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housie, wife of His Excellency, the Earl of Dalhousie 

 and her friend the Hon. Mrs. William Sheppard, of 

 Woodfield, took a lively interest in this fascinating 

 portion of the vegetable kingdom. The Transactions of 

 the Literary and Historical Society bear testimony to 

 the efforts of these two cultured ladies to popularize 

 here the study of botany. Later on, one could meet in 

 May, botanyzing parties from the city, collecting the 

 prettiest flowers of Ste. Foye and Sillery, under the 

 direction of an enthusiastic old botanist, Mr. S. Stur- 

 ton (1), to whom Quebecers are indebted for an interest- 

 ing paper on our wild flowers. 



II 



OUR JUNE WILD FLOWERS. 



" Like treasures of silver and gold." 



In May last, I pointed out according to request, but 

 in a very succinct manner, some of the Spring flowers 

 noticeable round Quebec. I have since had an opport- 

 unity of witnessing, on a late visit to Lake Kings- 

 mere and the Chelsea Mountain near Ottawa, (2) how 

 much climate or locality has to do with the size and 

 lustre of some plants. On looking over the list I 

 published, I was surprised to find I had omitted men- 



(1) Mr. Sturton was Professor of botany, in an Academy 

 for young ladies in Quebec. 



(2) On the VAth May, 1884, at a pic-nic given by the Ottawa 

 Field Naturalists Club, at Dr. J. G. Bourinot's charming rustic 

 Lodge. 



