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44 REPORT OF THE 1878 



872. S. Canadensis, L. Kent County. Abundant beside fences. 



273. S. serotina, Ait. Restigouche. Mr. Hay. 



274. S. gigantea, Ait. St. John County. 



275. S. laneeolata, L. Abundant in old moist fieldft and along river banks. ' '••■ 

 276 Inula Helenium, L. Common Elecampane, lioadaide at Norton. Rare. 



277. Ambrosia artemisias folia, L. Roman Wormwood. Hog- weed. Bitte^-tveed. Waste 

 places or fields. Il-ire. 



278 Rudbeckia hirla, L. Cone-flower. A I'ongb looking weed with large yellow rays and a 

 brown centre in grass fields. Introduced with grass seod from the West, and found 

 occasionally in different places. Restigouche, Kent, York, &c. 



279. Helianthus annuus, L. Common Sunflower. Common in gardens, but apparently 



not naturalized. 



280. H. TUUEROSL'S, L. The Jentsalem Artichoke is spontaneous about garden fences. 



281. BiDENS frondosa, L. Common Beggar-ticks. A very common coarse weed growing 



about dwellings and easily known by its seeds sticking by their barbed awns to the 

 clothes. 



282. B. cernua, L. Smaller Bur-M'irigold. Common in ditches and wet places. August. 



283. Maruta. Cotula, D C. Common Mcuj-wecd. Very common about roadsides near 



.dwellings. An acrid strong scented herb. 



284. AxTHEMis AKVENSis, L. Com Chamomile. Resembles the above very mnch, but not 



ill-scented. Buctouche. 



285. Aciiirj.EA Millefolium, L. Common I'an'ojr or MVfoil. Abundant. 



286. A. Ptarmt'^a, L. Sneezeroot. Looks like a native at River Charlo, Restigouche ; and 



' at Koiichibouguao, Kent. 



287. Leucanthemum VULGARE, i>ara. Oxei/eov White Daisy. White Weed. A very trou- 



blesome weed, covering whole fields with its fine large flowers. June — July. 

 287i. L. Partiiexil'm, Godron, Fiverfew. Gardens, scarcely wild. 



288. Tanacetum vuloare, L Common Tanmj. Near dwellings and often the only memo- 



rial of the gardens of the old settlers. 



289. T. HuKoxENSE, Nutt. Restigouche at mouth of Upsalquitch. Shore of St. John River at 



Fredeiicton. ^ 



290. Artemisia vcloauis, L. Common Mugvort. Waste grounds near houses 



291. A. r.iENNis, Willd. Biennial Wormwood. Waste grounds in several localities. Kouchi- 



bouqnac. Fairville, «fec . apparently introduced and spreading rapidly. 



292. A. AnsiVTHi ,M, L. Common Wormioood. Escaped from gardens to roadsides. Buc- 



touche, Ac. 



293. GxAriiAMUM decurrens, Ives. Everlasting. Green Head, St. John Co. Rare. 



294. G. polycephalum, Michx. Common Eccrlasting. I have not found this plant, but 



there is a specimen in the University Herb, marked " abundant." 



295. G. uUtrinosnni, L. Low Cudweed. Common on roadsides in damp soil. 



296. G. SYi.vATicu.M, L. Abundant at Campbellton, Restigouche; also found in woods at 



River Charlo. Apparently native, but pet haps introduced. 



297. Axtennaria margaritacea, R. Brown. Pearly Everlasting. Very abundant about dry 



fields and along fences. Aug. 

 298 A. plantaginifolia, Ilook. Plantain-leaved Everlasting. Sterile knolls and dry road- 

 sides. May — June. 



299. Ekechtiiites hieracifolia, Raf. Fircweed. Very common in recently burnt clearings. 



July — Aug. 



300. Senecio Jacob aeus, L. Common Ragwort . A coarse weed 2 3 feet high with stri- 



ated branched stem, large golden-yellow flowers. Spreading rapidly at Newcastle, 

 Miramichi. At Pictou it has extended widely into the neighboring districts, and 

 has, for many ysara, been a subject of county legislation. 



301. S. viacoSL'S, L. Stinking Groundsel. May be known by its low much branched and 



Bpr«:ulinir stem-^ covered with viscid hairs and yielding a fetid odjr. Spreading at 

 Batliurst, Shediac, &e. 



302. S. vri.r.ARis, L. Common Groundsel. A weed in gardens and waste grounds. July 



-Sept. 



303. S. aureus, L. Golden Ragwort. Squaw weed. A very variable plant. Abundant in 



many places along the St. John, hoth in swamps and dry intervales June. 



304. Arnica mollis, Hook. Arnica. Grand Falls of Nepisiquit. Rare. 



305. 1 entakura nigra, L. .Knapweed. Abundant in Restigouche and at Fredericton, in 



grass fields or roadsides. July. 



306. Cniglsbenedictus, L Blessed Thistle. Bass River. Escaped from gardens. Sorae- 



timea cultivated under the name of Uorchound, and used as such. Rare. 



307. CiRsiuM L.vNCEd'i.ATUM. Scop. Generally but wrongly called Scol>-h Thistle. Too 



common. 



