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specimen. The few instances in which he has deviated from this 
rule are mentioned in their appropriate places. A few genera, such 
as Aster and Solidago, are in a very unsatisfactory condition, and it 
is exceedingly desirable that Botanists make special efforts to secure 
large collections of perfect specimens for future study, that the true 
character of our species may be ascertained. 
It is unnecessary to say that the present List is imperfect owing 
to the fact that only a limited area of the Province has yet been 
visited by Botanists. Every year will add new species to the num- 
ber already known, but the author trusts that the assistance he has 
rendered to the students of our Flora will secure for him the kind 
indulgence of the reader. 
The order and names of Families and Genera are, with very few 
exceptions, those of Bentham & Hooker’s Genera Plantarum. The 
specific names are from Watson’s Index and Gray’s Synoptical Flora 
as far as they go. The remainder are taken from the Manual. 
The writer acknowledges, with warmest gratitude, the kind assist- 
ance he has received from such students of New Brunswick’s Flora 
as G. F. Matthew, George U. Hay, J. Brittain, R. Chalmers, J. E. 
Wetmore, J. Vroom, J. Moser, and others, without whose aid this 
work would have been impossible. 
JAMES FOWLER. 
Queen’s College, Kingston, Ont. 
February 4, 1885. 
