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blanda, V. incognita and V. renifolia. On the ridge separat- 

 ing the water sheds of the lake and the Kennebec to the south- 

 west, three poplars were found, including Populus grandiden- 

 tata, P. tremuloides and the only examples of P. balsamifera 

 seen in the lake valley, though common along the railroad 

 toward Dover. 



A field of buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum, in the field 

 on this hill side, was, with the exception of an abundance of 

 Brassica arvensis (plainly introduced with impure seed of 

 buckwheat), free from weeds. Indeed, the small fields and 

 gardens were nearly free from the common weeds of the older 

 agricultural districts of the state. By the roadside of the 

 village only the common followers of hay, Ranunculus acn's, 

 Hypericum perforatum, Carum Carvi and Chrysanthemum 

 Leucanthemum were conspicuous. 



The railroad, however, afforded a number of foreign spe- 

 cies, together with several indigenous American weeds, here 

 clearly railroad waifs. Among those noted were Digitaria 

 sanguinalis, Poa annua, Rumex Acetocella, Mo Hugo verticillata, 

 Spergularia rubra, Silene latifolia, Lepidium apetalum, Capsella 

 Bursa-pastoris, Sisymbrium altissimum, Erysimum cheiran- 

 thoides, and Euphorbia maculata. 



