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farthest end of the hill, where the midday sun poured 

 down upon the colony, I found the Columbine flowers 

 in full bloom. I pushed my hand beneath the matted 

 soil, and the plant with roots entire loosened and was 

 easily Hfted. Poison Ivy grew about over the rocks, 

 warning me to be cautious. I discovered the Dutch- 

 man's Breeches {Bicuculia Cucullarid), but they were 

 faded and nearly fallen. I observed here near the Col- 

 umbine also another species of the genus not often seen 

 in this locality. It is known commonly as the Bleed- 

 ing-Heart {^Bicuculia eximia), formerly designated 

 generically as Fumaria. It grows in rocky places, 

 especially in southern New York. I collected it once 

 about Montclair, New Jersey, along the Orange 

 Mountains, and on the borders of Bronx Park, New 

 York City, and in the vicinity of Mount Vernon. This 

 species belongs more especially southward, extending 

 to Georgia and Tennessee, flowering from May until 

 September. There are about fourteen species of this 

 genus found in North America and Western Asia. 

 Three of this number are reported for the Atlantic Re- 

 gion of North America. The third species is known 

 as Squirrel- Corn {^Bicucidla Canadensis), and is very 

 similar to the Dutchman's Breeches, save that the 

 plant is smaller. 



While waiting for the car at Lake Whitney Junction, 

 on my return to New Haven, I opened the iron gate 

 and wandered along the wooded edges of the shore. I 

 soon distinguished that homely weed of our old door- 

 yard walls and tin-can w^aste-heaps — the Cat-Mint or 



