bellied Sapsucker nest high in a hole in an old tree, with young inside buzzing away, and sometimes a head peeking out. Later, a ride along the headland to see a White Bog Orchid was an unexpected bonus.

At lunchtime, Gerald, Arlene and Paul went to Gerald's home while Joyce and I went to St. Margaret's for a picnic lunch and to see how the mystery plants were getting along. Immature red drupes were forming. I sent that extra bit of information in a letter to Dr. Catling along with the pressed plant in the care of a niece who was motoring back to Ottawa at just the right time and would deliver the package personally.

Dr. Catling's reply came Aug. 3rd stating that "the plant is one that can be difficult to identify. It is sometimes called "Star Toadflax". The correct scientific name is "Comandra umbella" (L.) Nutt. It is in— cluded in the "Plants of Prince Edward Island" as "Comandra richardsiana" on page 134, map 337. It is known from at least four locations on the north shore in open sandy ground, often with bayberry and blueberry, and it is probably more widespread".

Having learned the name, I found it listed in several plant books at the library. It belongs to the Sandalwood family (Santalaceae). It has no corolla. The calyx is usually 5-lobed, but sometimes 4-lobed even in the same cluster. the plants are often parasitic upon the roots of other plants. '

August 16 found us headed east again, via St. Charles and Selkirk to St. Margaret's and Comandra Park, what else? At this time the Co- mandra drupes were blue and the size of small blueberries. Peaches, plums and cherries are drupes. Comandra drupes are "just skin and

stones". g} 23?? Lunch over, we had a new objective — Foun- figuw4§tai

tain Head" — the big spring that is the main source of North Lake Creek. With an old topo— graphical map that showed wherre Fountain Head Station used to be, down the Souris Line Road we went past Harmony Junction, then turned east and went along to the second road parallel to the Souris Line Road. Turning north we drove

less than a quarter mile to the railroad but The GreendwaFer Pellu- missed the spring because it is on the east tlon.Pr1@er 15 a neW side of the road. returning, I spotted the PUbllCetlon bY Fhe COH- spring easily - a strong flow surging up in the Servatlon eounCII 0? middle of a deep pool, even after so much dry New Brun§W1CK and gives weather. A lively brook rushed out at the far an 0V9rV1eW 0f the_ Side, on its way to Baltic and North Lake. It groundwaFer 9011Ut10n looked like enough water to supply a small PFOb}em 1n Canaea- One town. Someone has placed a strong log across mllllon People 1“ the

the near side of the pool and has nailed planks Maritimes alone relY on to it from the shore. A stake in the pool holds groundwater for thelr

a container for dipping from where the spring supply 0f freSh waterr bubbles up. The Fountain Head road used to end and eontamleants are at the railroad, but now it continues north- t?rn199 up 19 wells ward. Wlth increa51ng regu- Road maps do not show them all now, but larltY° Avallable for the stations on the Elmira branch were, from $5'OO plus $1-00 for Harmony Junction: Connaught, Fountain Head, P°Sta9? from th? con- Baltic, Munn's Road and Elmira. servatlon Counelli 1§0 Thus endeth this potpourri of geography, St' J°hn St'I Frederlc‘ history and nature. ton, N-B. E3B 4A9.