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considered a native of this Province. It has. I believe, been ong 
known to the Indians about Tobique, who formerly used the juice of 
the fruit to stain their baskets. 
For many miles below the Grand Falls the river is pent up in a 
narrow channel, through which the current is rapid, carrying the 
rich material which it constantly wears away, and depositing it on 
the intervales farther down the river. A. few miles below the Falls 
the terraces again make their appearance, at first high up above the 
present bed of the river, and gradually falling so that below the 
mouth of the Aroostook the more recent terraces are but a few feet 
above the high water mark. Here some of the richest land in the 
Province may be found. In the rich thickets along the river-banks, 
many rare plants were growing in the greatest luxuriance, including 
Adiantum pedatum, our most beautiful fern; Phryma Leptostachya 
Verbena hastata, Ampthicarpeea monoica^ Campamda aparinoides, San- 
guinaria Canadensis, Caulophyllum thalictroides and many others. 
Across the river from Upper Andover is the Indian reserve, above 
the mouth of the Tobique, which contains some of the richest land 
in the Province, but the Indians make very little use of it for agricul- 
tural purposes. At the Narrows, near the mouth of the Tobique, was 
found Shepherdia Canadensis and the somewhat rare Arnica mollis, 
not before reported from the Upper St. John. Here were also 
Halenia dejiexa and a new form of Pyrola — P. rotundijolia, var. 
uliginosa. 
At Eel Piver, York County, the last place where any extended 
observation was attempted, several rare plants were met with, includ- 
ing Allium tricoccum. Orchis spectabilis, Habenaria orbiculata, Geum 
album. Verbena urticifolia, and others 
I regret that the great extent of my journey prevented my remain- 
ing long enough in one place, thoroughly to examine its flora. There 
are many rich districts between St. John and Grand Falls which on 
closer inspection will reward abundantly the zeal and industry of 
the botanist who shall explore them. 
In closing this paper I have to refer to a very remarkable dis- 
covery in New Brunswick of a rare fern — Scolopendrium vulgare 
which was found near Woodstock, by James Sutton, Mrs. Charles 
Connell’s gardener. Its discovery may be said to be almost accidental; 
and we are indebted to Peter Jack, Esq., of Halifax, a gentleman 
