ST. JOHN: SABLE ISLAND. 87 
Pastinaca sativa L. Planted in the garden of the East End 
Lighthouse. H. St. John, no. 1,294 (H). 
Fr. — September. 
Daucus Carota L. a weed in the garden at Life Saving Station 
No. 4. H. St. John, no. 1,295 (H). 
Fl. — September. 
CORNACEAE. 
Cornus canadensis L. This species has been observed and col- 
lected only l)y J. Dwight, Jr. (D. pp. 13 and 42). 
ERICACEAE. 
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull. Adventive but not well established, 
growing on the sheltered turf-covered slopes of the dunes. When 
./. Macoun visited Sable Island in 1899, he did not find Calluna. 
H. T. Giissow in 1911 collected it and noted, "found about 3^ mile 
west of Marconi Station, 3 solitary clumps and 1 solitary clump 10 
miles East, close to No. 3 Station." In 1913, during my x\s\i, only 
two clumps were observed, both being in Gourdeau Park, the locality 
near the Marconi Station mentioned by Giissow. It will be noticed 
that the first records of Calluna on the island come after the year 
1901, when the large forestry planting was done. The trees were in 
greater part imported from a French nursery and ]Mr. R. J. Bouteil- 
iier, at that time Superintendent of the island, tells me that al- 
though Calluna was not included in the list of imported plants, it 
sprang up soon after near them, and was in all probability used for, 
or carried in, the protective packing around the trees. Collected 
by //. T. Giissoiv (E); and H. St. John, no. 1,29(5 (H). 
Fl. — August and September. 
Vaccinium pennsylvanicum Lam. Very al)uiMlant on the low 
turf-covered dunes and undulating barrens. In 1 TdO and 1707, ,/. 
F. W. Dcs Barns observed " bluelierries — &c., in tlu-ir season" 
(Atlantic Neptune, i. G8, 1777). ./. B. GUp'ni writing in ISaS re- 
marks tliat " blueberries * * * are in abundance" (G. p. 18). 
J. C. 7'«c//t' mentions, "On y trouve, en fait des fruits, * * * jpg 
bluets" (T. p. 29). J . Dwight m 1895 reports this species in blossom 
the second week of Jime (1). j)]). lii and 42). Listed by J. Macoun 
(also M. p. 218A); and JI. T. Giis.sow. 11. St. John, no. 1,297 (.H). 
Fl. — June. Fr. — September. 
