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A VISIT TO ST. AXDREW'S, N. B., 



WITH A 



CATALOGUE OF PLANTS COLLECTED 

 IN ITS VICINITY. 



By Prof. J. Fowler, M.A., LL.D., F. R. 8. C, Queen's University. 



(Read Dec. 14.) 



Last summer (1900) the writer enjoyed the })leasare of a 

 visit to the old town of St. Andrew's in New Brunswick. The 

 town is pleasantly situated on a peninsula at the mouth of the 

 St. Croix on the shore of the Bay of Fundy. From an elevated 

 ridge in the rear of it, the visitcn* obtains a fine view of the charm- 

 ing scenery of the neighborhood. On the one side his eye can 

 travel over a wide expanse of farms, forests, and waste lands, 

 bounded in the distance by Chamcook mountains, while in the 

 opposite direction lies the broad expanse of the Bay, studded 

 with islands to the distant horizon. Across the St. Croix and 

 far away along the coast lie villages and farms of the State of 

 Maine. A few miles away in the direction of Bocabec may be 

 seen the beautiful farm and princely buildings of Sir W. Van 

 Home on Minister's Island. Few localities, if any, in the prov- 

 ince can furnish such a splendid view of mountain and plain, 

 river and sea. Stillness reigns on every hand. Many wealthy 

 visitors from the United States and the western provinces of 

 Canada spend their summer vacation here, away from the rush 

 and noise of busy streets. Their repose is unbroken by the 

 screams of steam whistles or the rush of electric cars. No tall 

 chimneys pour out their dark columns of smoke to darken the 

 sky, or obstruct the views of the beautiful scenery that stretches 

 away on every hand. 



The primary object of the writer's visit was to collect and 

 study the Marine Alga:^ of that part of the Bay of Fundv. At the 



