﻿^^^ 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [ 
  AugUSt, 
  

  

  however 
  broke 
  up 
  with 
  a 
  warm 
  rain, 
  and 
  so 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  advanced 
  vege- 
  

   tation 
  went 
  on 
  growing 
  from 
  the 
  stage 
  where 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  checked. 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  Malva 
  rotundifolia 
  and 
  Lamium 
  amplexlcaule 
  

   went 
  through 
  the 
  stages 
  of 
  anthesis 
  without 
  opening. 
  Since 
  warm 
  

   weather 
  has 
  set 
  in 
  these 
  flowers 
  have 
  lost 
  (heir 
  cleistogamous 
  character, 
  

   roa 
  annua 
  remamed 
  green 
  and 
  in 
  panicles 
  all 
  winter. 
  Cydonia 
  Japon- 
  

  

  .iJr 
  m 
  \ 
  °'' 
  ^''"' 
  ^^^^''' 
  '^^y' 
  ^"d 
  continued 
  to 
  bear 
  flowers 
  un- 
  

  

  hnnf^ 
  vl 
  ■ 
  u^'^ 
  ^ 
  ^ 
  ^''^"^ 
  scattering 
  blossoms 
  on 
  the 
  common 
  peach 
  

   but 
  u 
  did 
  not 
  bloom 
  fully 
  until 
  April 
  15. 
  Forsythia 
  suspensa 
  bore 
  flow: 
  

  

  Jan 
  2 
  aTT^ 
  '*" 
  ^"^P"^ 
  ^^- 
  ®P'^*^ 
  hypericifolia 
  was 
  in 
  bloom 
  from 
  

   January 
  6 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  April. 
  January 
  5, 
  Acer 
  dasycarpum, 
  and 
  Janu- 
  

  

  or 
  frnW 
  'u 
  "^ 
  ^'^^"^ 
  *^ 
  '^°"' 
  fl^^-ers- 
  They 
  were 
  in 
  full 
  bloom, 
  

   nearlv 
  I 
  wl 
  ? 
  ' 
  '^^^ 
  '"^P 
  ^^ 
  ^^'''^^ 
  came, 
  the 
  result 
  being 
  that 
  

   leafinllV 
  't 
  '* 
  ""^ 
  ^•^'"^- 
  ^^"^«^^ 
  Benzoin 
  began 
  blooming 
  and 
  

   ine 
  dP^t?. 
  Tu 
  '^ 
  "^^^"^^3^' 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  be- 
  

   Ind 
  san 
  r 
  ^ 
  '^' 
  ^^'''^ 
  ''''''■ 
  ^^ 
  '^^se 
  instances 
  wlaere 
  the 
  bark 
  

  

  had 
  been 
  burnl'd''''''^' 
  ^"'^ 
  ^''''"' 
  '^'^ 
  ^^^ 
  ""'^'^''^ 
  '^^ 
  '^ 
  '^' 
  '^'"^ 
  

   and 
  St/stf 
  January 
  r" 
  "^^^^^^ 
  ^^^^'^ 
  ^^^^ 
  ^" 
  bloom, 
  in 
  gardens 
  

  

  leave^Ind^fhrJ^'T'' 
  ^"'^"'^ 
  '"^^^"^ 
  «"^ 
  1^*^«« 
  February 
  4, 
  but 
  all 
  the 
  

   half 
  of 
  Slreh 
  V 
  '''7'' 
  -f^"'^ 
  ^^"^^^^^ 
  ^^^ 
  ^^"^d 
  during 
  the 
  ^ 
  

   ers 
  here. 
  ' 
  ^^ 
  ^°^' 
  °^ 
  *^^^^ 
  species 
  produced 
  mature 
  flow- 
  

  

  the 
  second'wetk 
  Tn 
  nly""^ 
  ''^'"' 
  ^''' 
  ^^ 
  ''^^°™ 
  ^^'^'^ 
  February! 
  to 
  

  

  ruary 
  irbm'lltr 
  r 
  J" 
  ^°^ 
  ^^'^^^^^^^ 
  1<^' 
  ^^^ 
  Ulmus 
  Americana, 
  Feb- 
  

   first 
  half 
  of 
  March 
  "'^^'^'' 
  ^""^^ 
  ''^'''■'^' 
  ^" 
  *"^^'' 
  ^"""^^ 
  ^"''""^ 
  '''' 
  

  

  tivus 
  InT 
  MmcariTnf 
  ^''''■f 
  '"^ 
  ^^''^"^ 
  February 
  13; 
  Eanunculus 
  abor- 
  

   Februaryog. 
  tw' 
  ^°*'^°'^^^' 
  February 
  20, 
  and 
  Hyacinthus 
  orieutalis, 
  

  

  was 
  later 
  than 
  usuarX 
  I'^^f 
  ^"""^ 
  ^^^ 
  frosty 
  days 
  in 
  March. 
  It 
  

  

  ^-ing 
  Februarv 
  tL 
  k'^h 
  f' 
  "'^' 
  ^'^^^"^^ 
  ^^°^'""^^- 
  

   grum 
  were 
  well 
  adv 
  , 
  ^''"'^^ 
  ^^ 
  ^cer 
  saccharinum 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  var. 
  m- 
  

  

  buds 
  were 
  frozen 
  d 
  • 
  "^'"^ 
  ""^^ 
  ^'^"'^ 
  *^° 
  flowering; 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  

  

  May-not 
  more 
  thar'""^ 
  ' 
  ^"^ 
  ''^^^ 
  '"'^^^^ 
  ^^w 
  trees 
  bore 
  flowers 
  m 
  

  

  noted, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  trL^''^^^^^ 
  '° 
  *^^^^>'- 
  ^^^ 
  the 
  interesting 
  fact 
  was 
  

   This 
  would 
  appear 
  tn 
  J 
  "^'^ 
  ^^^^ 
  ^^^^^^ 
  nearly 
  all 
  were 
  nigrum. 
  

   stand 
  severe 
  exposurp'!"^ 
  ^""^^^ 
  *^*^ 
  ^^^ 
  ''^""^^^^^ 
  ^« 
  ^^"er 
  suited 
  to 
  with- 
  

   a^stivation; 
  due 
  n 
  rob! 
  hi 
  ^^^ 
  ^P^^ies, 
  while 
  in 
  an 
  advanced 
  stage 
  of 
  

   on 
  the 
  bud. 
  The 
  diatm 
  .•^'* 
  ^^^ 
  ^''*''^ 
  protection 
  aff-orded 
  by 
  the 
  dowa 
  

   authors 
  as 
  existing 
  gnostic 
  pomta 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  fruit, 
  given 
  by 
  some 
  

  

  ^ood 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  T^ 
  '^^'^^^ 
  ^""^ 
  ^^^ 
  '^'''"ety, 
  do 
  not 
  hold 
  

   the 
  downy 
  petiole 
  and 
  bnf 
  ""-S'^ 
  ^^^nstant 
  distinguishing 
  sign 
  being 
  

  

  ontts. 
  Probably 
  more 
  time 
  and 
  favoring 
  condi 
  

  

  