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" Like treasures of silver and gold." 



In May last, I pointed out according to re- 

 quest, but in a very succinct manner, some of 

 the Spring flowers noticeable round Quebec. 

 I have since had an opportunity of witnessing, 

 ou my late visit to Lake Kingsmere and the 

 Chelsea Mountain, near Ottawa,* how much 

 climate or locality has to do with the size and 

 lustre of some plants. On looking over the 

 list I published, I was surprised to find I had 

 omitted mention of a plant well known to 

 Quebecers, the blood root {Sanguinaria), a 

 diminutive flower of frequent occurrence, near 

 the city, and barely waiting for the departure 

 of the snow to push through its stem, on which 

 a pure white inverted cap soon appears. 



* On the 24th May, 1884, at a pic-nic given 

 by the Ottatva Field Naturalists Club, at Mr. J. 

 G. Bourinot'a charming rustic Lodge. 



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