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size as compared with the Pleistocene leaves from the Don Val- 

 ley in Ontario. . . . The two floras are quite distinct, but no 

 correlation has yet been made between the two series of de- 

 posits." 



Subsequently, in order, if possible, to obtain the most recent 

 expression of opinion in regard to the age or stratigraphic rela- 

 tions of the Saint Eugene silts, I wrote to Dr. E. M. Kindle, 

 Chief of the Division of Paleontology of the Survey, who re- 

 sponded under date of October 26, 1925, and transmitted a 

 memorandum, of which the following is a copy : 



Memorandum 

 to 



Dr. E. M. Kindle, 

 Dept. of Mines, Ottawa. 



Mr. [W. A.] Johnston has referred to me your correspon- 

 dence with Dr. Hollick regarding the flora from the St. Eugene 

 silts near Cranbrook, B. C. 



I assisted Dr. [S. J.] Schofield in making, during the season 

 of 1921, a collection from the St. Eugene silts. He makes no note 

 of this section in his 1921 notes. I remember the section dis- 

 tinctly and give it below: 



Erosional surface. 

 Glacial till. 

 Silt. 



Glacial till. 



Silt, sandy silt and partially consolidated sandstone con- 

 taining plant remains at several horizons. 

 Partially consolidated conglomerate. 

 Base unexposed. 



Dr. Schofield^ . . . apparently places the uppermost till in 

 the Wycliffe glacial epoch, and the remainder of the section in 

 the St. Eugene interglacial ( !) epoch. You will note that no 

 glacial material is exposed below the horizon containing the 



3 Schofield, S. J. Geology of the Cranbrook map-area, British Columbia. Canada 

 Dept. Mines, Geol. Survey, Mem. 76 (No. 62, Geol. Series). 1915. 



