June 29, 1904 On the "Admiral," Baides Chaleurs- Left Boston Sunday night, the 26th on the 7 o'clock to St. John, arriving there at 10.40, where I was met by Mr. Hay with whom I explored the Ballast Lands & wharves before lunch - Matricaria discolora & inodora abundant, also Diplatys muralis etc., three pad - famus of Capeville. Lunched at the Hay's, meeting Mrs. H.'s niece, John Hunt from Cacib, After lunch Mr. J. Brittain called & joined Mr. H. and me in a walk about the St. John park system. Northern plants as affected, in a bog Galium labradoricum, Rhamnus, Lupinum, Carex Goodenowii, Triglochin maritima, etc. Took 7 Pm. night train "Maritime Express" to Matapedia, but discovered five minutes before leaving that no dining car until breakfast & no buffet. So quick lunch of 1 sandwich & an orange for dinner. To bed at 8.30, started out at Matapedia at 3.15 A.M. With 4 1/2 hours to wait and a clear morning light, devoted myself to following all routes to safe distances from the Station. Regular French Canadian small village with cracked nasty streets & broken sidewalks. Best balancing of the morning a half mile down the Westigoche. There in thicket with the everywhere abundant Clem. Cam. balsamaria & Sium macrophllum, a large colony of Osmorhiza longistylis - a small patch of C. divaricata & Lilias hirsuta on cliff, gravel. On ledges Atripalas alpinae, Oxypolis campestris, Johannensis, Hedysarum, Amaranth multifida, Senecio Balsamitae, etc., abundant. Viola (glabrous plant of the St. John & Avonstocks) abundant in gravel, in flower (Clear violet) next the water in fruit with olive.