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From May 1st to 10th. 



Rosacece. 



Pruims Cei-asus, Cultivated cherry. Roadsides; escaped. 



*doniestioa, Cultivated plum. " '' 



Cerasns nvinm, aVxi plena. Double flower'g cheny. Cultivated in gardens. 



Prunus Pissardii, ('riuison-leaf prune. " •' 



Pijrits Japouica. Japan quince. Gaixieus. 



Kammculacea'. 



Coptis trifolia, Goldthread. Boggy woods, near hendocks 



and cedars ; b. 1 mo. 



Anemonella thalictroides, Rue-Anemone. Woods, rare. 



Aetaea alba, Wliite baneberry. Woods near Smith Mills ; time 



of flowering not noted. 

 L ilia r ere. 



tErythronium Americanum, Dog's-tooth violet. Rare. 



Scroph ularlfi cew . 

 Veronica serpyllifolia, Thyme-leaved speedwell. Fields and lawns, 



peregrina. Purslane speedwell. Garden weed, 



arvensis, Corn speedwell. Cultivated grounds. 



Ericfice<i\ 

 Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum, Dwarf bluebei'iy. Dry hills and pastures ; com. 



Andromeda Jlorihnnda^ Andromeda. Gardens. 



Sajclfi'(i<j(irea', 

 Ribes rubruni. \li?(\ currant. Escajjcd from gardens. 



vur. subglandulosum, Wild red currant. Cold, wet woods'; rare, 



oxyacanthoides. Common gooseberry. Roadsides, pastures, &c. 



floridum, \Vild black currant. Gardens; rarely escaped. 



aitrc.um, Missouri cui-rant. Garilens. ■ 



Phinffiffinacea', 

 Plantago lanceolata, Ripplegrass. Very common. 



Araliacea\ 

 Aralia trifolia. Dwarf ginseng. With anemone and Viola 



blanda. 

 Cyperacew. 

 jCarex folliculata. Sedge, 



intumescens, " 



utriculata. '• 



*0n the Cove road, east of Bliss' Corner, there are about twenty small plum trees beautiful in 

 tlovver, which probably originated liy suckers from cultivated trees. 



tTliis plant was once abundant in a urove near the Wamsutta jSIills, but it has been comiiietelj' 

 eradicated. 



J The Carices are found for tlic most i)art in marslies, bogs, swales and low groumls, and flower 

 <luring the month of IMay and the early part of .June, but mature specimens needed to identify the 

 species can be found all through the season till October. 



