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Mr. Crosby Gaige where we later were to inspect the collection 

 of rock garden plants. 



The path back to Washington Street sported one bush of 

 Diervilla lonicera in flower. Two or three specimens of Asclepias 

 quadrifolia were also in bloom. The five to six foot, wand-like 

 racemes of Cimicifuga racemosa were much in evidence and just 

 beginning to bloom. On a side path we found a few plants of 

 Penstemon laevigatus. Several clumps of Ceanoihus americanus 

 were almost in bloom. In a little brook which trickled under a 

 a corduroy bridge was one plant of Veronica americana. One 

 Anemonella thalictroides was making a last stand. 



Other plants noticed in full bloom were: 



Lysimachia quadrifolia, Potentilla canadensis, Rubus odorata, 

 Erigeron pulchellus, E. annus, Cornus paniculata, Dianthus 

 Armeria, Achillea millefolium, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, 

 Sambucus canadensis, Trifolium agrarium, Melilotus officinalis, 

 Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Hypoxis hirsuta, Stellar ia longi- 

 folia, Hieracium floribundum , E. pratense, Silene latifolia, Lych- 

 nis alba. Leonurus cardiaca, Solanum dulcamara. 



Rudbeckia hirta, Apocynum androsaemifolium and cannabi- 

 num, and Hieracium aurantiacum were beginning to open their 

 buds. 



Several large specimens of the mushroom Pluteus cervinus 

 were in evidence. 



In the afternoon the party went to the gardens of Mr. Gaige 

 where a series of beautifully constructed terraces and wall 

 gardens were in the height of bloom. Noticeable were many 

 species of campanulas, silenes, saxifragas, sedums and semper- 

 vivums, all in a most pleasing setting of rockwork. Several 

 gardens consisting entirely of evergreens in soft green, gray, 

 and bluish shades emphasized the desirable effects that may 

 be attained without any floral accents. Mr. Gaige also has a 

 very fine collection of herbs the odors of which intrigued the 

 party very much. He had an unusual crisped and crumpled- 

 leaved mint and a mint-scented geranium. The herbaceous 

 garden has a summer house on one side where the party hid from 

 the sun for a time, enjoying the vista through an arched gate of 

 another rock garden. 



All concurred that the trip was most delightful, especially 

 the tasting of the first wild strawberries of the season. 



George F. Dillman 



