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1897. 

 May 7-10. Weather for first three weeks cold, with east winds and rain, with 

 an occasional warm day. Hepatica, Adder's-tongue (only a few 

 in flower), White Violet, Red Maple, Hazel (Corylus rostrata), 

 Alders, Willows, Poplars, in full flower in shaded places, — in ex- 

 posed places fading, with pollen shed ; Butterwort (Pinguicula 

 vulgaris) with leaves extended in rosettes. This plant, with such 

 northern ferns as Woodsia hyperborea, W. glabella, Pellaea 

 gracilis, and others, were brought from the Restigouche, 200 

 miles farther north, the previous season, and were among the first 

 in the garden to unfold their leaves and fronds. 



May 14-19. Adder's-tongue (in full bloom), Painted Trillium (a few), White 

 Violet (abundant), Blue Violet (a few), Grove Anemone, Bellwort, 

 Gold-thread, Strawbeny (beginning to flower), Mayflower (in 

 shade), Marsh Marigold. 



May :1-. J ~>. Bluets, Hobble-bush, June-berry, Purple Trillium, Dandelion 

 Ground Ivy. 



May -Hi. Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum), False Mitrewort (Tiarella 

 cordifolia), Rhodora, Red Cherry, Elder, Dandelion, Strawberry. 

 1898. 



April 23. Season cold and backward, although the fine weather of February 

 and March promised an early spring. Frost still in ground and 

 cold east winds prevail. Mayflower (in bloom), Adder's Tongue 

 with leaves above ground. 



May 7. Hepatica and Red Maple (in full bloom), Alder and Poplar catkins 

 shedding pollen, a few Adder's-tongue, Blue and White Violets (in 

 bloom). 



May //,. All the flowers named above in full bloom, with Bellwort, Grove 

 Anemone, Bloodroot, Leatherwood (Dirca palustris). 



May .' '. Purple and Painted Trillium?, June-berry, Service-berry, Ground Ivy, 

 Gold-thread, Spring-beauty, Marsh Marigold, Blue Cohosh (Caul- 

 ophyllon thalictroides), Hobble-bush. Trees just leaved out: 

 White Birch, Amelanchier, Poplars, Red Maple, Lilac, Mountain 

 Ash, Red and Black Cherry. Buds just breaking: Horse Chest- 

 nut, Black Ash. 



May J4. First Red Cherry blossoms, Gray Birch (Betula populifolia) just com- 

 ing into leaf, Red Oak, Linden, (Tilia Americana), Elm, Sumach 

 (Rhus byphina) bursting their buds. 



