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frequently predominant for many miles together. Every day's 

 travelling presents different and leading botanical objects of in- 

 terest. The extent of country traversed, however, and the 

 number of species observed, render it impossible here to give 

 any thing like a precise statement of the distribution of all the 

 species that came under our notice, and the appearances which 

 they present in their native soils and situations, compared with 

 what we are accustomed to see of them in cultivation. We shall 

 therefore enumerate a few only of those species which were re^ 

 garded as scarce, or whose localities have hitherto been doubted, 

 or not known to exist, in those tracts of country where we had 

 the good fortune to meet with them. We have the pleasure also 

 to add something new to the American Flora. 



With the exception of one of the New Jersey swamps, the 

 portion of the country from which we reaped the greatest har- 

 vest of botanical rarities was the neighbourhood of Goderich in 

 Upper Canada. The month of August having nearly closed 

 before we reached this last place, and most of the summer- 

 flowering plants having passed into seed, a year or two must 

 in consequence elapse before we can satisfactorily identify some 

 species, either by seeds or roots collected on the spot and 

 cultivated in Scotland. Goderich, in the district of Colburn, lat. 

 43° SO', long. 81° 42' west, is situate on the east bank of Lake 

 Huron, seventy-two miles above its outlet into the River St 

 Clair. Though the town has not been established more than 

 nine years, it was gratifying to witness the degree of perfection 

 which it, as well as the surrounding country, has already attained, 

 owing to the industrious and persevering habits of the settlers, 

 who are mostly Scotch. If the same habits of activity continue 

 with the increasing population, it bids fair to become one of the 

 most interesting of the Canadian settlements. The neighbour- 

 ing grounds are rich, beautifully undulated, and well watered 

 by numerous streams running into the Maitland River. The 

 entrance of this river into Lake Huron forms the harbour at 

 Goderich, but the river is not navigable above the town. The 

 scenery along its banks is diversified and picturesque, having 

 at one place steep clay banks well wooded, at another, moist 

 limestone rocks, with extended gravelly and meadow grounds 

 adjacent. One great advantage which this neighbourhood pos~ 



