CONTENTS. 
Introduction o 
Present status of Sable Island 
History 
Early history 7 
First Humane Establishment, 1801 17 
Diminishing size of Sable Island 18 
Changes in Wallace Lake 23 
Zoology 
The endemic Iresh-water sponge 25 
Ipswich Sparrow 25 
Native and introduced animals 27 
Sable Island ponies 28 
Botany 
Early botanical records • 32 
Plant habitats 39 
Phytogeography 44 
Forestry experiments 47 
Catalogue of the vascular plants 56 
List of abbreviations 98 
List of new species, varieties, and forms 98 
Tabular statement of families, genera, species, varieties, and 
forms of the native or aiivcntivc flora 99 
Bibliography 101 
