76 MEETING, MONDAY, MAY 1. 



in this locality April is early for it. The Draba verna 

 (Whitlow Grass) I have found in the last of February 

 and first of March, in Peabody, for twelve years or more, 

 but in a locality in Danvers facing the southeast, a very 

 early spot, it is not in flower till the last of April or first 

 of May, so that in my estimation it is not so much due to 

 the direct influence of the season as it is to some peculiar 

 circumstances by which the plant is surrounded. 



The whole number of plants that have been and are in 

 blossom in the fields up to this date is thirty-nine. They 

 are the Hejpatica triloba, Draba verna and Draba Caro- 

 liniana, Houstonia coerulea, Thalictrum anemonoides. 

 Anemone nemorosa, Saxifraga Virginiensis^ Aquilegia 

 Canadensis, Taraxacum Dens-leonis, Erytlironium Am- 

 ericanum (Adder's tongue), Viola odorata (European, 

 introduced), Viola lanceolata, Viola sagittata, Sanguin- 

 aria Canadensis (Blood-root), Caltha palustris (Marsh 

 Marigold), Rannncidus abortivus (Small flowered Crow- 

 foot) , Acer dasT/carpum (White Maple) , Acer 7nibrum (Red 

 Maple), Ulmus Americana (Elm), Corylus Americana 

 and Corylus rostrata (Hazel), Alnus incana (Alder), 

 Lindera Benzoin (Benjamin-bush), Salix discolor, 8alix 

 cordata, Salix sericea, Salix puiyurea, Salix humilis, 

 JPopulus tremuloides, Comptonia asjplenifoUa (Sweet- 

 Fern) , Myrica Gale, Amelanchier Canadensis (Shadbush) , 

 Stellaria media (Chickweed), Capsella Bursa-pastoris 

 (Shepherd's Purse), Juniperus Virginiana (Red Cedar), 

 Taxus baccata (Yew), Carex Pennsylvanica (a Sedge), 

 Equisetum arvense, Potentilla Canadensis, EpigcBa repens, 

 Cassandra, calycidata. 



To these may be added twelve hardy Cultivated plants 

 which have blossomed in the open air, making fifty-one 



