BOTANICAL NOTES. 



BY REV. WM. P. ALCOTT, BOXFORD. 



The writer's duties have called him to drive in different 

 directions nearly every day of November, 1896. He has 

 noted the roadside flowers seen on these rides, together 

 with such as he could tind about his own premises. Per- 

 sons having opportunity for systematic search may have 

 found many more during such a favoral)le month, and I 

 shall be happy if my own list may serve to call forth 

 longer catalogues. Certain plants which I have not found 

 must surely have been observed, while some mentioned 

 are evidently exceptional cases. Quite a list of Crypto- 

 gams might be added and possibly a few belated grasses. 



The vigor and beaut}'' of Aster undulatus, even so late 

 as the 18th, was very interesting. It will be noted that 

 fifteen of these brave twenty-eight were Compositie. 



Flowering plants of the following were abundant : 



Capsella bursa-pastoris, L. 



Lepidium Virginicum, L. 



Brassica canipestris, L. 



Stellar ia media ^ L. 



Malva rotundifolia, L. 



Trifolium pratense, L. 



Hamamelis Virgimca, L. 



Aster undulatus, L. 



Aster miser, L. 



Erigeron Canadense, L. 



Solidago cassia, L. 



Solidago altissima, L. 

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