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11. Fine weather, l)ut cold for time of year. The 

 Bob o' Lincoln (Emberiza oryzivora) in full song in 

 pasture fields. 



1 5. Weather has become very fine and warm ; this 

 r y the thermometer indicates 87° in shade. Linnea 

 borcalis, the twin flower, out, and imparts much fra- 

 grance to the atmosphere under green woods. Pollack 

 (Merlangu.s) arrive in bays and harbours, and take 

 artificial fly on the surface greedily. Kalmia angusti- 

 folia coming into bloom ; the Rhodora fading off. 



IG — 20. Warm sultry weather, with thunder showers 

 on 20th. Indian cup (Sarracenia purpurea) flowers with 

 iris, cranberry, and sundew in swamps. Abundance of 

 salmon exposed for sale in the markets. 



22. Fireflies (Lampyris corusca) are seen. 



23 — 30. Variable weather : frequent incursions of 

 fog from the sea, extending many miles inland. Wild 

 strawberries ripen and are brought to market in gi-eat 

 abundance. Withrod in flower. 



July 5. Heavy rain succeeds fogs. The wood-sorrel 

 (Oxalis acetosella) in flower. AVild roses (R. parviflora) 

 out. 



6 — 10. Very fine and warm ; atmosphere hazy, with 

 stronoj smell of burninsj woods. Grilse numerous in the 

 rivers. Haymaking commences. 



12. Fireflies very numerous in evenings. Water- 

 lilies, white and yellow, flowering ; also arrowhead 

 (Sagittaria). Robins sitting on eggs of second brood. 

 Balsam poplars (balsamifera) shedding their cotton. 



13 — 21. Very fine and dry. Vegetation suffering 

 from drought; grass withering. Humming-birds nu- 



