After our field trip to Brier Island, we decided that it was time to revisit the site location for Agalinis neoscotica (see posts, Brier Island and Biogeography). The botanist, Greene, stepped off the train in Middleton and found the species.
A few years ago, we walked through the sports fields by the school, adjacent to the abandoned railway track, and found it. Time to return. We walked past the new Al Peppard recreation centre and looked closely along the woodland edge. We found a few scattered plants in flower (August 8th).
Today, the common name is the Middleton False Foxglove. There are likely few communities in rural Nova Scotia whose name is attached to a unique flowering plant.
Buoyed up by our success, we shared this obscure botanical fact with one of the maintenance team members for the park.
This week, I returned to the Endless Shores Books seeking the other books by Peter Wyman: Iceland and Crossing Thames. No luck! Jennifer Crouse, the owner of the store, told me that the author used to teach English in Annapolis Royal. I look forward to the next consignment of his books.
Postscript
From Atlantic Books (August 2022), posthumous interview of Silver Donald Cameron on the Green Interview, by Chris Benjamin.
Acknowledgements
Heather shared in the search for Agalinis neoscotica at Middleton. Edward added the graphics.
Ernest Blair Experiment 
As I scrolled down your blog entry this morning, there was my dear old friend Don. I am still so sorry he’s gone. A remarkable person.
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I thought you would enjoy that final Green long interview.
Bob
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