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about the same number of open flower heads, but no sign of any 

 in fruit. Along the path there was a more noticeable change, the 

 elms and alders that had been in full bloom had now past the 

 blossoming season, red maples that had not shown flowers 

 before were now in their prime. A few hepaticas were found in 

 blossom and dutchmen's breeches was abundant on the hill- 

 sides, some fully out, but mostly with the flower buds only half 

 open. A patch of periwinkle, Vinca minor, showed its violet 

 blossoms half hidden among the evergreen leaves. This and a 

 few gnarled apple trees marked the location of a home of long 



Staminate flowers of willow partly transformed to pistillate. 



ago. Near Buttermi'.k Falls the party climbed to the top along a 

 long disused road, stopping to note the flower buds of the red- 

 berried elder, the opening leaf buds of the bladder nut and the 

 vines of the moon seed, Menispermum. Search along the brook 

 at the top failed to reveal any of the golden club, Orontium 

 aquaticum, in blossom, though a few leaves had reached the sur- 

 face and some of the flower spikes were showing below. Back 

 in the Kelders the heart-leafed willow was just coming into 

 bloom while Salix discolor was past its prime. Two shrubs, ap- 

 parently of discolor, were found with the flowers showing all 

 stages of transition from staminate to pistillate. Evidently 

 staminate plants, every catkin had some flowers with stamens 

 transformed into pistils. Dissection with a pen knife showed 

 ovules in these ovaries while the stamens were all shedding pol- 

 len. The accompanying sketches show some of the many forms, 



