Miscellaneous Calendar. 975 
like the frmge of an umbrella. The herbaceous plants are 
flowering every where, and the etals of the roundleaved 
violet, in particular, resemble specks of gold scattered 
around the path. 
ound the viburnum, the blue violet and the delicate 
three leaved panax in blossom. This beautiful species of 
— is very abundant with us 
. Found se beech tree and threeleaved arum or indian 
sesahe in flowe 
12. The yelow violet and prostrate mitella in biodsemn. 
The first snake se 
14. The soe bet and red berried elder in blossom. 
17. The plumb tree and dentaria or tooth root in blossom. 
Plumb trees do not succeed well wich us, many of them having 
larze black excrescences on their limbs. Peach trees do 
not succeed at all; indeed, very few at present attempt to 
cultivate them. "The root of the dentaria has a sharp 
spicy taste, not unlike that of horse radish. ‘* Radices,” 
says Michaux, “ab indigenis, loco sinapis, pro ciborum con- 
dimentis escort 
wild red meee th tree, aronia or shad tree, cow- 
= and “eae in bloss 
9iThe — veronia or sith ppcodwelt and two ape 
cia es of gana in flower. 
20. reslenved coptis ‘or gold thread and if a 
in blossom. % 
21. Pleasant. Farmers are engaged i in planting dheie | si: 
tatoes and indian corn, which has been deferred till now on 
account of the late storm. The first yellow bird seen. 
22. iat and pleasant. Found the apple, peach and 
red cherry trees, the iron-wood, june-berry, and anemone, 
twoleaved calli painted trillium, wild gooseberry bush, 
caulophyllum, slender rush, two species “- a 
two of saxifrage in flower on 
ummington. — 
= 33. lee te The moose-wood oad aaa rose- 
flowered convallaria ‘in blossom. The last is the rosy strep- 
of Michaux. 
re Sonne ‘in flower. The bob of lincoln and king- 
bird; seen for the first time. : 
25. Shepherd’s purse and common cerastium, or mouse 
ear chickweed i jn bloom eH = 
