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spergula or tangle weed, and the climbing red flowered bean 
in blossom ; the last attracts the humming bird. 
12. Found the common sumach, white spirea, panicled 
andromeda, upright lysimachia, tpberous eymbidium, white 
nymphea or fragrant water lily, adder’s tongue, arethusa, 
comarum or marsh fivefinger, common typha and a hand- 
some species of scutellaria or skull cap in flower, and june- 
joe ee ripe oF inser bog. The fragrant nymphea grows 
soa 
13. Wecsinet very fine. Umbelled abipephile, common 
stachys or hedge nettle, and knot grass in 
14 eat, cockle, spotted polygonum or heart’s ease, 
common gnaphalium or life arenas? ane sage eed in 
blossom. ee 
15.. Cloudy. Powe i in. blossom. 
16. Bass wood in schescess 
17. Maize in blosso 
18. Sueoare hoes penthorum and coloured willow- 
herb in bloss 
20. Masticleaved vervain in flower. The farmers are 
busily yt in hay nfaking. 
oudy, the sun shining at intervals with a scorch- 
ing heat. Found the clematis or virgin’s peer tansy, 
heartleaved lysimachia, ia, hop, yellow nodding lily r is 
or touch me not, and a delicate species of + gordi in flow- 
er, the most of them in the meadows at Cummington. | ‘The 
hop grows wild at this place. The spring and summer 
have been, thus far, very favourable to vegetation; indian 
corn and potatoes, very flourishing; grass, not so good as 
usual, owing, probably, to the open winter; peas, fit for the 
tabs Crickets begin to chirp. «x 
22. Very warm. Found the hydropeltis or water shi 
cordate. pontederia, sheathleaved aula or bog | 
roundleaved drosera or sundew, transparen cau | 
pewort, and a species of priuos in flower. = the: Crooked 
ee During the latter part of the season, this i is a vad! 
interesting place of resort to the botanist. 
23. Weather the same. W: 
pig weed in blossom. - The first mentioned plant is natural- 
ized and very ¢ this the neighbo ns 
24. Found the cor common amaranth, elecampane, @ ‘ampelop- 
sis, sideflowering skull cap, one flowered monotrapa and 
