312 HOW— NOVA SCOTIA PLANTS. 



Art. VIII. — Additions to the List of Nova Scotian Plants. 

 By Henry How, D. C. L., Professor of Chemistry and 

 Natural History, King's College, Windsor, iV 8. 



The following notes are intended to supplement the ' ' Catalogue 

 of the Flora of Nova Scotia" in the Proceedings and Transactions 

 of the Nova Scotia Institute, 1875-76, by Dr. A. W. H. Lindsay, 

 to whom botanists are much indebted for the first labour of its 

 kind. The names of plants and stations below are either not given 

 in the " Catalogue," or not on the responsibility now advanced. 

 Some of the plants have been known to me as Nova Scotian as long 

 as others in the Herbarium of my formation referred to by Dr. 

 Lindsay, but not being represented in that collection, nor named in 

 some short notes of mine published in the Transactions of the Nova 

 Scotia Institute, 1871—72, of course are not placed in the "Cata- 

 logue" on my authority. The majority have been, however, I 

 think, found since that Herbarium left my hands, (1876), either 

 by myself or others, to whom credit is given, and some have 

 been met with quite recently. In a few cases I have added a word 

 or two, relating to local or Indian names, and other points, which 

 may be found acceptable. I have also corrected a few errors. 



For some particulars, I am indebted to Mr. G. A. Thompson, 

 of Massachusetts. This gentleman came here chiefly for minerals, 

 in 1873, having been directed to me. He was kind enough to give 

 me a few botanical notes in return for showing him specimens, and 

 advising him as to localities of minerals. The following observa- 

 tions of his will be found interesting. 



" I was quite surprised to see the Liriodendron tulipifera 

 successfully cultivated so far North. I had only seen one or two 

 specimens in Massachusetts. The Monotropa uniflora, found at 

 Scot's Bay, is somewhat rare near Boston, 1 think; at least, I have 

 not seen it. Among other Heaths (Gray) I noticed that there 

 seemed to be a total absence of Gaultheria procumbens, so common 

 with us in Woburn, at Scot's Bay ; it seems to be supplanted by 

 the Chiogenes. I did not notice the Kalmia latifolia, Azalea 

 viscosa, A. nadiflora, and Hhodora Canadensis, all of which are 





