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noctiflora L. Night-flowering Catchfly. 



Sutton. Dr. George C. Webber. 

 Pennsylvania Michx, Wild Pink. 



In dry soil, not common. 



latifolia (Mill.) Britten and Rendle. Bladder Campion. 

 In meadows and waste places. 

 Saponaria L. 



officinalis L. Soapwort. 



By roadsides and in waste places. 



Gypsophila L. 

 xnuralis L. 

 Templeton. Mr. P. Blodgett. 



Dianthus L. Pink. 



deltoides L. Maiden Pink. In waste places, rare, 

 barbatus L. Sweet William. 



Escaped from cultivation. 

 Armeria L. Deptford Pink. 



In dry pastures, not common. 



PORTULACACE.E (PURSLANE FAMILY). 



Claytonia (Gronov.) L. Spring Beauty. 



caroliniana Michx. In damp woods, not uncommon. 



"That year (1827), in the course of the winter, I picked up and 

 read the article 'Botany' in Brewster's 'Edinburgh Encyclopedia,' 

 a poor thing, no doubt, but it interested me much. I bought Eaton's 

 'Manual of Botany,' pored over its pages, and waited for spring. 

 In the spring, I think that of 1828, I sallied forth one April day into 

 the bare woods, found an early specimen of a plant in flower, peeping 

 through dead leaves, brought it home, and with Eaton's 'Manual' 

 without much difficulty I ran it down to its name, Claytonia 



