MARCH. . 4l 
blossoms is examined with the aid of the following list and 
short descriptions, I think, at the end of the season, suffi- 
cient pleasure and profit will have been derived from the 
study to make it available as an amusement, and to lead 
the young botanist to consult more elaborate works on the 
subject. 
The plants are placed in order according to the Linnean 
arrangement, with the natural classification below. Occa- 
sionally species not strictly belonging to the month are 
inserted, rather than separate them from the first mention 
of the genus to which they belong. In the time of flowering 
I have been guided by Hooker, Macgillivray, and my own 
observations ; but much depends on the situation, and an 
early or late season. 
DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
COROLLIFLORZ. SCROPHULARIACES. 
VERONICA. (SPEEDWELL.) 
Generic Character. Calyx and corolla growing below the 
seed-vessel. The petals four, lower one narrower than the rest. 
Seed-vessel with two cells, and if this be well examined the 
shape will be found so peculiar, that all the other species of the 
genus may be easily known by it. 
