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whorled eiipatorium in blossom, the most of them at Cum- 

 mington. The asters are also beginning to blossom. 



26. Spear thistle in blossom. 

 31. Cucumbers fit for the table. 



August 2. Whiteflowered cynoglossum, common eupa- 

 torium or thorough wort and linearleaved epilabium in blos- 

 som. Notwithstanding the extreme heat of the summer, 

 it is still very healthy; no prevailing disease. 



4. Tall ambrosia or Roman wormwood in blossom, and 

 high blackberries ripe. 



6. Green corn fit for the table. 



7. Intensely warm. There are at present some cases of 

 dysentery among us. 



8. The golden rods, of which we have several species, 

 are beginning to blossom. I once used a tincture of the 

 root of our most common species in brandy, as a tonic in 

 my own case of spitting blood from the lungs, with very 

 considerable benefit. The proper dose for an adult, is a ta- 

 ble spoonful, two or three times a day. 



9. Finger grass in blossom. Grasshoppers very abund- 

 ant for two or three weeks past. 



10. Warm and pleasant; clouds cumulous and very 

 beautiful. Annual flea bane, burdock, chelone or snake 

 head, wild sunflower, fennelleaved cicuta and two species of 

 sagittaria in flower; all, except the two first, on the banks 

 of Westfield river. 



11. Potatoes fit for the table. 



12. Currant bushes defoliating. 



13. Found the downyleaved spirea, or hardback, and 

 longleaved drosera in blossom, and high blue whortleber- 

 ries ripe at the crooked pond. Small berries or the com- 

 mon gaultheria. 



18. Collinsonia, pennyroyal and commom hieracium in 

 flower at Curamington. 



19. Simple sparganium in flower at Hawley. Farmers 

 engaged in harvesting their wheat, rye and oats ; crops very 

 excellent. 



23. Early apples ripe. 



24. Very clear and pleasant. Some frost this morning 

 on low grounds. Hemp in blossom. 



27. Common tobacco in blossom. 



28. Berries of the mountain ash turning red. 



