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like the fringe of an umbrella. The herbaceous plants are 

 flowering every where, and the petals of the roundleaved 

 violet, in particular, resemble specks of gold scattered 

 around the path. 



8. Found the viburnum, the blue violet and the delicate 

 three leaved panax in blossom. This beautiful species of 

 panax is very abundant with us. 



9. Found the beech tree and threeleaved arum or Indian 

 turnip in flower. 



12. The yellow violet and prostrate mitella in blossom. 

 The first snake seen. 



14. The currant bush and red berried elder in blossom. 



17. The plumb tree and dentaria or tooth root in blossom. 

 Plumb trees do notsucceed well with us, many of them having 

 large black excrescences on their limbs. Peach trees do 

 not succeed at all ; indeed, very few at present attempt to 

 cultivate them. The root of the dentaria has a sharp 

 spicy taste, not unlike that of horse radish. " Radices," 

 says Michaux, "ab indigenis, loco sinapis, pro ciborum con- 

 dimentis exsiccantur." 



18. The wild red cherry tree, aronia or shad tree, cow- 

 slip and dandelion in blossom. 



19. The small veronia or smooth speedwell and two spe- 

 cies of granaphalium in flower. 



20. The threeleaved coptis or gold thread and dewberry 

 in blossom. 



21. Pleasant. Farmers are engaged in planting their po- 

 tatoes and Indian corn, which has been deferred till now on 

 account of the late storm. The first yellow bird seen. 



22. Warm and pleasant. Found the apple, peach and 

 red cherry trees, the iron-wood, june-berry, and anemone, 

 twoleaved mitella, painted trillium, wild gooseberry bush, 

 caulophyllum, slender rush, two species of ranunculus and 

 two of saxifrage in flower on the banks of Westfield river, 

 Cummington. 



23. Pleasant. The m,oose-wood wild currant and rose- 

 flowered convallaria in blossom. The last is the rosy strep- 

 topus of Michaux. 



24. Ash tree in flower. The bob of lincoln and king- 

 bird, seen for the first time. 



25. Shepherd's purse and common cerastium, or mouse 

 ear chickweed in bloom. 



