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tremely tall and conspicuous prairie plants ; these are the Cup-plant 
(Stlphium perfoliatum) to the south of the bridge, and Actinorneris 
squarrosa, Nuit., on thenorth side. Both these were over six feet 
high last August, and still growing. In one field near the eastern 
end of Sandwich were seen the tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripterts) . 
the Cone Flower (Lepachys pinnata) ; the Rosin Weed or Prairie 
Dock (Sclphium terebinthinaeum) all growing from 6 to ro feet high. 
Others not so rare might be enumerated but these will suffice to 
show that if such plants as the above have been overlooked or 
scarcely ever recorded how many others there are that might throw 
light on what I term the eastern extension of the prairie flora. 
In a sandy field at the southern end of Sandwich a long lost 
Canadian species was discovered, I refer to the Orange Grass or 
Pine-weed (Aygericum Sarothra, Michx). Growing with it were 
two very inconspicuous little things both new to Canada. They were 
Hemicarpha subsquarrosa, Vees., a dwarf annual from one to five 
inches high and Fimbristylis Capillaris, Gray, another minute thing. 
Crossing a little hollow with a small stream running through it, a garden 
of rarities was entered and in a few minutes our portfolio was filled with 
good things. The more interesting were Liatrzs spicata, Archemora 
rigida, <Aletris farinosa, Lythrum lineare, and Alatum, Polygata 
incarnata, Hypoxts erecta, Ludwigia alternifolia, Veronica Virgintica, 
and at least a dozen others. 
In conclusion allow me to say that in these few notes, 
hurriedly thrown together, I have attempted to embody a part of the 
observations made during the past summer for the special purpose of 
stimulating any youthful botanist that may be in the room, and to 
show to the older ones that in no department of geographical botany 
has the study of our plants been exhaustive. The more I know of 
our flora, the more deficiencies I find in our knowledge and the more 
desirous I become to have additional observers in the field, so that in 
time we may fill up the gaps that I know exist. I have carefully 
kept from speaking of the more commonly noticed plants and trees, 
because much good work may be done by parties having less op- 
portunities than I have, if we give them an opening and encourage 
them to enter it. 
