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PASTINACA SATIVA L. Planted in the garden of the East End 

 Lighthouse. H. St. John, no. 1,294 (H). 

 Fr. September. 



DAUCUS CAROTA L. A weed in the garden at Life Saving Station 

 No. 4. H. St. John, no. 1,295 (H). 

 FL September. 



CORNACEAE. 



Gornus canadensis L. This species has been observed and col- 

 lected only by J. Dwight, Jr. (D. pp. 13 and 42). 



ERICACEAE. 



CALLUNA VULGARIS (L.) Hull. Adventive but not well established, 

 growing on the sheltered turf-covered slopes of the dunes. When 

 J. Macoun visited Sable Island in 1899, he did not find Calluna. 

 H. T. Gussow in 1911 collected it and noted, "found about J^ mile 

 west of Marconi Station, 3 solitary clumps and 1 solitary clump 10 

 miles East, close to No. 3 Station." In 1913, during my visit, only 

 two clumps were observed, both being in Gourdeau Park, the locality 

 near the Marconi Station mentioned by Gussow. It will be noticed 

 that the first records of Calluna on the island come after the year 

 1901, when the large forestry planting was done. The trees were in 

 greater part imported from a French nursery and Mr. R. J. Bouteil- 

 lier, at that time Superintendent of the island, tells me that al- 

 though Calluna was not included in the list of imported plants, it 

 sprang up soon after near them, and was in all probability used for, 

 or carried in, the protective packing around the trees. Collected 

 by H. T. Gussow (E); and H. St. John, no. 1,296 (H). 



FL August and September. 



Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Lam. Very abundant on the low 

 turf -covered dunes and undulating barrens. In 1766 and 1767, J. 

 F. W. Des Banes observed "blueberries &c., in their season" 

 (Atlantic Neptune, i. 68, 1777). J. B. Gilpin writing in 1858 re- 

 marks that "blueberries * * * are in abundance" (G. p. 18). 

 J. C. Tache mentions, " On y trouve, en fait des fruits, * * * les 

 bluets" (T. p. 29). J. Dwight in 1895 reports this species in blossom 

 the second week of June (D. pp. 13 and 42). Listed by J. Macoun 

 (also M. p. 218A); and H. T. Gussow. H. St. John, no. 1,297 (H). 



FL June. Fr. September. 



