Chapter 8 – 1947

May 7, 1947 (St. Andrews River, Stewiacke)
Wednesday. Shirley, Muriel Ord, Bidwell and I. Picked up Muriel at the Forrest Building, Bidwell at his house and Shirley in Bedford. Left Halifax in my car about 9:30 a.m. We had intended to go a week earlier but had been prevented by rain and examinations. All along the Shubenacadie River the low fields near the river were completely flooded and the rivers were rushing torrents. The day was the first fine day without rain for over a week. St. Andrews River [coordinates 45.124530, -63.291493] was very high and both the bridge and the log on which Eville and I crossed were completely washed away. We searched right down to the end of the flats but did not find any Hepatics. We did find and collect Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot) and Claytonia caroliniana (Springbeauty). Mrs. Thurrott told Shirley that the Hepatics had been out about a week before but had all been washed away by the flood. “A week before” would have been the last day of April. So that is the day we should have gone and would have gone if it had not been for the weather.  Last year we went on May 23rd. We had our lunch at St. Andrews River and then went across country on the Windsor Road. On the gypsum outcrop west of Brooklyn [coordinates 45.006038, -64.010085 ] we made a collection of Shepherdia canadensis and going through Lakelands [coordinates 44.922424, -63.889933] we dug up one plant of Daphne mezereum. It was the only plant I could find. We got back to Halifax before 6:00 p.m. I took Muriel to the Forrest Building, put the plants on the drier, then took Muriel to the ferry and finally planted the Daphne plant beside my house.

May 9, 1947 (Marlborough Woods)
Friday. Shirley and I walked down to the railway tracks and across Pine Hill [coordinates 44.627969, -63.578278]. I showed Shirley the various trees in that district, and we collected herbarium specimens of American Elm and Wintergreen Berries (Teaberries). We got the Teaberries by the railway tracks at the foot of Robie Street. We came back to my house and Marjorie gave us tea and toast. We then collected some apple twigs for the Botany 3 series. We brought everything over to the lab and Shirley went off to catch the 5:45 bus. She was going to a dance in the evening.

May 12, 1947 (Bog north of Melville Cove, on Old Hasleman Property and bog back of Purcells Cove)
Monday. Shirley, Bidwell and I left the Forrest Building about 9:30 a.m. On arrival at the Catholic Church, Bidwell got Ferguson. I went to the Catholic School and got permission from the sister to park my car on the Church property. The Catholics were holding school back of the Church and in the powder magazine house. We all went into the bog [coordinates 44.635828, -63.619720] and Ferguson showed me where to find Ilex glabra. We then went into the bog back of the cove in hunt for more I. glabra, but Bidwell and Ferguson were not able to find the clump. We were too late for the Corema, the staminate flowers had withered, but we made a collection of Empetrum. There were lots of Empetrum in the bog and the Corema was on the dry rocks. We then drove back and through the crossroad to the inner Herring Cove Road. I stopped at Derrick’s to ask regarding a boat and Shirley made a collection of Leatherleaf (Cassandra). We then drove past the Dam at long lake and home.

May 15, 1947 (Mr. Harper’s property, Chester)
Thursday. Marjorie, Shirley, Mitchell and I left in my car at 11:00 am. First, we went to W. L. Harper’s property down Kennedy Road and dug up half a bag full of earth from his sweet pea bed. Then we went right through to Chester, and saw Duggie Morash about Peggy’s chairs, saw Mora, went to Hennigars then out to the house at East Chester where we ate our lunch. After lunch Shirley and I went up past the school to Spectacle Lake [coordinates 44.56815, -64.235427]. We were really after sporophytes of thallus liverworts. We did not find these, but we got a lot of other good material including Epigaea, Alder, Sweetfern (Myrica asplenifolia) etc. The woods were quite dry, although the lake was high. Shirley and I had a good walk. We came out at the East Chester Post office. Nora gave us tea. Winthrop and Hazel dropped in. On the walk Shirley spotted some Sphagnum with mature sporophytes. We got back to Halifax in time for supper. I went over to the lab and examined the Sphagnum. It was perfect, we preserved it wet.

May 16, 1947 (Hazelwood Quinpool Road, hill below railway track [coordinates 44.640888, -63.611244])
Friday. Shirley and I went out to the spot indicated by Eville Gorham to find sporophytes of a leafy Liverwort. We could not find it. So, we kept on going to Fariview and got some clear gasoline. When we got back to the lab, we got Eville. He came out with us and showed us where to find the material. We made a collection. The material was good. We preserved it wet.

May 23, 1947 (Waverly, Skerry Brook)
Friday. I left Halifax about 10:00 am. Shirley thought I could not be coming and called up 53 Oakland Road. I picked up Shirley at Bedford and we went to Skerry Brook [coordinates 44.776939, -63.588311] on the Dartmouth side of Waverly. We parked the car among the shacks and started into the woods along a path on the south side of the Brook. We then took the fork to the left and followed along the brook. There we found some marvelous sporophyte of Liverwort, both leafy and thallus. The season was a little late for each. Next year I must visit the spot about two weeks earlier. We kept on going along this path where we found a deer’s head and antlers stuck to a tree. We then went across a barrens. The path turned to the right and we went across a broad bog. We finally came to a small lake and went to the far end of lake. Shirley found a rock from which we could see water further on in all directions. I do not know where we were. We had our lunch there. The black flies were terrible. The dope I got from Barnstead was no good, what we got from the geology chap was O.K. We went back the way we came in and tried the right fork of the road. It turned out to be a good road but not much material. It was starting to rain so we returned. We had gone out for flowers of sugar maple reported by Bidwell. We did not see any. We returned to Bedford. Shirley gave me some excellent tea. I returned home. By that time, it was raining hard. Attached is Shirley’s list of flowers seen and collected.

Shirley’s list for May 23, 1947:

• Leafy Liverwort
• Thallus Liverwort
• Coptis groenlandica
• Viburnum alnifolium
• Trillium undulatum
• Mnium Moss (dead)
• Amelanchier laevis
• Viola pallens (Banks) Brainerd

May 27, 1947 (Preston Road)
Tuesday. Shirley and I went out the Preston Road [coordinates 44.701703, -63.462404] in my car to get some Hard Maple flowers. Dave collected them out there in 1945 (May 25). I spotted the place and at first did not locate the Hard Maple, but we did find Viburnum alnifolium, Breech, Violets etc., and made collections. I nearly broke my neck collecting the Breech. Finally, I spotted the Hard Maple and got the branch by throwing a rope over it. The flowers were in good shape and the leaves more tomentose than the typical Hard maple. When we got back to the lab, Shirley put everything in a press or in pickle.  Attached is Shirley’s list of plants collected. It was a very good day.

Shirley’s List Tuesday May 27, 1947:

• Acer saccharum
• Acer pensylvanicum
• Fagus grandifolia
• Viburnum alnifolia
• Viola cucullata
• Prunus pensylvanica
• Sambucus pubens

Tuesday June 3, 1947 (Truro)
Shirley Mason, Bidwell and I went to Truro. We left about 10:30 a.m. and arrived about 12:30 p.m. Bidwell and I put up at the Scotia Hotel, then started for Bible Hill. While getting gas just over the bridge we saw Vera Facey go by in a car. Shirley had a look at the house on Riverside Avenue. It looked pretty small. We went out to the farm and saw both Roland and Vera unpack the car. Vera knew of no place for Shirley to stay, so we went back to Riverside Avenue. Shirley decided to stay there. Bidwell and I went to the hotel and changed into our collecting clothes. We called for Shirley who had also changed into collecting clothes (red). We went out to the lab and Roland went with us too. It was a magnificent collecting spot. We got all kinds of plants and brought them back to the lab. Shirley and Bidwell put them in the press. It took a long time. I drove Vera home and came back to Shirley and Bidwell. We all had dinner at the Scotia Hotel, and then brought records etc. up to date. By this time, it was raining buckets. We then went hunting for a place which would make up lunches. At first, we could not find any such place, but after we had taken Shirley home, Bidwell and I found a place close to the railway station.

June 4, 1947 (Truro)
Wednesday. During the morning Roland took us to the intervale land at Kemptown [coordinates 45.469078, -63.073595]. There for the first time I saw lots of Dog Tooth Violet. We had our lunch at the lab, and during the afternoon Roland took us to an excellent hardwood collecting area. The spot is marked * on the map. It is 1 ½ miles north of Earltown. The day was fine but cold.

June 5, 1947 (Truro)
Thursday. During the morning Roland took us to a spot “up” the Salmon River to find Primula. Roland took his car and took Vera and his assistant. Bidwell and Shirley came with me. We crossed the river and wandered around in our cars before finding the right place. Finally, we got to the end of the right road, parked the cars and walked through the woods to the river. We took the path to the left when we should have gone to the right and landed too far down the river. We walked up and found the Primulas. The woods through which we came were good. Roland and Bidwell walked back to the cars. The rest of us walked down the tracks. The cars met us at the “Valley” Railway Station. During the afternoon Shirley, Bidwell and I went to Brookside and got the plants which we did not get the first day.  Roland and Vera had dinner with us at the Hotel.

June 6, 1947 (Truro)
Friday. Roland and V.F. came with us and we went to Debert [coordinates 45.437701, -63.458516]. On the road into the camp, there was a marvelous pond full of Elodea, also Spirogyra. We made collections to take home living. Roland and Shirley made a number of other collections of flowering plants. Just outside Truro we collected Buckbean. At the camp Roland showed us through the college quarters in the huts and we made some more collections. We circled through the old camp and came out on the shore road. There in a bog V.F. collected male and female Marchantia. There was also a lot of Mnium which looked as if it might be good later. This swamp was just 1 ½ miles west of where the road turns into the college (camp). After lunch Shirley and Bidwell sorted out the flowers, put flowers in the press and packed the car. We all landed back in Halifax about 6:00 p.m.

June 11, 1947 (Dingle [coordinates 44.630146, -63.596926])
Wednesday. Jimmie and Mitchell were taking the Snipe to Jollimore and wanted me to speak to Al., so I combined this with a collecting trip. Shirley and I went around in the car. There were a lot of common flowers out and we got some great good mounts. There were so many that we decided to collect some and leave the others for Thursday.

June 12, 1947 (Dingle [coordinates 44.630146, -63.596926])
Thursday. Shirley and I went back during the morning to get the flowers we did not get on the day before. We walked up to the Frog Pond and around to the top of Castle Frank. The flies were bad, and it was threatening to rain, but it did not rain.

June 13, 1947 (Preston [coordinates 44.715695, -63.434226])
Friday. Shirley, Muriel Ord, Bidwell and I went to HBB’s place at Preston. We left the Forrest Building at 10:10 a.m. We left the car in the usual place. Muriel was interested in learning the common plants. We missed the path that Bidwell and I cut in 1946 but traced it back from the brook. It was a “between” period for the flowers. The early ones like the Trilliums were over and the next group like the Indian Cucumber were not out yet. However, we made some collections of blueberries, Trillium etc. There were some boys in tents camped near the bridge leading to HBB’s place. The three young ones went in for a swim before eating lunch. It was a gorgeous day, and we all had a sunbathe. When we got back, we dropped Muriel in Dartmouth, took Shirley to the bus and Bidwell and I came to the lab and put the few flowers in the press.

June 17, 1947 (West End Halifax)
Tuesday. Shirley and I went out to Connaught Avenue [coordinates 44.647351, -63.607921] to collect Potentilla. While there we collected some White Clover (Trifolia refens) too. From there we went to Hazelwood and made a collection of Ranunculus acris, both for the hebarium and roots for Bio. 1.  Shirley had seen some big white flowers, so as we wanted Bluets, we went out the Bedford Road. We did not find any Bluets, but the ‘big white flowers’ were beyond Princes Lodge and turned out to be an escaped Phlox. On the way back Shirley treated me to a drink of grapefruit juice. She had ice cream. We got the bluets in a field beside Windsor Street. When we got back to the lab, Eville and Livingstone came in and Eville had collected another Potentilla, different from the one Shirley and I had. Both went into the press.

June 18, 1947 (West End Halifax)
Wednesday. Shirley and I went out to get the species we did not get on Tuesday. First, we checked the Mountain Ash on Carteret St. It turned out to be the same as we collected before. We then went to Connaught Avenue [coordinates 44.647351, -63.607921] and collected more specimens of the two White Clovers, the common Red Clover and Crataegus Monogyno. We made one collection of Crataegus Jonesiae but the petals had fallen. To get this latter species we should go earlier next year. There are a number of good bushes there, just in front of the Jones house.

June 19, 1947 (Big Indian Lake and Nine Mile River)
Thursday. Shirley and I went in my car to Big Indian Lake [coordinates 44.594850, -63.698988] to get Haircap Moss with ripe spores. We drove in the car right to the lake. But the road has deteriorated to such an extent what it is not fit for a low-hung car. The under body scraped on the rocks etc. in at least three places both going and coming. The spores in the moss capsule were not ripe so we did not make a collection of the moss. We walked on to the new dam and made collections of Labrador Tea, both pistillate and staminate of Myrica pensylvanica, Bluets etc. We had our lunch in the car at Big Indian and then walked on to the Nine Mile River. It started to rain quite heavily. It was almost the same time of day as when Laura and I were there in 1944, (June 13). The Nine Mile River was too full to cross. We walked back to the car, (Shirley in the lead) and took the material back to the lab. Shirley put the plants in the press.

June 23, 1947 (Halifax West End and Dingle [coordinates 44.630146, -63.596926])
Monday. Shirley and I went to Studley (Phlox), Jubilee Rd. (Sorrel), Dingle (Lady’s Mantle). It was a very hot day. On the way home I bought some fruit juice at MacGreggor’s. Shirley put the plants in the press.

June 24, 1947 (Preston)
Tuesday. Shirley, Bidwell and I went out the Preston Road [coordinates 44.709986, -63.439219] to get Haircap Moss for Bio. 1. We needed moss with ripe spores. We went to the same place that Sylvia and I got them on June 9, 1945. We took a microscope with us. The whole area had grown in bushes and most of the moss had disappeared or dried up. It all looked scorched, and the earth was very dry. After some hunting we found some patches of moss and it was in the right stage, so we made a big collection in the rubber sheet and took it out beside the car to sort it out. We got the job done about 1:00 p.m. We then went on to the entrance to Lake Eagle and had our lunch under the apple tree where we parked the car. After lunch we went on to Lake Eagle, collected Twinflowers and had a swim and a rest. The Indian Cucumber-root was not out. We got Shirley back in time for the 5:45 p.m. bus. Bidwell and I took the collections up to the lab.

June 30, 1947 (Hosterman Property Bog)
Monday. Shirley and I went out to get a look at the Inkberry (a rare form of Holly). We parked the car by the R.C. Church. Shirley found the path to the bog. I had my knee rubber boots with me, so I went in across the bog. Shirley followed later. There were a lot of bog flowers in bloom, two Orchids, Pitcher Plant, Bog Huckleberry, etc., but I could not find any bloom on the Holly (Ilex glabra). We made collections there and beside the R.C. Church. We hunted for Bush Honeysuckle but could not find it, and so we went down to the Dingle [coordinates 44.630146, -63.596926] and hunted for it there. We located a patch beside the tower, but it was not in bloom. We took the material back to the lab. At the entrance to the road encircling Castle Frank, we saw three Indian Cucumber-root. They were in perfect condition to collect, but we did not gather them because we already had all we could handle properly. The date (June 30th) should be kept in mind for next year.

July 2, 1947 (Baddeck Trip)
Wednesday. Left my house at 7:45 a.m. Called for Stan Bagnall and then out to Bedford to pick up Shirley and Marilyn. At Truro we went out to the Agricultural College. Roland was not there but Vera was. Our radiator was boiling. We filled it up and started off for New Glasgow, but the radiator continued to heat so we came back to Truro and had some “cleaner” put in the radiator and went on to New Glasgow where we had the radiator washed out. The car was O.K. from then on. We arrived at Whycocomagh about 4:00 p.m. and arranged with Mrs. Ross to put us up on Friday night. We went on to Baddeck and put up with Mrs. Yates and her brother took us out to Mrs. Anderson’s house and showed us the place. Mrs. Yates gave Stan and me some tea. Shirley and Marilyn went out with Bidwell.

July 3, 1947 (Baddeck)
Thursday. It rained very hard during the morning, so we just sat around. I had a sleep. After midday meal, Bidwell came with us to get the moss. Marilyn did not go with us. I went to the Anderson house and introduced myself. Blanche was home with her sisters Gladys and Muriel. Blanche came with Shirley, Bidwell and I, and found the bog for us. The moss was not in Plaster Holes [Cove] [coordinates 45.972229, -60.812792], but in a bag about a mile back in the woods. The flies were terrible. We gathered the moss, put it in a rubber sheet and Bidwell carried at back to Anderson’s house. There the four of us sorted it out. This took a couple of hours. Miss Anderson gave us tea, biscuits, cake etc. We then went back to Baddeck. In the evening, Stan and I went up to the top of the hill where Graham Bell is burried. The view is magnificent.

July 4, 1947 (Trip through Margaree)
Friday. The day was fine, so we took a trip through Margaree. Bidwell came with us and drove most of the way. We went down the north side of the river. Shirley and Bidwell went in for a swim at the mouth of the river. Lunch at the “Blue Duck Inn” and back to Whycocomagh via the north side of Lake Ainslie. We stayed the night at the Village Inn (Mrs. Ross) at Whycocomagh. It started to rain shortly after we arrived and rained hard all night.

July 5, 1947 (Trip Home to Halifax)
Saturday. We left about 9:00 a.m. and went via Marble Mountain. We had lunch beside the road. Just outside New Glasgow one of my tires burst its casing. I had to buy a new tire. We had afternoon tea at New Glasgow and arrived in Halifax at about 6:00 p.m. Bidwell drove a good part of the way.

July 9, 1947 (Bedford Road)
Wednesday. Shirley and I went out to Mill Cove [coordinates 44.714962, -63.678161] to get Sambucus twigs from which to make sections for Bio 1. sets 12, 13 & 14. Marjorie came with us. It was a hot day. We found the bush and I cut off twigs of various ages and put them immediately in FAA [Formaldehyde Alcohol Acetic Acid].  While I was doing this Shirley collected about five common plants for the herbarium. This completed, we drove on to Mrs. Lee’s house, left Shirley’s satchel and then back to the lab. Shirley looked after the plants, and I [prepared] the twigs.

July 10, 1947 (Barrie’s Beach and beyond)
Thursday. Shirley and I drove down to the pond at Barrie’s Beach. We got there about 9:45 am. There were a lot of flowers in perfect condition, Shirley made collections of them. We were too late for the Giant Rush, but there were some flowers that were not quite out, so we should go again later next time. I found it difficult to recognize the spot because about ½ a mile of the beach had been washed away. From there we drove on to the barrier reef leading to Cow Bay [coordinates 44.621802, -63.421895]. Shirley made some more collections. There we had lunch and a rest. We even went into the pond which was about knee deep. A lot of people came around. We got back to the lab about 5:15 p.m. It was a good day in every respect.

July 12, 1947 (Mill Cove, Bedford Road [coordinates 44.714962, -63.678161])
Saturday. I went out by myself to get some Sambucus stems for longitudinal sections for Bio 1. The ones we got on Wednesday proved so good, I wanted some more. I am not sure that I got them from the same bush. I left Marjorie at the squadron while I went out.

July 15, 1947 (Waverley)
Tuesday. Bidwell and I left Halifax about 9:00 a.m. and called for Shirley. First, we went to the Old Guysborough Road [coordinates 44.909589, -63.416471], where Bidwell showed me the location of a nice grove of White Ash. They are about 100 yards in from the main highway and on the right-hand (southeast) side of the road. They are medium sized trees. We then went through Waverley and down Dartmouth Road about 100 yards beyond Skerry Brook. Bidwell took us across a field and through his trail to see the grove of hard maples. It was a long tramp and the trail is not well marked. I doubt if I could follow it again, but Bidwell got us there. It is quite an extensive grove of large hard maples, but to me the whole stand looks sort of sick. I think it has been extensively culled. The horse flies were terrible. In spite of the flies, Shirley made a couple of collections. We went back to the lake and had our lunch by the shore where it was cool and free from flies. On the way out, I cut a young fir tree for Bio. I transverse sections. Before lunch a boy with a blistered foot turned up. Bidwell drove him home. By the way, Bidwell’s trail faded out on reaching the barrens. After lunch we went up by Skerry’s Brook and followed the trail which Shirley and I found when we were there on May 23, 1947. We followed it along till it came to the barrens and then it faded out. So apparently the trail Shirley and I followed on May 23rd is the right one. We must explore it further. At this stage, we called it a day. Shirley got off at Bedford and Bidwell in Halifax. I came to the lab and cut the transverse sections of the fir tree.

July 19, 1947 (Bedford Road)
Saturday. I went out again to get more Sambucus stem. Marjorie came with me. We collected from two or three bushes, all beside the road before one reaches Mill Cove [coordinates 44.714962, -63.678161].

August 5, 1947 (Cole Harbour and Lawrencetown)
Tuesday. Shirley, Anne Gorham, Stan Bagnall and I went in my car to collect some shore plants. First, we collected on the sands at the outlet of Lawrencetown Lake and had lunch there. Then we went over to the main Lawrencetown beach. There I got the car stuck in the sand and smashed in the back of it when it was being towed. We went home from there.

August 6, 1947 (Herring Cove)
Wednesday. Vera Facey and a chap named “Potter” came down from Truro in Roland’s car. I went with them to Herring Cove. We got a lot of material for Roland’s classes.

August 18, 1947 (McNabs Island and Thrumcap)
Monday. Shirley and I went down in the 8:00 am duty boat. Jimmie drove us to King’s wharf. We landed at Garrison Pier and walked directly to Big Thrumcap. It was high tide and most of the Barrier reef between Big and Little Thrumcap was under water. In places the gap must be very deep, because while we were there a motorboat came into the lagoon. The sand had all gone from the west side of Big Thrumcap and there was absolutely no seaweed on the reef. We went back via Naval Range. Shirley collected some flowers in the low spot between the targets and the 100 yd [huts]. It is a good spot. We should visit it a bit earlier. We then went to the light house beach. The sand had all gone from the north side and there was no seaweed wash on the south side.  We stayed there for the remainder of the day. We had our lunch and a swim. The water was very cold. We caught the duty boat for home at about 4:45 p.m. A Provost Corps Lieutenant drove us back to the lab. We were asked for our passes a number of times.

Plants collected at McNabs Island:

• Limonium nashii var. trichogonum (Sea Lavender)
• Euphrasia canadensis (Eyebright)
• Atriple patula var. hastata
• Suaeda maritima (Seablite)
• Scutellaria epilabifolia

August 28, 1947 (Bedford)
Thursday. Shirley and I went out to Mrs. Lee’s house and collected the plant press and also some fresh flowers on Dartmouth Rd., just outside Bedford. We went out during the afternoon.

September 2, 1947 (Beaverbank, Kennetcook, Brooklyn, St. Croix)
Tuesday. Marjorie, Mitchell, Shirley and I took the road through the Beaverbanks to Kennetcook. It is a bad road and to get to Kennetcook it would be quicker to go through Elmsdale. We had lunch at Kennetcook, then circled around the Noel Shore to Brooklyn. Outside Brooklyn [coordinates 45.006038, -64.010085] Shirley collected Shepherdia. At St. Croix, Marjorie got some honey. Mitchell drove quite a bit of the way. It was a fine warm day. We dropped Shirley at Bedford.

September 23, 1947 (Lake Eagle)
Tuesday. Shirley and I went to Lake Eagle for the whole day. Marvelous trip, fine day.

October 5, 1947 (Portobello and Port Wallace)
Sunday. Marjorie, Jean Peabody, Mitchell and I went collecting filamentous greens for Botany 2. We went in my car. On the way through Bedford, we called for Shirley, but she was away. We drove through Waverly and collected at Portobello and then at Port Wallace. There was good material at each place. We then returned via the Dartmouth Ferry. I put the material in dishes that evening.

October 11, 1947 (Klein Heights etc.)
Saturday. Shirley and I went hunting for Desmid material. Jimmie drove us out to the Arm bridge. We collected at the bog at the old gun club site, beyond the pipeline just north of the middle of the St. Margaret Bay Rd. hill. Then one of the men at the chlorinating plant gave us screenings from the city water. We then went across the Bay Rd. and went in at the place Bidwell took me in 1946. We found the bog to which he took me, but it was pretty dry. After some wild wanderings, we located Witherod Lake. There we had our lunch. The coloring of the leaves was magnificent. Shirley did some hunting for a path. She and Bidwell took it “around the lake” but did not have much success. We then went hunting for the bogs. I had seen some years before. Again, we did some wild wandering through the bush and finally located the bogs on top of the hill. We made some collections and looked at the view. We went home via Spryfield, Williams Lake and Boutilier Ferry. After having a cup of tea at my house, we went over to the college and put the material in the dishes.

October 16, 1947 (Hubbards)
Thursday. Marjorie, Mollie Schwartz, Anne Gorham and I went in my car to Hubbard’s to get Desmids. We got them from the swamp on the other side of the pond near Dr. Currie’s house.

October 18, 1947 (Swamp near Church of St. John the Divine)
Saturday. Shirley, Peggy Rundle, Eric Perrott and self-went to this swamp to get Desmids.

November 8, 1947 (Herring Cove)
Saturday. Shirley, Eric Perrott and I went to Herring Cove [coordinates 44.569650, -63.556686] for seaweed. I forgot a rake and borrowed one in the village. The surf was too high to do much collecting, but we got some Ascophyllum, or at least Eric did. On the shore at the entrance to the cove there was a considerable quantity washed up on the shore. In this we found good L. digitata, some of which were fruiting. Shirley took the specimens back to the lab and hung them up. The day was fine and not too cold.

November 30, 1947 (Silver Lake etc. on Sambro Road)
Sunday. Dan Livingstone took me out to the lakes on which he had worked during the summer.  We went out in my car and Jimmie drove. We went out in the morning and got back about 2:00 p.m. It was starting to snow. We make a collection of Sphagnum for Diatoms at Silver Lake [coordinates 44.556874, -63.642155]. Dan had made a collection there on November 23.