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the unexpected discovery, by Mr. Jackson Dawson, of a patch of Heath 
in Tewksbury, Massachusetts; adding the remark, that: “It may have 
been introduced, unlikely as it seems; or we may have to rank this 
Heath with Scolopendrium officinarum, Subularia aquatica, and Marsi- 
; lea quadrifolia, as species of the Old World so sparingly represented in 
the New, that they are known only at single stations,—perbaps late- 
lingerers rather than new-comers.” | And w en, in a su uent volume 
pended upon the confirmation of the Newfoundland habitat. As to that, 
we had been verbally informed, in January, 1839, by the late David ; 
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tinent. It is with much interest, therefore, that we read the announce- 
and presented to Mr. David Don.” The specimens were old, and greatly 
damaged by insects. Apparently, they had been left in the rough, as 
originally received from the collector; being in mingled layers between 
a scanty supply of paper, and almost all of them unlabelled. Among 
these specimens were two flowerless branches of the true Cadluna vulgaris, 
about six inches long, quite identical with the common heath of our 
: British moors. Fortunately, a label did accompany these two specimens, 
: Which runs thus:—* Head of St. Mary’s Bay—Trepassey Bay, also very 
abundant.—S.E. of Newfoundland considerable tracts of it.” The name 
whose name is frequently cited for New- 
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