370 Dr, Willittms''5 Floral, Zoological, and 



June 4. Garden rocket {Hesperis ptnnatijida) in flower. 

 6. Yellow water lily (JVuphar advena) in full flower. Flower- 

 de-luce (Iris virginica) in flower. Garden peas in full 

 flower. 



The weiather for twelve days past has been unusuUy warm 

 and sultry. The thermometer, much of the time in the mid- 

 dle of the day, has stood at 84", and vegetation has put forth 

 with astonishing rapidity. 



8. House-flies arrived. 



9. Horse-radish {Cochlearea armoracea) and peony in full 



flower. 



10. Chives (Allium schosnopramtn) in full flower. 



11. Smooth stem lichnidea (Phlox maculata) in full flower. 



Our farmers busily engaged in hoeing their corn. 



12. Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis) in full flower. 



13. Field strawberries beginning to ripen. 



14. Locust-tree (Robinia pseudacacia) in full flower. 



15. Locusts appearing in the south part of the town. The 



last time of their appearance here was in the year 

 1801. Their periodical returns are once in seventeen 

 years. Their appearance in the years 1733, 1760, 

 1767, 1784, and 1801, is recorded on the town-book. 

 They first attack the leaves of the black oak (Querciis 

 nigra.) 



16. Small red rose in flower. 



17. Rosa caroliniensis in full flower. 



18. Garden sage (Salvia officinalis) in flower. 



19. Mock syringa {Philadelphus coronarius) in flower. 



20. Tulip-tree, commonly called cypress or white-wood (Li- 



riodendron tulipifera) in blossom. 



21. damnation pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) in flower. 



22. Our farmers commenced haying. An immense crop of 



grass on the ground. 



23. Side-saddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) in flower. 



24. Common St, John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) in full 



flower. 



