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Mr. Fairchild writes me as follows : 



" The flora at Cap Rouge, Crescent Cove, and the river 

 beach during May and June, is the richest and most varied 

 of any that I have ever found in so limited an area. The St. 

 Lawrence river brings upon her current, seeds from the far 

 Western lakes and rivers, and casts them upon the warm 

 and sheltering beach where they germinate and flower. A 

 walk from Cresent Cove to Cap Rouge village at the end of 

 May reveals a bank fringed with a profusion of wild flowers 

 indescribably beautiful in their many colors and forms. In 

 a walk of not over a mile 1 gathered thirty-seven distinct 

 varieties, and this at the end of May. My list for this month 

 is as follows. J give the common English name : 



Pussy Willows, ■ Wild Poire, 



Alder Catkins, Columbine, 



Skunk Cabbage, Purple Flowered Clematis, 



Jack-in-the-pulpit, Elder, 



On the 23rd May, on Levis heights, in bloom : 



Mitella diphylla, L. Mitre Wort. 



Trillium erythrocarpum, Michaux. White Nightshade. 

 Cerastium vulgatum, L. Chickweed. 



Lonicera ciliata, Muhl. (Chevrefeuille.) Twin Flowered 

 Honeysuckle. 



Caltha palustris, L. (Populage.) Marsh Marigold. 

 Fragaria virginiana, Ehrhart. (Fraisier.) Wild Strawberry. 

 Coptis trifolia, Salisb. (Savouyane.) Gold Thread. 

 Viola cucullata, Aiton. (Violette bleue.) Blue Violet. 

 Viola pubescens, Aiton. (Violette jaune.) Yellow Violet. 

 Actsea spicata, L. var. alba Bigelow. Baneberry. 



On the 27th May, 1884, at La Canardiere, also in bloom : 



Streptopus roseus, Michx. (Raisinette, rognons de coq.) 

 Twist Foot. 



Viburnum lantanoides, Michx. (Bois d'orignal.) Hobble 

 Bush. 



Actsea spicata, L. var. rubra, Michx. (Pain de couleuvre. 

 Bain Berry. 



Ribes prostratum, L'Her. (Gadelle sauvage.) Wild Currant. 



Tiarella cordifolia, L. Bishops Cap. 



Amelanchier Canadensis, Torrey & Gray. Shad flower. 

 (Petites poires.) Wild Poire. 



Rubus triflorus, Richardson. Wild blackberry. 



Cornus Canadensis, L. (Cornouiller ; croquette.) Low 

 dog-wood. 



— Courrier du Canada, 10th, 13th and 30th May, 1884. 



