58 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
Viola tricolor, L., Trifolium arvense, L., Vicia tetrasperma, Loisel., 
Carduus nutans, L., Polygonum lapathifolium, Ait., Mercurialis — 
annua, L., and a number of other introduced plants, not yet de- — 
termined, were our prizes. Noon, however, came all too surely 
bringing the sundering of our very pleasant, and to me, instruc- — 
tive, two months’ companionship; Mr. Macoun starting for Que- [| 
bec where he was to catch the Government steamer, whilst 1, 
having determined to work my way home by the White Moun-— 
tains, remained over for a couple of days botanizing with Mr. 
McKay, Principal of the Pictou Academy, and an enthusiasti¢ 
naturalist. In tramping about the vicinity Senecio Jacobwa, ls, © 
was found to be one of the commonest weeds, its golden heads — 
brightening the fields and roadsides in every direction. It 8 | 
locally known as “Stinking Willie,” and the eating of it wasat | 
one time popularly believed to be the cause of a disease prevalent — 
among the cattle about Pictou for the past forty years. Experl- — 
ment, however, abundantly disproved this, and by proper ee : 
precautions the disease has been just about stamped out. enti- 
ful, but not quite so much so as the Jacobea, was Senecio viscosus, : 
and Matricaria inodora, L. was not infrequent. Barts — 
Odontites, Huds , just coming into flower, was, poking its head : 
up everywhere, while Camelina sativa, Crantz, and Huphorbia— 
Peplus, Lu. were detected bordering some of the streets. e 
Leaving Pictou, a stop, long enough for a farewell visit t 
the falls, was made at Truro, which place was quitted on t 
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cular cryptogams were recorded, and specimens of most of then 
the remainder were scattered amongst the other orders. In va*" 
cular Cryptogams, the Filices having been very exhaustively 
studied by the Rev. E. Ball, our new finds were limited to Bo 
trychium matricarie folium, Asplenium Felix-feemina, var. angus” 
