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south of the Leamington and Walkerville Railway were gathered 
Rhus venenata, Habenaria ciliaris, Archemora rigida, Polygonum 
Virginianum, and lovely specimens of more common species. It 
was a veritable botanist’s paradise, and the bright Orange Orchid 
was hailed with delight, and at once placed at the top of the Fringed 
Orchids. 
All the above species are rare in Ontario, and some of them 
were altogether, if not almost, unknown to the botanists of our time, 
though reported from Canada many years ago. Dr. Burgess, one of 
your own members, found the Orchid, very likely in the same swamp 
I speak of, some years since. 
Pelee Island has many features peculiar to itself, and its flora 
partakes of these in a large degree. Its surface is composed of 
marsh, extensive tracts of level ground covered with excellent soil, a 
few rocky ridges and a southern extension of almost pure sand. 
Each of these tracts has a flora generally distinct from the other, 
that of the marshy part being identical with the marsh bordering the 
mainland. The rocky ground at the north end and in the centre 
has a few forest trees seldom if ever met with on the mainland. One 
of these the Blue Ash (/raxinus guadrangulata) can be seen in com- 
pany with the Red Ash at the ‘ Quarries,” and may bedistinguished 
at once by the younger branches being quadrangular or four sided. 
Growing near it are specimens of the Kentucky Bean-tree (Gymmno- 
cladus Canadensis), but the finest trees have disappeared since I was 
there in 1882. In the woods on the centre of the island are numbers 
of a rare Basswood (Zti@a pubescens, Att.,) which ¢an be separated 
from the common Basswood ( Zi#a Americana) on sight, by its smaller, 
thinner, and less shapely leaf. The round fruit, when compared 
with the ovoid fruit of the common tree, shows that there is no inter- 
grading and that this is a distinct species. It would be interesting 
to discover whether this tree reaches the mainland or not. Who 
will find out? 
In conversation with Dr. McCormack, a native of the island, 1 
was informed that a remarkable tree grew on the south end of the 
island, that many years ago produced an abundance of lovely red 
flowers in early spring before the leaves came out. I told him that 
this could be none other than the Red-bud or Judas Tree (Cevezs 
Canadensis) and next day I examined the south point and found the 
tree. It had been undermined by the waves and fallen inland, and 
