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1878 



SECRETARY FOR AGRICULTURE. 



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Michx. Swamp Thintle. 

 Common Thistle. 



Frequent in swamps and low places. 

 Too abundant everywhere. Flowers sometimes 



muticam, 



ARVENSE, Scop. 



white. 



Carduus nutans, L. Miisk Thistle. Spreading from ballast at Chatham. 

 Onopordon Acanthium, L. Cotton or Scotch Thistle. Buctoncht. Bass River. Rare. 

 Lapi'a officinalis, Allioni. Burdock. Around dwellings. The burs hold tenaciously 



to the dress or the coats of animals. Aug. 

 CiCHOKiUM Inttkus, L. Succory or Cichory. Introduced in a very few places, but will 



doubtless spread. Aug. — Sep c. 

 Leontodon autumnalk. L. Fall Dandelion. Roadsides and flelds. Rather rare. 



July— Aug. 

 HiEKACiUM Canadense, Michx. Canada Ilaiokweed. Rather rare. 

 H. scabrum, Michx. Hough Hawkwecd. Dry open woods and fields. Not rave. 

 Nabalus aibus. Hook. White Lettuce. Rattlesnake root. In rich woods. Common. 

 N. aitissiraus, Hook. Tall White Lettuce. Rich woods. 

 N. racemosus, Hook. Conspicuous by its long narrow interrupted spiked panicle 



of tlesh- colored flowei'S. Mouth of Kenneheccasia in clefts of rocks. 

 Taraxaccm Dens-leonis, Desf. Common Dandelion. Abundant everywhere in spring 



and early summer. Used for greens. Also the root for Coffee. 



Rich woods and fields. Common. 



Laotuca Canadensis, L. Wild Lettuce. 



Low wot ground. 



Rather com- 



MuuiEDiLM leucophajum, DC. False or Blue Lettuce. 



mon. 

 SoucHus ASPER, Vill. Spiny-lcaved Sow-Thiat'.e. An annual plant 1-3 feet high with 



pale yellow flowers growing in gardens and in rich soil around dwellings. Tho 



seeds are smooth and three-nerved on each side. 

 S. AKVENsis, L. Field Sow- Thistle. A perennial plant with creeping rootstocks, 



light yellow flowers and having the seeils transversely wrinkled on the ribs. Garden 



weed. 

 Crepis virens, L. Grows on ballast at St. John. 



Al\ 



, . LOBELIACEJ.-Lobelia Family. 



Lobelia cardinals, L. Cardinal- Flower. Low grounds. I am indebted to Mr. Yroom 



of St. Andrews for specimens of this beautiful flower 

 L. inflata, L. Indian Tobacco. Very common in fields and roadsides. • 



L. Kalniii, L. Shovps of St. .fohn and Kestigouche river, on limosrono roc1<s. 

 L. Dortmann, L. Water Lobelia. Shallow borders of lakes and ponds. Rather rare. 



CAMPANULACE.E— Campanula Family. 



Ca^mpanula rotundifolia, L. Harebell A pretty little plant found abundantly on tho 

 St. John and rather sparingly near Bathurst. Also at Blackville, INIiramichi, and 

 probably many other places. Often on rocks. 



ERICACEAE— Heath Family. 



Gaylcssacia dumoza, Torr. and Gray. Dwarf and Blackberry. In a peat bog near 



Richibucto. 

 G. resinosa, Torr. and Gray. Black Huckleberry. Swamps and barrens. June. 

 VvccmiuJi Oxycoccus, L. Small Cranberry. *' Stems viuy slender, 4-9 inches long, 



leaves ovate, acute, vvithstronglyrevolute margins." Gray. Common in peat bogs. 



Often gathered in spring. June. 

 V. maciocarpon. Ait. l.arye American Cranberry. " Stems elongated, 1-3 ft!ct long 



leaves oblong, obtuse, glaucous undcineath, less revolete margins.' Gray. Peat 



bos:s and marshes. June. 

 V. Vitisldron, L. Cowberry. Verj' abundant along the rocky coa^t of the Bay of 



Fundy and rocky hills inland. Sold in the market under tho name of Cranberries. 



Very r.are in the northern counties. 

 V. rennsylvanicum, lain. Dwarf Blueberry. Our most common blueberry. The 



leaves are smooth and shining on both sides, and the b(!vry covered with a blue 



bloom wliich is easily rul)bed ott". One form of i., vav. nigum Wood, has black berries 



■without a l)loom and are sweeter and more pleasant to the taste than the common 



form. June. 

 ii36i. V. Canadense, Kalm. Canada Blueberry. Less common tlian the preceding and 



known by its leaves being covered with down on both sides as well as its branchlets. 



When spruce swamps or barrens are burned over, they become in a couple of years 



blueberry barrens. 



