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We then cl^()^•e out to tlio soutli side highway, spent a night 

 comfortabl\- at the Fi\e Oaks, Shigewake, getting hot batlis to 

 clean off the woods dirt. Next day we gave the bird lovers a 

 treat by visiting the sanctuary on Bonaventure Island, a sight 

 that no one \'isiting Gaspe should miss. (\)ntinuing on around 

 the point of the peninsula, spending a night at Fox River, we 

 spent an easy going day westward along the north shore cliffs, 

 where interesting plants were the Butterwort, Pinguicula vul- 

 garis, with its pretty violet flowers and greasy leaves, the deli- 

 cate fern, Crypto gramma Stelleri, Plantago juncoides and others. 



After spending the night at Rimouski, we put in the next 

 morning visiting the marine biological laboratory of the Uni- 

 versity of Laval, Quebec, at Trois Pistoles where the staff, 

 clergy and lay, entertained us hospitably. On the way to the 

 ferry at Riviere du Loup, we made a detour, at the suggestion 

 of Frere Marie-Victorin, to Gros Cacouna, a rocky knob once 

 an island in the St. Lawrence, to find Cornus suecica, differing 

 from the common C. canadensis , in possessing two to four whorls 

 of leaves, instead of only one. 



Crossing to Tadoussac, where the writer found many un- 

 usual Cladoniae, the party took the boat up the famous Sague- 

 nay, and after a cloudy, umpromising evening, the sun broke 

 through and gave us one of the most magnificent sunsets the 

 crew of the fine steamer Quebec ever recalled. The steep granite 

 walls of this river suggested that they must be sanctuaries for 

 many plants. Next day, after a night at Chicoutimi, we visited 

 the outlet of Lake St. Jean, and then struck south through the 

 Laurentides National Park to Quebec. This route will be worthy 

 of more attention another time, for it looks interesting botani- 

 cally everywhere and, when the road improvements are done, it 

 wall be more comfortably accessible for American tourists. 

 Cladoniae, over the areas once burned and now growing up 

 again, were marvellously robust and dense. A common plant 

 in the swamps was the Baked Apple Berry, Ruhus Chamaemoriis . 



We spent the next day sight-seeing in Quebec. Some visited 

 the Provincial Museum where they found a good herbarium. 

 Then we went on into Vermont stopping to drive up Mount 

 Mansfield to look again at alpine plants; to pay a visit to Dr. 

 Will S. Monroe, and his great dogs at Couching Lion Farm, 

 and then on our various ways. 



Raymond H. Torrey 



