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London, Mr. M'Nab particularly alluded to the excellent state of the 

 cultivated grounds through the Hamilton and Gore districts, and the 

 suitableness of large tracts of wooded country for emigrants. On 

 some waste land round the head of Burlington Bay, many good spe- 

 cimens of herbaceous plants were picked in flower ; of these the Les- 

 pideza hirta, Polygala verticillata, Gerardia tenuifolia, and G. pedicu- 

 laria, were abundant, with Chrysopsis alba ; the latter plant being 

 noticed for the first time as an inhabitant of Canada. Two strong- 

 herbaged grasses, Andropogon furcatus and Limnetus cynosuroides, 

 were mentioned as abounding in the neighbourhood of Hamilton, but 

 neither seemed to be relished by cattle. The moorland ground in the 

 vicinity of Brantford afforded many interesting botanical rarities, 

 among which Euphorbia corollata was conspicuous. Liatris stricta, 

 Aletris farinosa, Lespideza frutescens, Batschia Gmelini, Arenaria 

 stricta, Viola palmata, with many others, were plentiful in flower, and 

 proved most attractive objects on the dry sandy plains ; while the 

 moister places yielded Tofieldia glutinosa, Zigadinus chloranthus, 

 and Glycine apios in profusion. The forests through the inland dis- 

 tricts were exceedingly rich and varied, many of them containing 

 large and lofty trees of oak, elm, beech, hickory, ash, and white pine. 

 Some of these districts, in the process of clearing by the recent set- 

 tlers, presented a very remarkable appearance in consequence of large 

 groups of stately trees standing dead, many with stems from ten to 

 fourteen feet in circumference, and varying from eighty to one hun- 

 dred feet in height. The mode resorted to by the settlers for killing 

 the trees is by cutting, during the early part of winter, a notch five or 

 six inches deep round the lower part of their stems. The white 

 pines presented a very singular appearance caused by a peculiar seem- 

 ing twisting of the decayed trunks in a uniform direction from left to 

 right throughout their whole length. During the drying of the stems 

 numerous fissures or rents are. formed in a spiral manner from l-8th 

 to half an inch in width, about four inches deep, and generally from 

 four to ten inches distant at the bottom, presenting a ragged edge and 

 narrowing upwards, causing the bark to fall off in large flakes. When 

 dead, they are hewn down, piled in heaps, and set fire to. The quan- 

 tity of splendid timber annually consumed in this way was described 

 as being very great ; but being at a distance from water communica- 

 tion it is rendered comparatively worthless. Many of the road-sides 

 through the wooded districts for miles together, were richly adorned 

 with the scarlet and blue cardinal flowers [Lobelia carditialis and si- 

 philiiica), and the crimson Monarda [Monarda didyma). The Ame- 



