NOTES OF A WILD GARDEN. Ill 



I would wish, as my visits wene generally confined to one day each 

 week (Saturday) in the months of April and May. I give the results 

 here, however, as they may be useful for comparison with those to 

 be made later, which I hope will be fuller and extending through 

 whole seasons. 



Observations in Wild Garden and Adjacent Fields, 



Ingleside. Kings Co., N. H. 

 1889. 

 May .'(. Plants in bloom : Adder's-tongue (Erythronium Americanum), May- 

 flower (Epigsea repens\ White Violet (Viola blanda), Gold-thread 

 (Coptis triloba 1 , Bellwort (Oakesia sessilifolia). 



May 11. Purple Trillium (Trillium purpureum), Painted Trillium (T. ery. 

 throcarpum), Grove Anemone (A. nemorosa). Spring-beauty (Clay- 

 tonia Virginica), Hobble-bush (Viburnum lantanoides), Blue Violet 

 (Viola cucullata), June-berry (Amelanchier Canadensis), Straw- 

 berry (Fragaria Virginiana). 



May 17-20. Rhodora (Rhodora Canadensis^, Blueberry (Vaccinium Pennsyl. 

 vanicum), Painted Trillium, Hobble-bush, Red Cherry (Primus 

 Pennsylvanicum), Shad-bush (Amelanchier botryapium). 



(Hereafter the common names of plants alone will be given 

 except where species different from those above are named.) 

 1890. 

 May ■>. Mayflower (blooming beside the snow banks on the barrens), Adder's- 

 tongue (just beginning to open). 



May 17. Adder's-tongue (in full bloom), Bellwort, Purple and Painted Tril- 

 liums, Blue and White Violets, Gold-thread, Red Maple (Acer- 

 rubrum.) Mayflowers still abundant on barrens, 



May 23-28. Adder's-tongue, Blue and White Violets, still abundant. June- 

 berry, its pure white petals making a beautiful contrast with the 

 delicate green of the unfolding leaves of surrounding trees; Ser- 

 vice-berry, Strawberry, Hobble-bush, Grove Anemone. 

 1891. 



May 2. Mayflower, Adder's-tongue. (A few in bloom). 



May 9. Adder's-tongue (in full bloom), White Violet, one Blue Violet. 



May 15. Trees still leafless. Weather dry. Cold and backward. 



May 28. Trees (White Birch, Poplars and Maples) just coming into leaf, and 

 fully expanding in the next two days under the influence of 

 warmer weather. In bloom — Strawberry, Blue Violet, Red-ber- 

 ried Elder (Sambucus racemosa), Gold-thread. 

 1892. 



April .'. No signs of leaves or flowers unfolding. Plenty of snow in hollows, 

 but dav warm and bright. 



