Chapter 11 – 1950

April 19, 1950 (Studley and Doane property on Northwest Arm)
Wednesday. With the aid of Findlay and Harris, I burned the patches both at Studley and Harvey Doane’s place. The fire was much fiercer and more difficult to control than I expected. Next time the patch should be encircled with water before burning is started.

April 22, 1950 (West Brook)
Saturday. Marjorie, Jimmie and I started for West Brook [coordinates 45.556847, -64.299251] about 10 a.m. We got there about 2 p.m. and I inspected one of the burns. So far as I could see, they had not burnt quite as heavily as I did, but many spots in the burn were just the same as mine. We went on to visit Mitchell, spent the night in Sackville and returned Sunday evening. On the way in an out of Halifax I noticed that the Alders, Poplars, and Willows were in flower. There were a number of good patches of Willow on the Halifax side of Waverley.

May 5, 1950 (Frog Pond, Bog St. John the Baptist)
Friday. About 5 p.m. after Dan Livingstone’s exam, Dan and I went out to see if the Leatherleaf was in bloom. We went to the west end of the Frog Pond [coordinates 44.624819, -63.604285] and to the back of the church. Dan took rubber boots. The Leather leaf was almost out but not quite. The buds of Andromeda were swelling.

May 15, 1950 (Bog, St. John the Baptist)
Monday. During the morning Jane Bailly, Anne Marshall and I went out to the bog back of the church [coordinates 44.636210, -63.618154] to check the Ericaceae in bloom. The Leatherleaf was in full bloom, but we could not find any Andromeda so we went on to the north end of Frog Pond [coordinates 44.627915, -63.603639]. There we located an Andromeda plant, but it was still in bud.

May 17, 1950 (Herring Cove [coordinates 44.572534, -63.557523])
Wednesday. Jane Bailly, Shane and I went to get some seaweed for Shane and the other things. There was a high wind, a high sea and the tide was not very low, so we did not get many seaweeds. The Ascophyllum plants had just formed the air bladders so there was no good growing tip available for apical cell.  However, we did get a bottle of sea water. The road was in terrible condition and it was cold. On getting back to the lab. Shane and I had tea.

May 22, 1950 (Silver Lake)
Monday. Jane and I left from my house for Silver Lake [coordinates 44.556874, -63.642155] to see if the Andromeda was in flower. We picked up some boys on the way, who thought they were going fishing. At Silver Lake the Andromeda was just coming out, but the flower was still in the bud form. On the way back, just on the Halifax side of Harrietsfield, Jane spotted some boulders covered with Rock Fern. We brought in some fronds for stomata (Biology 1 set) but on examination it was found that the lower epidermis was completely free from the mesophyll, so the material was discarded.

May 27, 1950 (Sambro and Back Lake [now called Harry Lake])
Saturday. Jane, Ann Marshall, Shane and I left in my car about 9 a.m. We took the shore road to Sambro and got there just in time for the low tide. We hired a boat and collected the large Laminaria from the wharf [coordinates 44.478473, -63.599769]. It was an ideal day for this. From there we took the inland Sambro Road to Back Lake [coordinates 44.530002, -63.670150]. The road was terrible. At Back Lake we collected Snowberry and Mountain Fly Honeysuckle. The flies were very bad. We kept on the inland road and made it back to the lab about 12:30 p.m.

May 30, 1950 (Holland Marsh Lake and bog St. John the Baptist)
Tuesday. Anne, Jane, Ann and I went in my car to check for Ericaceae. At Holland Marsh Lake [coordinates 44.669463, -63.818911] and along the road the Rhodora was in full bloom. At Holland Marsh Lake the Andromeda was just coming out, almost at full bloom. We collected a lot of flowers for Ann to run through the key. In the bog back of the church [coordinates 44.636210, -63.618154] the Pole Laurel was in full bloom and it should be possible to make a winter collection. We left about 10 a.m. and were back at exactly 12.

May 31, 1950 (South Maitland, Kennetcook, Clarksville)
Wednesday. Anne Gorham, Ann Marshall and I left in my car at 9:15 a.m. At South Maitland we were directed to a quarry called “Hayes’s”. This was reached by a side road leading to Five Mile River about 2 ½ miles west of South Maitland [coordinates 45.252814, -63.512113]. it is an excellent collecting ground and must be visited again. We had lunch at Anthony’s Hotel at Kennetcook and then came back to Upper Kennetcook [coordinates 45.201678, -63.657589] where we had spotted another good spot. This also must be visited again. Then to the regular spot at Clarksville [coordinates 45.100426, -63.831699] and got home about 5:45 p.m.

Collected:

• Arisaema stewardsonii
• Malus pumila
• Trillium cernuum
• Viola pensylvanica
• Prunus pensylvanica
• Uvularia sessilifolia
• Cornus stolonifera
• Rubus pubescens
• Viola conspersa
• Viola pensylvanica var leicocarpa
• Fraxinus americana

June 5, 1950 (Kentville)
Monday. Muriel Ord, Ann Watts, Jimmie and I left a little after 9 a.m. Jimmie drove all the way. We picked up Erskine at his house and went straight to the experimental farm [coordinates 45.067349, -64.475948]. At first the sluggers hunted for slugs but and did not find many. After lunch we went down through the ravine but did not find many plants, that were unusual. Then Erskine took us to Chipman Brook [coordinates 45.16243, -64.685404] just beyond Coldbrook. This is one of the best collecting grounds I have ever seen. After that he took us to a bald rock between White Rock [coordinates 45.052233, -64.410968] and New Caanan, then to the bridge at White Rock and finally to some excellent collecting on an exposed bank between Gaspereau and Melanson [coordinates 45.075162, -64.31668]. Mrs. Erskine gave us tea and we had some more to eat at Hantsport. We were back in Halifax about 9 p.m.

June 7, 1950 (Truro, West Brook, Lynn)
Wednesday. Anne Gorham, Ann Marshall and I left at 9 a.m. sharp. Ann Marshall drove to Truro. Then we picked up Roland and transferred to his car.  At West Brook I got the blueberry collection and had lunch beside the Dickenson house. Roland took us to a good collecting spot just beyond Southampton [coordinates 45.594495, -64.248481] and opposite the schoolhouse. After this we took the wrong road to South Brook and then took the right one labeled “Five Islands”. When we got to the stand of young hardwoods, we did some collecting. It should be very good here about three weeks earlier. There were lots of leaves of Dogtooth Violet. We collected at two spots along this stretch of road. We got back to Debert at about 5:30 p.m. Roland helped the two girls get the plants in the press and named. We said good-bye to Roland and had supper at the “Coffee Shop” before we got to Truro. Anne Gorham drove home. We got to Halifax shortly aft 9 p.m.

Plants collected:

• Salix alba
• Salix cordata
• Salix bebbiana
• Salix discolor
• Salix lucida
• Salix pyrifolia
• Claytonia caroliniana
• Dicentra cucullaria
• Trillium erectum
• Streptopus roseus
• Figaro grandifolia
• Ribes hirtellum
• Ribes lacustre
• Geum rivale (Roland)
• Erythronium Americanum
• Crataegus macrosperma var. acutiloba
• Menyanthes trifoliata
• Cerastium arvense

June 8, 1950 (Bog St. John the Baptist Church, Dingle)
Thursday. Jane Bailly and I went across the Arm to check the flowering time of the Eruacae.  At the church bog [coordinates 44.636210, -63.618154] the Huckleberry was in full bloom and the Labrador Tea was just coming out. We went on to the Dingle [coordinates 44.629763, -63.598942] and there the Foxberry was about the same stage as the Ledum [Labrador Tea]. These should be checked in about five days’ time. It was mighty hot.

June 12-14, 1950 (Pubnico and Shelburne)
Monday to Wednesday. About 9 a.m. I started off alone in my car. Outside Bedford I picked up a Guelph student who went with me as far as Windsor. Had lunch at the American House at Middleton, then picked up C. MacF, and Shane at Digby. We took a brief look over the Nation Fish Plant there, being shown around by Mr. E. B. Richardson. We got to the Grand Hotel in Yarmouth about 5 p.m. We took Shane to his house and then consulted Mr. Irving C. Pink regarding big shots in the blueberry industry. After our evening meal, we went out to see Ruth Goodman (Mrs. Irving C. Pink) and Shane’s mother. At the hotel, McGarvey of the Res. Foundation met us and said we were to drive him to Pubnico on Tuesday. The four of us left Yarmouth about 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning and got to Pubnico about 10:20. Smith was not there. I visited Benoit D’Entremont and inspected the plots, which appeared to be very well laid out. I put up at Ruben d’Eon’s. Smith arrived about 1:30 with Foran and Mrs. Smith. Maxime d’Eon took us out in the boat to inspect Irish moss beds. After that C. MacFarlane and I observed and collected at St. Ann Point [coordinates 43.595414, -65.798617] at the top of the Pubnico Peninsula. I got to bed early. At about 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, Shane, C. MacFarlane, and I left for Quinan [coordinates 43.920271, -65.825852]. There we met Mr. Peter L. Muise who showed us his blueberry patches and told us of Mr. “Jack Cox” in Shelburne. We got back to Pubnico where we dropped Shane and picked up McGarvey who went with us as far as Woods Harbour. We had lunch at Shelburne and then had a talk with Mr. J.J. Cox. Jim Cox took me out and showed me an excellent blueberry patch at Souriquois Cabins about three miles east of the town [coordinates 43.763574, -65.323380]. We had something to eat at a lunch counter just before getting to Liverpool.  C. MacFarlane called up Kellie from Mahone Bay. We got back to Halifax about 8 p.m.

June 16, 1950 (Chebucto Head)
Friday. Marjorie, Jane, Ann Marshall and I left in my car to get the flowering time of Foxberry and Cranberry. I went to the place Anne Gorham showed me but could find nothing.  Perhaps it was the wrong spot. I do not know. We went on to the road into Duncans Cove, but did not go in. I was not sure that it led to the signal station. As far as Herring Cove the road was terrible.

June 22, 1950 (Hayes’s and Upper Kennetcook)
Thursday. Ann Marshall and I left at 9 a.m. Ann drove all the way to Hayes’s. First on the road to South Maitland we found and excellent collecting ground at Ryan’s Creek. I could not find it by that name on the map, but it is the main brook and meadow before coming to Admiral Rock [coordinates 45.170264, -63.408454]. We collected again at Urbania [coordinates 45.214635, -63.425938] and then at Hayes’s we found a magnificent stand of Ostrich Fern across the river. At Upper Kennetcook [coordinates 45.201678, -63.657589] we collected on both sides of the road. We visited Courthouse Hill and were home by 5 p.m.

June 24, 1950 (Williams Lake)
Saturday. Ann, June and I went to Williams Lake [coordinates 44.620131, -63.595524] to check cranberry there. It was Vaccinium macrocarpum and it was not out. We collected some Barberry. The flies were terrible.

June 26, 1950 (Bog St. John the Baptist Church)
Monday. Ann Marshall and I went out at 2:30 p.m. [coordinates 44.636210, -63.618154] to check the flowering time of Vaccinium Oxycoccos. It was a full bloom, but it was scarce and difficult to find. The Bog Huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) was just coming into flower and there appeared to be a lot of new growth for the current year and only a few of the branches bore flowers.

June 27, 1950 (Bayswater Beach, etc.)
Tuesday. We asked the Saunders to come with us and show us where Mrs. Saunders found the Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi). I called for the Saunders before 9 a.m. We got off at about 9:20, then called for Jane Bailly at the Forrest Bldg. and for Ann Marshall at her house. We went first to Deep Cove [coordinates 44.534113, -64.114001] and climbed up the side of the hill there, at the “look-off” there was a big patch of blueberry. The berries were well formed so it must flower in May or early June, probably the former. It rained a bit while we were there. Richard bought some fish. We then went to Bayswater Beach [coordinates 44.502124, -64.066511] where I showed Ann the series of beaches and collected some Iris plants. Richard then took us to an island on the east side of the peninsula which is marked “Owls Head” on the map [coordinates 44.520519, -64.002696]. Had lunch and a rest there, then walked over the island and did some collecting. Ann Marshall was bothered a bit with hay fever. We returned by the new road on the north-east side, getting back to the lab about 5:15 p.m. Anne Gorham and Cameron were there and identified the plants. Jane and Ann Marshall put them in the press.

June 29, 1950 (Road on Bedford side near Waverly)
Thursday. Ann Marshall, Jane Bailly and I went out to spot poplars. We took Mitchell with us to start his hitch hike for YMCA camp and Marjorie came for the ride. We found lots of Populus grandidentata at the end of the second straight stretch towards the north end of Fish Lake [coordinates 44.907338, -63.581681]. We marked one of the trees. We found some Populus tremuloides on the Bedford side of the bridge and right beside the road. We went out during the morning and were back by 11:45.

July 1 to July 7, 1950
Saturday to Friday. Was continuous rain

July 8, 1950 (Church Bog and Williams Lake)
Saturday. Ann Marshall and I went out during the morning to check the Ericaceae that might be in bloom. At the Church bog [coordinates 44.636210, -63.618154], the bog Huckleberry flowers were in full bloom and also the Pagonia Orchid. At Williams Lake [coordinates 44.620131, -63.595524] the tall cranberry was in full bloom. We were back in the lab at 11:30. The weather was still not completely fine, and it was close and mucky.

July 11, 1950 (Windsor, Erskine’s collecting spots and Brooklyn, Yellow Lady Slipper Spot)
Tuesday. Anne Gorham, Jane Bailly, Ann Marshall and I went to Windsor area to find the spots shown to us by Erskine (see trip Aug 3, 1949). We went first to Lebreau Creek [coordinates 44.975522, -64.160719] near the fish hatchery and collecting was good. We went into the old fish hatchery and found a very interesting pond, backed up by an artificial dam. The owner told me I was welcome to come anytime. We had lunch under a big Elm tree in the cow pasture. We then went to the farm opposite to the “Atwell and McNeil” post box on the Chester Road. There Anne got the plants she was looking for beside the pond and a lot more beside the road. From there to the Lady slipper spot outside Brooklyn where we got Cystopteris in excellent condition. In Brooklyn we found a shady spot in front of the United Church. The girls put the plants in the press while I talked to the Minister’s wife. For location of yellow Lady slipper spot see trip June 2, 1944 [coordinates 44.965362, -63.977191].

Plants collected:

• Lemna minor
• Lemna trisulca
• Oenothera [muriatia]
• Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra
• Trifolium procumbens
• Cystopteris bulbifera
• Erigeron ramosus
• Melilotus officinalis
• Geum canadense
• Medicago lupulina
• Sagittaria latifolia
• Scuettaia [lateriflora]
• Chrysanthemum segetum
• Barbarea vulgaris
• Galium palustre
• Rosa virginiana
• Myosotis laxa
• Carex retrorsa
• Oenothera tetragona
• Potamogeton bupleuroides
• Carex crinite
• Potamogeton epihydrus
• Erigeron annuus
• Melilotus alba
• Medicago sativa
• Epilobium angustifolium
• Acorus calamus

July 14, 1950 (Kentville, Erskine’s collecting spots)
Friday. Anne Gorham, Ann Marshall and I left at 9:03 to go over the collecting grounds in the Kentville area which were shown to us by Erskine on June 5, 1950. It rained quite heavily as we went over Mount Uniacke. Ann Marshall drove. We had coffee at Hantsport then I took the wheel and we drove up the Gaspereau Valley. We collected at the riverbank near Melanson [coordinates 45.075162, -64.31668]. The place is just west of the town and easily spotted. It was raining and we had to walk through Timothy, so Ann stayed in the car while Anne and I collected. It is an excellent collecting spot and should be visited at regular intervals. At White Rock [coordinates 45.052233, -64.410968] we went on to the bridge across the river below the town. We all walked up the path along the Northwest side of the river that is on the right-hand side of the river facing up stream. Anne got a number of things and I got wet. Anne then went down stream a short distance on the south side. I went in the water near the bridge and collected some blue flowers rooted underwater, also I explored the idea that some underwater air bubbles were flowers. We then drove up the road to New Canaan and hunted for the outcrop where Erskine had collected Solomon’s Seal and Corydalis, but I missed it. My memory was at fault. I was looking for a roadside shop or canteen, whereas there is no such thing in existence. The proper place to go in, is just opposite or slightly above the old house. So, we did not collect there but went on to New Canaan and on the road down to Kentville drove into a farmyard where Anne and Ann put the plants in the press. On the way through Kentville I ordered a pair of plants. We then went on to Coldbrook and turned off at the sign “Chipman Brook”. There I took them upstream to the spot which Erskine showed me. Then Anne and Ann went downstream on the other side. While there a New Yorker drove up in a Cadillac and started to fish in the river. Anne got quite a number of flowers and put them in the press immediately. On the way home we had refreshments in Wolfville. Ann drove. We got home in Halifax about 7 p.m. Jimmie was waiting for the car.

Plants collected:

• Corylus cornuta
• Crataegus
• Brassica juncea
• Rumex obtusifolius
• Astra virginiana
• Potentilla norvegica var. hirsute
• Geum aleppicum strictum
• Rosa virginia
• Satureja vulgaris var. neogaea
• Galium asperellum
• Mimulus ringens
• Habenaria flava
• Apocynum androsaemifolium
• Polygonum cilinode
• Hieracium aurantiacusm
• Lychnis alba
• Osmorhiza longistylis
• Erigeron annuus
• Rhinanthus crista-galli
• Athyrium angustum
• Epilobium glandulosum
• Trifolium dubium
• Sagittaria latifolia
• Rudbeckia hirta
• Alisma triviale
• Habenaria lacera
• Euphorbia cyparissias
• Scutellaria epibilifolia
• Veronica longifolia
• Galium asprellum
• Lysimachia ciliata
• Clematis virginiana
• Sanicula marilandica
• Carex folliculate

July 19, 1950 (Wolfville and nearby valley)
Wednesday. Anne Gorham and I took the drier up to Erskine. Janet came along with us to spend the day with friends in Wolfville.  Erskine and his son David took us out to collecting spots in the valley. We went first to Tannery Pond and then through Port Williams [coordinates 45.097969, -64.40999] and on to Canard River and Habitant River. We collected whenever the road crossed a river or creek. Lunch at the Look off. After lunch I drove out to the Halls Harbour for Anne to see the place. We then collected at Sheffield Mills and went back to Erskine’s, picked up Janet and headed off for home. Halifax by 6:45 p.m.

Plants collected:

• Zannichellia palustris
• Najas flexilis
• Hesperis matronalis
• Epilobium glandulosum var. adenocaulon
• Nasturtium officinale
• Scirpus paludosus
• Zizania aquatica var. angustifolia
• Vinca minor
• Dianthus armeria
• Pyrola elliptica
• Stachys palustris
• Epilobium strictum
• Stellaria uliginosa
• Scheuchzeria palustris
• Ceratophyllum demersum
• Rorippa islandica var. microcarpa
• Galium triflorum
• Phalaris arundinacea

July 22-23, 1950 (Shelburne, Souriquois Lake Cabins, Port Mouton, etc.)
Saturday and Sunday. Anne Gorham, Ann Marshall and I left at 9 a.m. to check on the black blueberries. We gave one of Anne’s friends a lift to Hubbards. We had coffee at Hubbards and then Anne drove from Hubbards to Bridgewater. We had lunch at the snack bar at Summerville. The man at the snack bar told me how to get out to Port Mouton sands (Carters Beach) [coordinates 43.908301, -64.822956]. We drove out the NE side of the Port Mouton Peninsula as far as the road went and walked the rest of the way. There were marvelous examples of the sand encroaching on the woods and apparently of the reverse process too.  We walked around the head of the brook, Anne got a lot of flowers in the woods and the skiters were terrible. After crossing the brook on a foot bridge, we went by a number of deserted cabins and finally came out on the bare sand, granite boulders and granite outcrop. It was a desolate place. In the distance we saw a man sitting on the rocks but when we got there, there was no man to be seen. We climbed around the rocks and saw the fish wharf and sheds in the distance. When we started back, the missing man was discovered behind a rock. We got back to our car by wading across the brook. Anne and Ann put the flowers in the press. On the way through Port Joli we got information from two chaps in a garage on how to get to the beaches at the tip of the Port Mouton Peninsula (Cadden Bay on the map). Going through the nine-mile cut off at Lockeport [coordinates 43.698733, -65.113322] we collected at both bogs. Outside Shelburne [coordinates 43.763215, -65.323507], we collected at the Souriquois Cabins, getting Vacuum brittonii and buds of V. angustifolium var. laevifolium. Spent the night at the Atlantic House, Shelburne where Archbishop Kingston watched the plants being put in the press. He also had breakfast with us. During the evening we saw the Cox boys in their store.

On Sunday Ann Marshall drove as far as Port Joli. I took over and drove down the south-western side of the Port Mouton Peninsula to the end of the road, then walked to the headland south-east of Cadden Bay. We got a magnificent view of the mid-bay beach in Cadden Bay. Again, we had lunch at the Snack Bar Summerville. We picked up Barbara Hendry in Liverpool, then called in to see Winthrop at Chester. Hazel gave us tea. Winthrop gave me a razor he got in Germany and read to us from Champlain’s diary. He also told us the original of Raddall’s story. We got back to Halifax just before 7 p.m. and saw everyone going to church.

Plants collected:

• Pyrola elliptica
• Ranunculus cymbalaria
• Glaux maritima
• Moneses uniflora
• Areca canadensis
• Pyrola secunda
• Euphorbia polygonifolia
• Galium triflorum
• Vaccinium macrocarpon
• Gaylussacia dumosa
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
• Habenaria clavellate
• Ilex glabra
• Rubus hispidus
• Rhynchospora alba
• Vaccinium brittonii

August 2, 1950 (Petite Riviere)
Wednesday. Marjorie, Anne Gorham, Ann Marshall, Jimmie and I left at 9:30. Jimmie drove. We dropped Marjorie at Hubbards, then went on to Green Bay [coordinates 44.214243, -64.436881] at Petite Riviere. We had lunch at the beach then Anne took us along the beach and found the plants we were after. Anne and Ann put the plants in the press while Jimmie had a swim. On the way back we collected some more plants. At Hubbards, we dropped Anne and picked up Marjorie. We were back in Halifax by 7 p.m. It was a fine day and not too warm.

Plants collected:

• Euphorbia polygonifolia
• Galium palustre
• Spergula arvensis
• Pyrola elliptica
• Euphorbia helioscopia
• Osmunda regalis
• Cirsium vulgare
• Plantago juncoides
• Gallatin tinctorium
• Chenopodium album
• Clematis virginiana
• Artemisia stelleriana
• Salsola kali
• Pontederia cordata
• Polygonum raii

August 16,1950 (Dingle)
Wednesday morning. Jane Bailly and I went over to the Dingle [coordinates 44.62996, -63.596871] during the morning to get Rock Fern fronds for the Bio. 1 stomata set. We got them just inside the Dingle gates.

August 16, 1950 (Hartlen Point and Barrie Beach)
Wednesday afternoon. Ann Marshall and I went to Cow Bay via Hartlen Point. I wanted to show Ann the various forms of beaches and changes in the same. We parked the car at the Rifle Range at Hartlen Point [coordinates 44.592059, -63.444723] and then walked to Cow Bay. It was a dull day but not cold. I called for Ann at 2 p.m. and we were back at quarter to six. At the beach we collected Spergularia canadensis, which Ann put in the press immediately.

August 22, 1950 (West Brook)
Tuesday. H. D. Smith, Mrs. Smith and I left about 2:30 in Smith’s car. We stopped for a while in Truro and saw Mrs. Smith’s sister and brother-in-law. We arrived at West Brook [coordinates 45.556847, -64.299251] a little after 6 p.m. The two Dickinsons were there and took us to some blueberry patches. Smith stayed but I caught the bus and came back to Halifax. The Dickinsons were in the middle of harvesting the blueberries.

August 25-27, 1950 (Cape Breton Trip, Orangedale etc.)
Friday to Sunday. Jane Bailly, Ann Marshall, Lawrence Cameron and I left in my car just before 9 a.m. Cameron drove as far as Truro. There we had coffee and I drove to New Glasgow where we had lunch. Ann drove from New Glasgow to Mulgrave and Cameron from Mulgrave to Whycocomagh. There we put up at the Village Inn and after picking up Cameron’s two sisters we drove out to Cameron’s house at Orangedale [coordinates 45.90133, -61.095269] where Mrs. Cameron gave us supper. At the end of the evening, I drove Cameron’s sisters back to Whycocomagh. On Saturday morning I brought Cameron into his bank and then we all went out to Cameron’s home and he took us to a magnificent bog. It is a quaking bog and ideal for my northern collections.

During the afternoon we all went out to Malagawatch to see Grant Walls. We were nearly eaten alive by mosquitos. Ann and Jane had a swim. After supper I took Ann and Jane to Lake Ainslie and then out the road to Mabou. We then went down the shore to see the full moon over the water but we were nearly eaten alive again.  On Sunday morning (August 27) we picked up Cameron about 10 a.m. and Cameron drove via Marble Mountain to the Strait. We had lunch at Mulgrave. Ann drove to New Glasgow. On the way we visited the Monastery at Monastery. We did not see much. We had coffee at New Glasgow then I drove to Truro where we had some supper. Cameron drove to Halifax, and we arrived at his house at exactly 8 p.m. The weather was fine and warm all the time we were away. It was a great pleasure to meet the Cameron family. All along the way it was great to have Cameron for conversation. He is well read.

Plants collected:

• Malva moschata
• Cichorium intybus
• Senecio jacobaea
• Lobelia inflata
• Hyperium canadense
• Dryopteris noveboracensis
• Symphoricarpos rivularis
• Saponaria officinalis

September 7, 1950 (Debert)
Thursday. Mitchell took my car and drove Ann Marshall and Jane Bailly to Debert so as to deliver the collections to Roland. They saw Roland and were back early in the afternoon.

September 13-15, 1950 (Lockeport and Pubnico)
Tuesday to Thursday. Mitchell and I started in my car at 9:15 a.m. At first it was dull, but we did not run into real rain till we were beyond Bridgewater. We took turns at driving. Lunch at the canteen just beyond Liverpool (Summerville). By the time we got to Lockeport Station [coordinates 43.744008, -65.096665] the storm was pretty bad, but I made my collections.  There are all types of ordinary bog Ericaceae just beyond the station, but the storm was so bad that I did not go along the tracks to see if the bog still extends to the tracks at Shelburne. I bought some Sen-Sen^[1]. The storm got worse. Five miles before we got to Pubnico the engine passed out. We hailed a car. Mitchell went on to Pubnico, got a tow-car and got in touch with C. MacFarlane. I was towed to Pubnico. Delphis and C. MacFarlane met me there and took me to Ruben d’Eon’s, where I stayed. Mitchell stayed with Delphis. It was cold.

Wednesday morning, I went over a number of things with C. MacFarlane and got my car. In the afternoon we went out in the boat and had a look at some of the experimental work. The weather had cleared by then. Thursday morning, we started for Halifax. C. MacFarlane with us. We went via the valley. The engine heated badly. In Digby at the Fundy Garage the engine was “Pressure Purged”. We had lunch in Digby. From there on the engine was O.K. We had supper at Hantsport. Arrived in Halifax 9 p.m.

September 25, 1950 (Silver Lake [coordinates 44.556874, -63.642155])
Monday. Findley went out in the afternoon for Desmids and got some good material.

September 29, 1950 (Hubley Big Lake)
Friday. Mrs. Burton, 91 London Street had asked me to identify some berries which she had collected at Hubley Big Lake [coordinates 44.660821, -63.831474]. They turned out to be bearberries. She said she would show us where they were found, so Ann Marshall and I collected for her at 2:30 p.m. and she took us to the spot. We made a collection and were back in the lab by 4 p.m.

December 26, 1950 (Hubley Big Lake)
Tuesday. Jimmie, Anne Gorham and I went out to Hubley Big Lake [coordinates 44.660821, -63.831474] to get winter buds of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry). We left at 2:15. Jimmie drove. It was mighty cold and the road in from Hubley was covered with ice. We got the buds, and I was home by 4 p.m.