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the fronds. Their general measurement was not less than eleven 
or twelve inches, but many of them were fifteen and sixteen, and 
threads, while Cape Porcupine, at the Gut of Canso, on the one 
and, and the smoke rising from Sydney mine on the other, 
with all the country between, were quite readily discernible. 
The side of the mountain, very steep and partially wooded, was 
a grand conservatory for ferns, which were disposed in regular 
series with the boundaries of each quite sharply defined. Aspi- 
dium marginale, Swz., growing with which was Asplenium Filix- 
foemina, Bernh. var. angustum, D, C. Eaton, formed the lowest 
layer, and was succeeded by one of Aspidium spinulosum, Swz. 
var. dilatatum, Hook., while a magnificent growth of Aspidium 
Filiz-mas, Swz. came next, and Woodsia Ilvensis, R. Br. oceupied 
the exposed faces of the topmost rocks. The fronds of the male 
ern, many of which were fully three feet in length, differed from 
the form usually described in being rather narrowly lanceolate 
'n outline, the tallest of them measuring only five inches across 
where broadest. | aks 
he time fixed for the Professor’s leaving me to visit the 
Island of Anticosti was drawing speedily onward, and it became 
hecessary for us to hasten back to Pictou where we knew several 
rarities were to be had. FI ing glimpses were taken of Pirate’s 
Harbor and New Glascow, Campanula rapunculoides, L. being 
Seen growing plentifully along the railway track at the latter 
Place, and on the evening of July 24th we had arrived. The 
early part of the next day was devoted to an examination of the 
ballast heaps along the quays, and Senebiera Coronopus, Poir., 
