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regions with us, hut are now well known from Nova Scotia and the 
adjacent Provinces, These plants include Sehizaea pusilla ; 
Lophiola, recently discovered by an untrained collector in a bog 
near Digby; Centunculus , now known from both ^ova Scotia and Prince 
Edward Island but with us not found north of Chesapeake Bay; 
Ceratiola , known from an indefinite station in Nova Scotia, other¬ 
wise not found north of the Pine Barrens from North Carolina to 
Alabama; while Newfoundland has received some of these plants as 
well as Juncus setaceus otherwise unknown north of Cape May. 
Similarly, incidental collecting has brought to light in Nova Scotia 
Atlantie-European species such as Calluna vulgaris (indigenous in 
Nova Scotia and southeastern Newfoundland), Potentilla procumbe ns 
(indigenous in Nova Scotia and southeastern Newfoundland), Juncus 
bulbosus (ditto), Potamogeton polygonifolius (ditto) and several 
others. In 1914 Dr. St.John and I stopped off the train for 
half, a day on the Bras d*Or Lakes to recuperate from the effects 
of crossing Cabot Strait from Newfoundland. In a stroll along 
the beach we picked up Polygonum Rail (known only from the strands 
about the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the British Isles and the English 
Channel), Polygonum acadiense , a new species which has subsequently 
proved to be common (and heretofore confused with p. Raii ) on 
the strands of the Baltic Sea, and Agropyron acadiense , a new 
species as yet known only from the original station. This was 
merely an incidental bit of collecting, but it is suggestive of 
what is to be expected by an intensive summer's w r ork in Nova Scotia. 
The proposition I wish to make is as follows:- the Gray 
Herbarium will equip a work-shop, probably at Yarmouth or Digby, 
with abundant presses, driers, press-paper, and artificial heat in 
order to insure against fog. I am planning to start the summer's 
