Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1918 — Common Heather Dying Out. [ARTICLE]

Common Heather Dying Out.

In the case of such a plant as the common heather of England and Scotland, found growing wild in Nova Scotia, it is a matter of curious interest to determine whether it is native to the soil or has been introduced from Europe. Lawson decided that the plant bad its home here. There was a time. It is thought, when the plant was abundant in our northern lands, and its present rare occurrence marks a dying out of the species on this side of the ocean. Its vigorous growth in Europe is due to the circumstance that there It is a young plant on virgin soil J