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L»aisies. TJic Euttercup (Rammcuhis acris) ]ias followed the 
emigrant through the backwoods and Canadian clearings, so that 
It IS almost looked upon as a native; its quick increase being 
doubtless due to its being carried amongst the hay of the back” 
Avoodsman and lumberer. The Barberry (Berherls vidgarisj is 
more frequent than with us, having followed the Pilgrim Bathers, 
and now thickly covers the bleak hills of bfew England. I do 
not learn that it has attained an evil name with them as with us 
as causing a blight amongst Wheat ; which said evil report is most 
1 cely a traveller’s tale, hardly worthy of credence. Let that be as 
It may. Barberry has an evil name ; and if erroneously, error is hard 
to eradicate ; to me it has a pleasant remembrance of childhood 
in the form of Barberry comfits. 
Tl.e common Water-cress fifmtuMum vuhjarisJ is tl.orongl.ly 
established; niost of the streams in the state of New York and 
Western Ohio are thickly covered with it. The Parsnip fPa.f/naca 
saUca) covers the hedge-banks in many places ; and as with us 
springs up in almost every railway cutting. The Conmm macu- 
latum has established itself as far ivest as Indiana, and maintains 
its well-known poisonous properties as in Europe. Whilst on the 
subject of poisonous plants, how deeply it is to be regretted that 
better information does not exist as to the danger of eating unknown 
roots. Only a few days ago, three sailors were poisoned by eating 
what they supposed to be Celery : it proved to be (Enanthe crocutl 
Monk s-hood has many times been eaten instead of Horse-radish, 
and numerous other instances might be quoted. The gi-eat Oxeye 
Daisy (Chrysanthemum Icucanthemum) has crossed the Atlantic 
with hay seeds ; and now completely whitens with its blossoms 
many of the pastures of the Eastern States, and is rapidly spreading 
both west and south. The Tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare ), a stomachic 
bitter, has become fre(iuent. Chicory ( Cichorhtm intyhus ), the roots 
of which are so well known as an addition to Coffee, is often met 
with. The Greater Mullein ( Verbascum lhapsus) is more frequent 
than with us ; how this and the preceding plant got introduced is 
difficult to understand, as neither of them would be found amongst 
corn or grass seeds. The Yellow Toad-llax ( Linar ia vulgaris) is 
