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.