4;M OEOLDUICAL SrilVEY (tF CANADA. 



(10(;7.) C. amara, Niitt. Bittor-nut llickoiy. 



Jtujlam amara, Michx. N. American Sylvii, II., 170, 181!). 

 On islamls sit the mouth of tho Nicolot Eiver, Q. (St. Cyr.) Abun- 

 dant in wet woods and low damp places in Helds and along roadsides 

 from tho neisi^hborhood of Montreal westward through Ontario. 

 It is quite common on tlie (Quebec side of the river at Ottawa, and 

 extends for a considerable distance up the Gatineau. Proceeding west- 

 waixl, it becomes a much tiner tree and is a prominent species on the 

 whole western peninsula up to the Georgian Bay. 



547. JUCLANS, Linn. (WALNUT.) 



(10G8.) J. cinerea, Linn. Butternut. 



This is a widely spread and beautiful species extending from southern 

 New Brunswick throughout Quebec and Ontario to tho Georgian Bay. 

 Whether by the roadside, in the field or forest, it is a beautiful object 

 and its wide spreading branches give a grateful shelter to both man and 

 beast when oppressed by the mid-day heat of a summer's day. 



(1969.) J. nigra, Linn. Black ^Yalnut. 



The distribution of this tree is limited to that part of Ontario, west of 

 Toronto, where it might have been called the king of the forest thirty 

 years ago. At present, very few of the old trees remain, but visitors to 

 Niagara Falls may still see a number of magnificent ones in that vicin- 

 ity, though these are little over a century old. There is no reason 

 why this tree should not be planted wherever the butternut is indige- 

 nous, as they grow side by side at Belleville and Ottawa, and the black 

 walnut makes the more vigorous growth. In the district bordering on 

 Lake Erie it is still a plentiful tree and south of St. Thomas, many of 

 the old fences are largely composed of black walnut rails, while the 

 stumps are still conspicuous objects in the fields. 



XCVI. MYEICACE^.. Sweet-Gale Family. 



548. MYRICA, Linn. (WAX-MYRTLE.) 



(19T0.) M. Gale, Linn. Sweet Gale. 



Common along the margins of small ponds, lakes, and slow flowing 

 streams, from Newfoundland throughout Canada to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, and northward to Hudson Bay, and Fort Norman on the Mac- 

 kenzie Eiver. (Richardson.^ 



