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rather fragmentary, but are in most cases so immature as 

 to indicate that he was too early for the proper collecting 

 season. The island was also visited by Banks and by 

 Lambert, a few of whose specimens are cited by DeCan- 

 dolle in the Prodromus, and by Torrey and Gray in their 

 Flora. In more recent times, a number of collections— 

 mostly of small extent and covering a very limited range — 

 have been made at different points upon the coast, the 

 most noteworthy by Henry Eeeks, John Bell, Eev. Arthur 

 C. Waghorne, Dr. Morison, Miss Brenton, Dr. Koland 

 Thaxter, and Dr. Eobert Bell. Mr. Keeks spent two 

 years upon the island, chiefly at Cow Head upon the west 

 coast, and although suffering from ill health, and much 

 of the time confined to his bed, prepared the most exten- 

 sive list of flowering plants of the island yet issued. 

 Unfortunately, his determinations, while doubtless cor- 

 rect in the main, were made Without access to extensive 

 literature, and confessedly often from too fragmentary 

 specimens, and under too adverse circumstances, to inspire 

 much confidence — especially as the specimens were not 

 preserved and verification is now impossible. John Bell, 

 who collected upon the west coast, also published a con- 

 siderable list.^ Dr. Eobert Bell made a small collection 

 of plants upon the south-east coast, and his specimens 

 were carefully identified by Professor John Macoun.^ 

 The only resident botanist who has published to any 

 extent upon the flora of Newfoundland is the Eev. Arthur 

 C. Waghorne, who, in his missionary work, has travelled 

 extensively along the coast of the island and in Labrador, 

 thus having exceptional opportunities of collecting at many 

 different points. Mr. Waghorne has published a list of 

 the berries of Newfoundland, and has issued several lists 

 of mosses and lichens without habitats. He is now pre- 

 paring a catalogue of the flowering plants of Newfound- 



1 Canad. Nat., New Series, IV., 256-263 ; V., 54-61. 



2 Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Canada, I., 1885, 21DD-25DD. 



