THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



whole of the United States ; and I have myself seen it in 

 Newfoundland. 



C. Red currants in the garden are ripe : and many gar- 

 den flowers are now blown ; which form a great attraction 

 to the humming-birds. I see the brilliant little meteors 

 glancing to and fro, very often ; and stopping to suck the 

 deep crimson flowers of the balm ; the tail bent down, the 

 wings vibrating, and the head almost buried in the corolla ; 

 yet not easy to be surprised. 



F. There is a delicious berry now abundant in the 

 woods, growing on a very low plant, scarcely rising above 

 the ground : it is called here the Dewberry (Rubus Procum- 

 bensj. In appearance it is much like the berry of that name 

 in England, but is superior in taste, being of a pleasant 

 tartness. 



C. Yesterday I found, in walking, some wild Raspber- 

 ries ripe (Rubus Ideus) ; I think they equal in flavour your 

 description of them. See : here are more. 



F. From this time forth, they will be daily ripening : and 

 bushels will rot upon the ground for want of being gathered ; 

 although large quantities are collected, and either eaten as 

 they are, or made into an excellent conserve. The bushes are 

 extremely numerous on every road-side, and almost in every 

 field, growing in the corners of the fences, springing up abun- 

 dantly in ground recently cleared, and " burnt over ;" and 

 invariably forming a great bush around every dead stump, 

 or neglected log : so that we have no lack of this delicious 

 fruit : and from its great abundanc% it is really no inconsi- 

 derable addition to our comforts. The strawberries are going 

 out of date, but the raspberries are more than sufficient to 

 supply their place. 



C. Timothy Grass (Pkleum Pratense) is now in flow- 

 er : the anthers look like little fragments of dust on the green 



