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novel, or else, to wander on the moist shores of Lake 

 Calvaire, at St. Augustin, — to gather in, at its first 

 appearance, the big pond-lily, amidst tangled aquatic 

 plants, styled by the Canadian peasant " hair of drowned 

 men ". " Gheveux de noyds ", because the most expert 

 swimmer would fail to extricate himself from their 

 deadly embrace. 



Let us hear Mr. Sturton discourse on the June flora 

 round Quebec : " If we now stroll on the G-omin Road, 

 we shall find growing on either side, the Bunchberry 

 (Gornus Canadensis) which may also be found on the 

 outskirts of every wood. This flower may teach us that 

 things are not what they appear, for that which every one 

 except a botanist, would call a flower, is no flower at all : 

 it is an involuce of four white leaves, inside of which is 

 a head of small, greenish white flowers, and each flower 

 in the fall is matured into a berry, and the head of 

 flowers into a bunch of berries ; the plant is only a few 

 inches high. 



In ditches everywhere may now be found the Brook- 

 lime Speedwell, a strong growing plant with thick 

 shiny leaves, bearing spikes of blue flowers. 



The Thyme-leaved Speedwell will now be found in 

 the fields. 



The Blue-eyed-grass is a very delicate flower, grow- 

 ing in wet meadows : the leaves are grass-like and it 

 has an umbel of very pretty blue flowers which open 

 and wither in a day, succeeding each other for some 

 time in the same umbel. 



In the bogs, the Labrador tea is now putting forth its 

 blossoms of pure white ; the leaves are recurved and 

 covered beneath with rusty down ; it grows to a good- 

 sized bush, and its white flowers form a pleasing con- 

 trast to the deep rose of the Kalmia growing by its side. 

 The leaves are used as a substitute for tea and for hops, 

 and possess some narcotic properties. 



The Oxalis Stricta, with yellow flowers, in ploughed 

 fields, and the Oxalis acetosella, with white and purple 



