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1878 



SECRETARY FOR AGRICULTURE. 



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with large- 

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biindant in 



long roots, 



mployed in 



in making 



ches hipjhr 

 lt:isle. Rich. 



Abundant, 

 [nt County. 



't {jrounds. 

 [les of pale. 



, red-purple 

 [t into large 



feet high^ 

 deep-blue 



immortal 



little plant 

 ^088}' shaded 

 ich division 



lour earliest 



lune. 



Common.- 



230. 





231. 

 i32. 



2;;4. 



'JoO. 



•j;J7. 



241. 



242. 



24,",. 



•244. 



24C.. 

 247. 

 248. 

 249. 

 250. 

 251. 

 252. 

 25,1. 

 254. 



255. 



25G. 



257. 



208. 



260. 



2C1. 

 262. 

 2Gy. 



264. 



2(15. 

 2GG. 



207. 



2(58. 

 2C9. 

 270. 

 271. 



SAMniTi-9 Canadensis, L. Common Elder. In rich soil In fields and beside fences. 



Flowers late in summer; bears black fruit and has white pith. Clusters of flowers 



flat. 

 S. pnbcns Michx Undberried Elder. Flowers in o-irly Spring and ripens fruit be- 

 fore the previous Hpecios hlos^oms. In rich soil. Berries red. 

 "N'miRM M nudum, L. Withe wood. Common in cold swamps. Our form is var. csis- 



sinoide", lil-ay. June. 

 V. Opulus, L. Cranberry-tree. Common on intervales. The fruit i? collected as a 



fluhstitnte for cranberries. A cutivatod state of it is known under the name of 



Snow-ball Tree or Guelder- Rose. 

 V. liintanoidea, Michx. Ilohble-btinli. Amcriean Wayfaring-tree. Very common in 



open woods among Maples. May. 



RUBIACE.K-Madder Family. 



Gai.iim ai-aijinh, L. CJc'ivers. Goo.'ie-(irtiiis. Introduced in ballast at Carleton. 



G. Moi.i.i «.o, L. On bnllMSt a^. Kichibucto. 



G. asprelhini, Micljx. Honijh Bedstraw. Low woods. Common. 



G. trifidum, L. Siiiull Bedstraw. The viir. pusillum, Gray, is abundant in spbsignous 



swamps. 

 (r. trirtorum, Michx. Swcet-seenied Bedstraw. Corjmon in rich woods. 

 MiTCiiEi.i.A repens, L. J'artridtfeberry. A small trailing evergreen in rich dry woods 



bearini; led dry berries. Common. July. 

 IIousTONiA Cd'rulea, L. Bluets. Very abundant in St. John Co. Have not noticed it 



farther north. In moist grassy places. On the sandy shore at llothsay. 



CONtro.SIT.i:-Compoaite Family. 



Eli'atokh M purpureum, L. JoePye M'eed. Trumpet- Weed . Common on intervales. 

 A stout fierb with whorlcd leaves and flesh-colored flowers. 2-8 feet high. ; .^f. 

 E. perfoliatnm, L. Thuronghwort. Jtoneset. Common in wet grounds. 

 E. ageratoides, L. White Snake-root. In rich soil on the banks of the Restigouche. 

 Xauuosmia painiata, Hook. Siveet Odtsfoot. Rather common on the Richibucto- 



I'iver in damp recently burned ground. May — June. 

 TrssiLAGO Fahfar.\, L. Coltsfoot. Spreading: from ballast in several places. ._•_'• 



A.sTEK maoroi^hylliis, L. Aater. Starwort. Woods and borders of fields. Aug. 

 A. Rad Ilia, Ait. Wet boggy p'aces. Aug. 



cordifclius, L. Very common in woodlands. 



miser, L. In thickets and fields. Abundant. 



simplex. Willd. On moist banks. Not common. : . . • ,.. 



•■estivus, Ait. On tl)e shore below Richibucto. 



longifolius, Lani. Damp places along streams. Richibucto. 



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 A. 

 A. 

 A. 

 A. 

 A. 



puniceus, L. Very common in swamps and along brooks. 



Carleton. 

 Var. vimineus, Gray.- 



Carleton, in vret grounds. 

 A. acuminatus, Michx. In cool, rich woods. Common. 

 A. nemoralis, Ait, Bogs. Have received specimens from Rev. J. P. Sheraton, ancT 



Mr. Hay of St. John' 

 A. graminifolius, Pursh. Mouth of Aroostook, Tattagouche Falls. Rare. 

 EHKiBRox Canadense, L. Home-weed. Butter-weed. Very common. Now spread- 

 widely over the world. .The writer has received specimens from Asia. July— ( >ct. 

 E. acre, L. Onshore at Belledune, Restigouche. 

 E. Philadelphicum, L. Fleabane. Somewhat common in grass fields. July — Aug. 



Rays very numerous and flesh-colored. 

 E. strigosum, Muhl. Dainy Fleabane. Fields. Common. July. 

 DiPLOPAiMTs linnriifolius, Hook. Nepisiquit River. Rather rare. 

 D. umbellatus, Torr and Gray. Double-bristled Aster. Along fences and borders of 



woods. Common. Aug. 

 SoMpA(;o squairos.i, Muhl. Goldcn-yd, Kouchibouguac, on a rocky bank. Mr.- 

 Matthew reported it from Harris Cove. 



bicolor, L. Abiuidanton the tiichibueto River in dry waste land, 

 latifolia, L. Lamp rich soil in shaded places. Bass River, Kent County ; Point: 

 LeNim, Restl'^ouche. 



puberula, Nutt. Dry, sandy soil. Common, 

 stricta, Ait. Bogs and swamps. Conimor. 



thyrsoidea, E. Meyer. Bass River, beside a densely shaded brook, 

 sempervirens, L. Salt marshes. Rather common, 

 altissima, L. Borders of fields and roadsides. Abundant. 



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