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points to a souiething I cannot at present explain, ^Vliy this 
prodigality of growth of our waifs and strays in America, and why 
the sparse occurrence of Western species amongst us ? 
ithout doubt a great deal of the Wheat imported from America 
contains a very considerable amount of other seeds ; and that foreign 
Wheat has from time to time been frequently used as seed Wheat. 
AVhy then do we not meet with imports of ’Western plants, and 
their consequent establishment ? 
I will now notice a few out of the numerous cases in Avhich our 
common hedgerow and field plants have become naturalized “West- 
ward Ho.” It seems strange that our well-known Eed Poppy 
fPapaver rhceasj , so common amongst our cultivated corn, that 
there is hardly a parish in this country in which it is not found— 
and many a Wheat-field appears one sheet of glowing red, when it 
is in flower; ‘and which must have been sent over many times in 
seed Wheat, is only occasionally mot with amongst the corn ; being 
found in Wisconsin, and some other Northern and Western States! 
Outside of these it does not seem to have succeeded in propagating 
itself; thus it may be considered quite an uncommon resident. 
Ihe great Elecampane (Inula hdenium), so renowned amongst 
old herbalists, such as Cul|Depper, as a remedy for chest com- 
plaints, is frequently found naturalized near Poston and Montreal, 
in the East; and very abundantly in Ohio and Indiana, in 
the Ear West. The common Groundsel (Senedo vulgaris ), a 
greater favorite with lovers of Canaries and other birds, than with 
the gardener, is only sparingly found ; and appears to lose that 
power of reproduction, which makes it in England the first weed 
in the spring and the last in the autumn. The Salsafy or 
Vegetable-oyster (Tragopogon porrifolius), a native of the Medi- 
terranean region, but established in a few places in tlie South of 
England, from whence it was probably imported, is most likely a 
recent introduction ; and has been found in Ontario in considerable 
<] nan titles, flowering, and apparently bringing its seed to per- 
fection. 
The Henbane ( Ilnosajamus niger) is frequently found near 
IMontroal, growing in the same situations as in England, in waste 
