22O Walks in New England 



Flowers in November Bloom 



THE fifty-six flower species found in bloom 

 in the walk noted above deserve to be 

 specified, as showing the extraordinary 

 grace of this lingering warmth of autumn. The 

 walk was from the south peak of Mount Tom for 

 some miles northward along the ridge, then still 

 northward down the mountain and through the val 

 ley between it and Little Tom, and so across to 

 Smith s Ferry, thus compassing a considerable 

 variety of conditions. The flowers found were as 

 follows, according to Gray, but not the latest 

 edition of that standard botany, which is not at 

 hand, so that some variations will be noted : 



Sinapis arvensis (charlock, wild mustard) ; ara- 

 bis lyrata (low rock cress) ; lepidium virginicum 

 (peppergrass properly pepper-cress) ; cerastium 

 viscosum (mouse-ear chickweed) ; polygala san- 

 guinea (milkwort) ; desmodium canadense (tick 

 trefoil) ; geum album (white wood tick) ; hama- 

 melis virginica (witch hazel) ; oenothera biennis 

 (evening primrose) ; viola canina (the light blue 



