothera chrysantha, Mx. I notice that Professor Macoun has 

 included botli this and (E. puniila, L. in his catalogue. I have always 

 been under the impression that these two were only varietal forms of 

 one species dependent on the locality where they crrevv; puniila is found 

 in wet spots by the sides of rivers or in low fields, chrysantha on 

 gravelly banks and in drier places. During the past summer I havehad 

 in flower in my garden a few specimens which varied so much in appear- 

 ance although grown from seed taken from the same plant but which 

 were placed vinder different circumstances, that I have not yet altered 

 my opinion. If they really be distinct chrysantha must be added to 

 the Flora Ottawaensis. 



The study of the introduced plants of any locality has many very 

 attractive features; there are so many fields for speculation, and yet, at 

 the same time, with a little study, such a large proportion of the theories 

 can be tested. " Introduced plants " as understood in the coQipilation 

 of the Flora Ottawaensis, meant those plants which, when accidentally 

 introduced, were able to survive and mature their seeds sufficiently for 

 these seeds to again grow and complete their cycle of existence. Of 

 course all conspicuous and showy garden flowers which are commonly 

 cultivated for ornament, but which occasionally occur as garden escapes, 

 were omitted. It is not always easy to determine when a plant should 

 be included in such a list and when not, for it must be borne in mind 

 that by far the larger number of garden flowers are not wild flowers 

 improved by cultivation and so changed in appearance, but wild flowers 

 fro:n other parts of the world only slightly, if at all, altered by climate 

 or the habitat they are placed in. There are a great many of our 

 common wild flowers which are grown with the greatest care in Europe, 

 as for instance the lovely little Anemone Hepatica which is the first 

 to remind us of the i-eturn of spring, or the deliciously scented May- 

 flower [Epigcea repens) which under the name of Trailing Arbutus is a 

 favourite green-house plant, also the gorgeous Ladies' Slippers (Cypri- 

 pedium) with many others of the curious orchid lamily ; and even here. 



