124 The Ottawa Naturalist, [August 



have observed yarrow (^r//77/t'rt: millejoluan), g-olden rod {Sol'idago) 

 and the asters begin to bloom in the order named, yarrow late in 

 June, golden rod early in July, and the asters late in July. These 

 flowers thereafter remain with us until winter sets in. I found 

 golden rod still in bloom on a road in Ottavia East, November 6th ; 

 and near Hemlock Lake, November 9th ; and asters near Green's 

 Creek, October 26th ; while Dr. Fletcher found fresh new speci- 

 mens ot Solidago Canade?isis, Aster cordijolius and Aster paniculatus 

 at Brittania on November 9th. The yarrow I found on the up- 

 lands near Green's Creek, October 26th ; near Hemlock Lake, 

 Lake, November 8th ; and at Rockliffe, November 12th. 



Perhaps the most familiar flowers to every child are the butter- 

 cup and dandelion, and little wonder seeing that they display their 

 bright yellow blossoms for seven months of the year. The tall 

 buttercup {R. acri's), I found on the roadside in Ottawa East, 

 November 6th ; on Beechwood avenue, November 8th ; and at 

 Rocklifl"e, November 12th ; all bright fresh speciments. Dr. 

 Fletcher found it also at Brittania, November 9th. The dandelion 

 I saw in a field three miles out the Montreal Road, October 26th ; 

 near Hemlock Lake, November 8th ; and again near the same 

 place one plant with two blossoms as late as November 23rd. 



The mention of strawberry blossoms and of violets reminds 

 one of spring, tor they may be found as early as April, and yet they 

 are also among the last flowers one finds in bloom in the tall. I 

 found strawberry blossoms {Fragaria virginiand) in a field near 

 Green's Creek on October 26th, and several plants in bloom at 

 Rockliffe, November 12th. The white Canada violet ( V. canadensis) 

 I found in a wood out the Montreal Road on October 26th, and in 

 hollows in the beech woods near Beechwood Cemetery on November 

 gth and 12th in great numbers, while by searching under the leaves 

 two plants were found in bloom even on November i3rd. The 

 downy yellow violet does not commonly flower in the fall, yet last 

 year quite a few were found November 8th, blooming along with 

 the Canada violet in the beech woods, and one good bright speci- 

 men was obtained on November 12th. 



The cultivated plants also felt and responded to the balmy 

 touch of the last autumn of the century, for on November 8th, Dr. 



