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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOTANY. 
The Committee on Botany report that during the past two seasons 
several districts of the province have been visited and notes taken of 
the flora, viz.: The country near the mouth of the Restigouche in the 
summer of 1899, visited by members of this Society and of the Summer 
School of Science ; the Upper St. John and Aroostook rivers by Prof. 
Macoun and Mr. Hay in the fall of 1899 ; the South Tobique Lake 
region, including the Serpentine and Sisson Branch (branches of the 
Tobique), by Prof. Ganong and Mr. Hay in the summer of 1900. A 
list of the plants about Campbellton was made by Mr. Jas. Yroom, 
-assisted by members of the Society and members of the Summer 
School. Some of the rarest or least known plants found there are 
named in the list appended. 
The visit of that experienced botanist, Prof. Macoun, to the Upper 
St. John revealed the presence of quite a number of plants in localities 
where they have not hitherto been found in the province. Among 
other points which Messrs. Macoun and Hay tried to decide on their 
visit was, whether the fern Scolopendrium vulgare, reported from the 
vicinity of Woodstock some years ago by the late Peter Jack, Esq., of 
Halifax, is to be found growing wild there. After a careful search no 
traces of the plant could be found. 
Prof. Ganong and Mr. Hay spent nearly four weeks among the 
lakes of the South Tobique basin during the month of July, 1900. 
The season was rather early to get the best results, but eight species 
and varieties of plants not hitherto known to the province were 
found. A descriptive account of the botanical features of the country 
has been prepared by Mr. Hay, which will be published at a later 
date. Other features of interest to botanists concerning this little 
known region are given by Prof. Ganong in his “ Notes ” of the trip, 
to be found in this number of the Bulletin. 
In the list appended, the new species and varieties are printed in full 
faced type. The numbers correspond to Fowler’s catalogue (Bulletin 
IV). The thanks of the Committee are due to Prof. Macoun and 
to Mr. M. L. Fernald, of Cambridge, Mass., for the determination of 
critical species. 
