48 Notes on some of the 



exposed to all weathers, the timber will last half a century. 

 Builders use large logs of this wood for cellar beams, being 

 little acted on by the moisture of such situations. It 

 likewise rives freely, and is much used here for shingles 

 and laths. The Indian uses it for the ribs of his frail 

 bark canoe. 



TAXUS.—L. 



Taxus Canadensis — Wm. Taxus baccata minor — Mx. 



Canadian Yew. Buis. Dwarf Hemlock. 



*' Leaves linear, two-ranked, margin revohite." 



A recumbent evergreen shrub, rising obliquely to the 

 height of four or five feet. In foliage it resembles spruce, 

 from which circumstance the Americans call it Dwarf 

 Hemlock : a reason for the Canadian name of Bids is not 

 apparent ; it certainly has little resemblance to box. The 

 berry is quite similar to the fruit of the European species ; 

 and there is a variety with berries perfectly white, growing 

 in the ravine between Wolfesfield and Spenccrwood. — 

 Common in shady woods and north sides of hills. 



The recumbent habit of this plant and of our variety of 



the common juniper, may possibly be occasioned by the 



weight of snow lying on them, during nearly one half of 



the year. 



LILIACEtE— Juss. 



LILIUM.—L. 



Lilium Philadelphicum — W. Philadclphian Lily. 

 " Leaves in whorls, lance-linear. Flowers erect, bell-shaped, spreading; 



petals with claws." 



A handsome bulbous plant, about two feet high, bearing 

 one or two erect flowers at the summit : petals red, and 

 marked below with dark spots. This lily resembles in some 

 degree the common orange lily of the garden?, but is not 



