falo, Niagara Falls, New York, and Philadelphia. If the Salmon of the northern Rivers could be transported by railway to Saint John, they would find a ready market in the numerous towns and villages of the United States, and the Salmon Fishery alone, would prove a perfect mine of wealth to the northern part of the Province. The immense products which might be obtained by a vigorous prosecution of the Fisheries for Herring, Cod, and Mackerel, would not only furnish a fruitful source of profit to a railway, but they would afford such an amount of remunerative employment to all the productive classes, as almost to defy calculation. They would enable the Province to open up and prosecute, a successful trade with several Foreign countries, with which at present the merchants of New Brunswick have no connection whatever. The farmer also, would be greatly benefitted by the extension of the Fisheries in connection with the railway, because he would not only find a more ready market for his surplus produce, but he would be furnished with wholesome and nutritious food, at all seasons of the year, on the most reasonable terms. Aided by railways, the Fisheries of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence now of so little importance, and such limited value, would take rank as one of the highest privileges of New Brunswick-its unfailing source of wealth forever hereafter. And while the efforts of the people were successfully directed towards securing these bounties of Providence, lavished with such unsparing hand, they would rejoice in the goodness of an all-wise Creator, and offer up humble but earnest thanks to Almighty God for his exceeding goodness and mercy towards his erring and sinful creatures. ARTICLE VII.-Catalogue of Canadian Plants' in the Holmes' Herbarium, in the Cabinet of the University of McGill College. Prepared by the late Prof. JAMES BArnston, M.D. [INTRODUCTORY NOTE.-The plants comprising this herbarium were collected and determined by Prof. A. F. Holmes, M. D., in the year 1820 and following years, and were presented by him to the University in 1856. They are admirably prepared and in an excellent state of preservation, and represent in a very complete manner the Flora of the Island of Montreal and its vicinity. Under the care of the late Prof. Barnston, they were arranged according to the classification of Gray; the nomenclature was modernized, and a catalogue partly prepared, to which it was his intention to have added the results of his own researches, and to have published the whole as a synopsis of the Flora of Montreal. In its present form, the catalogue fails far short of this design; but it is hoped that its publication may nevertheless be regarded as a useful contribution to Canadian Botany. The Island of Montreal is geographically a very important station. Situated between the parallels of 45° and 46° N. lat., at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa, and presenting a great variety of soil and elevation, it affords an epitome of the botanical conditions of the middle region of Canada. The present collection also derives additional interest from the circumstance, that it affords many localities of species which have become locally extinct, owing to the progress of cultivation and the extension of the city. Lastly, the herbarium of the College being arranged in such a manner as to be easily accessible, it is hoped that the present catalogue may make it more useful to students of botany, and that it may form a groundwork for a complete Flora of the vicinity of Montreal. The names in the catalogue are those attached to the specimens. by Dr. Holmes. The more modern names, where any change has occurred, are added with the initials J. B. The Grasses and Carices of the collection, and a separate collection of Forest Trees and Shrubs, still remain unarranged, and will, if possible, be published in a supplementary list.-J. W. D.] Ranunculacea. Atragene Americana. June 4, 1822. Mountain. Clematis Virginica. August 20, 1821. Below Hallowell's House. Thalictrum dioicum. Meadow Rue. Hepatica triloba. May 4, 1821. Mountain. Ranunculus filiformis. August 13, 1821. St. Helen's Island. Ranunculus fluviatilis. June 27, '21. River St. Pierre. (R. Purshii, Ranunculus delphinifolius. June 29, 1821. (R. Purshii, Torr. and Gray, J. B.) Lachine Woods. Ranunculus hirsutus. July 23, 1821. Meadows near Gregory's.. (R. Pennsylvanicus, Linn., Gray, J. B.) Ranunculus acris (crowfoot, buttercup). June 18, 1821. Common. "l repens. August 10, 1821. Common. abortivus. June 21. Mountain. " lanuginosus. June 11, 1821. Mountain. (R. recurvatus, J. B.) Coptis trifolia (gold-thread). May 20, 1821. Mountain. Caltha palustris (marsh marigold). May 23, 1821. Meadows, &c. 66 rubra. May 15, 1821. Papineau Road. Menispermacea. Menispernum Canadense (moonseed). July 19, 1821. St. Martin. Berberidacea. Podophyllum peltatum (may-apple). 1821. In a garden, at Nicholson's, on the mountain. Cabombacea. Hydropeltis purpurea (water shield). Sept. 3, 1821. River, near Nymphæacea. Nymphæa odorata (pond-lily). July 23, 1821. Mouth of St. Pierre. Sarraceniacea. Sarracenia purpurea (pitcher-plant, Indian cup). June, 1820. Papaveracea. Chelidonium majus (celandine). Roadside. 1821. Sanguinaria Canadensis (blood-root). May 15, 1821. Mountain, Fumariacea. Corydalis glauca. June 16, 1821. Papineau Road. Canadensis (squirrel corn). May 7, 1822. Mountain. (Dicentra Canadensis, DC. Gray. J. B.) Corydalis cucullaria (Dutchman's breeches). May 7, 1822. Mountain. (Dicentra cucullaria, DC. Gray. J.B.) Crucifera. Nasturtium amphibium. Br. and DC. July 23, 1821. Gregory's Sisymbrium (Nasturtium) palustre. July 21, 1821. In a yard. Turritis (Arabis) lævigata. June 22, 1821. Mountain. Erysimum Barbarea (winter cress). June 6, 1821. Nichol's Gully. (Barbarea vulgaris, Torr.) Sinapis alba (white mustard). 1821. Common. Thlaspé bursa-pastoris (shepherd's purse). July 11, 1821. Common. (Caprella, Vent.) Thlaspé arvense. July 21. Common. campestre (Lepidium campestre). July 3, 1822. In a field, Three Rivers. Lepidium Virginicum (wild pepper grass). Aug. 2, 1821. Roadside, Citadel Hill. Capparidacea. Cleome dodecandra. Aug. 13, 1821. Shore St. Helen's. (Polanisia graveolens, Raf., Gray, J. B.) Violacea. Viola Canadensis (Canada violet). May 31, 1821. Mountain, &c. Viola pubescens (downy yellow violet). May 23, 1821. Papineau " blanda (sweet white violet). May 25, 1822. Savanne, &c. Selkirkii (great-spurred violet). Goldie. striata (pale violet). May 13, 1821. Swamp, St. Denis-st. cucullata (common blue violet). Mountain. แ sagittata (arrow-leaved violet). May 30, 1825. Nuns' Island, Berthier, &c. Parnassiacea. Parnassia Caroliniana. 1820. Hypericaceae. Hypericum ascyroides (great St John's-wort). July 29, 1821. corymbosum. July 27, 1821. Swamp, St. Denis Street, et aliis, August 8, Gregory's Woods. Hypericum Virginicum. Aug. 11, 1821. Woods beyond Gregory's. sphærocarpon. July 9, 1821. Caryophyllacea. Pierre. (H. hypericum, J. B.) Shore near River St. parviflorum. 1821. Papineau Woods. (H. mutilum, Alsine media (chickweed). 1821. Common. (Stellaria media, Stellaria graminea (stitch-wort). June 29, 1821. Lachine Woods. Arenaria lateriflora. June 16, 1821. Papineau Road. (Mohringia laterifolia, Gray, J. B.) Cerastium dichotomum. June 25, 1821. Mountain. (C. oblongi viscosum. June 4, 1822. Mountain side. Mollugo verticillata (carpet weed). Sept. 27. (An immigrant from further south, Gray.) Portulacaceæ. Portulacca oleracea (purslane). August 14, 1821. Common. Claytonia Virginica (spring beauty). May 7, 1822. Mountain. (Is not this C. Caroliniana, Michaux. J. B.) Malvacea. Malva rotundifolia (Mallow). August 1, 1821. Common. Oxalidacea. Oxalis Dillenii (wood-sorrel, sheep-sorrel). June 29, 1821. Very common. (0. stricta, J. B.) แ acetosella (wood-sorrel). July 10, 1822. Woods near Montreal, Portages of Black River, Three Rivers. Geraniacea. Geranium Carolinianum (Cranesbill), "L Robertianum (herb Robert) Isle aux Hurons. Balsaminacea. Impatiens noli-me-tangere (balsamine). Aug. 9, 1821. Common in most brooks, (I. fulva, I. biflora, Pursh, J. B.) biflora. Aug. 31,11821. Mountain. (I. pallida, I. noli-metangere, Pursh and Michaux, J. B.) Limnanthacea. Flærkea lacustris. June 7, 1822. Nuns' Island. (F. proserpinacoides, Willd., Gray, J. B.) Rutacea. Zanthoxylum fraxineum (pricky ash). June 3, 1821. Garden. (Z. Americanum.) Anacardiacea. แ Rhus typhina (stag's-horn sumach). July 18, 1821. Mountain. toxicodendron (poison ivy), var. quercifolium. June 20, 1821. Below McGillivray's. Vitacea. Vitis riparia (wild grape, winter grape). June 13, 1821. In an orchard. (V. cordifolia, var. riparia, J. B.) Cissus hederacea (American ivy), Pursh. Sept. 18, 1821. Mountain. (Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Michaux, J. B.) Rhamnacea. Rhamnus alnifolius (buck-thorn). June 4, 1821. Savanne, St. Wood. (Desmodium Mountain, &c. (Des Canadense. July 18, 1821. Cross-road beyond the Vicia cracca (wild vetch). 1820. Lathyrus stipulaceus (marsh vetchling). July 9, 1821. Shore, Chapman's Brewery. (L. palustris, var. myrtifolius.) venosus. July 23, 1821. River St. Pierre. palustris (marsh vetchling). July 14, 1821. St. Martin ; also Three Rivers. (Phaseolus diversifolius, J. B.) Vicia sativa (common vetch). July 21. Nichol's Gully. Glycine apios (ground-nut). Aug. 22, 1821. Nichol's Gully, &c. (Apios tuberosa, Torrey.) Rosacea. "L monoica. Aug. 20, 1821. Hallowell's, &c. (Amphicarpæa monoica, Torrey.) Prunus Pennsylvanica (wild cherry). May 22, 1821. Nichol's. (Cerasus Pennsylvanica, J. B.) แ serotina (choke cherry). May 29,'21. Nichol's. (?Virginiana.) Spiræa latifolia (meadow sweet). Aug. 2, 1821. Papineau Woods. (S. salicifolia, Gray, J. B.) tomentosa, second specimen. August 2, 1821, Papineau Woods, &c. opulifolia, second specimen. July 19, 1821. St. Martin. Agrimonia eupatoria. July 19, 1821. Below Quesnel's. Sanguisorba Canadensis (Canadian burnet). 1820. Savanne. |