112 BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



April 18. Willow and Alder catkins beginning to shed pollen, Adder's- 



tongue leaves above ground. Very cold north winds. 

 April 30. Mayflowers in full bloom on barrens. Cold north winds continue. 



May 7. Adder's-tongue (in full bloom), White Violet, Mayflower, Sweet 

 Coltsfoot (Petasites palmata). 



.1/"V l.' h Bellwort, Grove Anemone, Blue and White Violets. 



1893. 

 April ."■>. Hepatica triloba (planted the previous year) beginning to bloom 

 beside a snow bank. 



May /•)'. Mayflower, White Violet, Adder's-tongue, Selkirk's Violet (Viola 

 Selkirkii , Hepatica, Red Maple. 



May .'". Blue Violet, Grove Anemone, Bluets (Houstonia carulea), Spring- 

 beauty, Gold-thread, Bellwort, Blossoms of Red Maple falling, 

 White Birch and Poplar trees unfolding their leaves. 

 1894. 



April :S. Hepatica (in bloom), Aldei and Willow catkins elongated and begin- 

 ning to shed pollen. Patches of snow still visible in clearings 

 and hollows. Adder's-tongue leaves above ground; a few flower 

 buds visible. Mayflower has been in bloom for ten days in ex- 

 posed places on the barrens. Strawberry (a few scattered 

 blossoms). 



May /.'. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), Blue flowers of Hepatica falling 

 with white in full bloom. The Purple and Painted Trilliums, 

 White and Blue Violets, Bellwort, Star-flower (Trientalis Ameri- 

 cana), Red Maple, Dandelion, Strawberry, in full bloom. Flower 

 buds of June-berry and leaf buds of Red Cherry and White 

 Birch ready to open. Frost out of ground and gardening 

 commenced. 

 1895. 



April .'a. Weather warm and sun bright, with south-west wind. Catkins of 

 Alder shedding pollen. Leaves of Adder's-tongue above ground, 

 (No further observations this year on account of absence.) 

 1896. 



April ;.'/. Season dry with cold winds from March, continuing to the middle 

 of May. Flowers of Alder shedding pollen. 



May 1. White Violet, Hepatica, and Red Maple, in bloom, with a few 

 flowers of Adder's-tongue. 



May 8 11. Adder's-tongue, Blue Violet, Dandelion, Strawberry, Bellwort. 

 Ground hy (Nepeta gleehoma), Grove Anemone. 



May 15. June-berry, Blueberry, Purple and Painted Trilliums, Hobble-bush, 

 Blue Violet, Dandelion, Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris), Bluets 



May .'.'. i:<d Cherry, Elder, Starflower, small flowered Crowfool (Ranunculus 

 ■a borl i\ us). 



