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In continuation of the Se of hasanalies plant- 
mal 
covering of the Peninsular State, Mrs 1 and the writer 
left New York 1p barat about . éad ee eer 1921 
followin li and notes, made possible ees 
g 
the interest of Mr. Ch arles Deering, indicates our activities 
during about four weeks of field work. 
The winter had been comparatively mild, nevertheless 
oe had assu Eee - usual winter’s rest and at the North 
the landscape was desolate. Lawn-grass had taken on some 
anes but the only green carpets outside of cultivated places 
wa 
political. Its vicinity is the dividing line between early seasons 
indicated what appearance the marshes exhibited a half year 
earlier. 
ee the cultivated fruit trees, eleagae ia the etd 
of the landscape with patches of white and pink, fur- 
nished eee by the apple (Malus), ae pear (Pyrus), 
and the Snes (Amygdalus). 
Over the line, green d more in evidence, however, 
by almost rae eashsany degrees, until the shrubs and trees 
showed new foliage in shades of green gies as many as the 
kinds of plants. The flower- Ae to ae of many kinds i wild 
woody plants appeared read burst, partic nla ay those of the 
dogwood (Cynoxylon), the rae Cal. the plums (Camis. 
and blackberries (Rubus). 
Upon reaching the ‘Sunny S aaa see for rain 
had been few and far between for so: nths befor aE 
outlook was more cheerful. pices Bs ‘were naa 
everywhere, not only native kinds—white violets, blue violets 
