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whole of the United States ; and I have myself seen it in 
Newfoundland. 
C. — Red currants in the garden are ripe : and many gar- 
den flowers are now blown ; which form a great attraction 
to the humming-birds. I see the brilliant little meteors 
glancing to and fro^ very often ; and stopping to suck the 
deep crimson flowers of the balm ; the tail bent down^ the 
wings vibrating, and the head almost buried in the corolla ; 
yet not easy to be surprised. 
JP. — There is a delicious berry now abundant in the 
woods^ growing on a very low plant, scarcely rising above 
the ground : it is called here the Dewberry C Hubus Procum- 
bens). In appearance it is much like the berry of that name 
in England, but is superior in taste, being of a pleasant 
tartness. 
C. — Yesterday I found, in walking, some wild Raspber- 
ries ripe ( Rubus Ideus ) ; 1 think they equal in flavour your 
description of them. See : here are more. 
F. — From this time forth, they will be daily ripening : and 
bushels will rot upon the ground for want of being gathered ; 
although large quantities are collected, and either eaten as 
they are, or made into an excellent conserve. The bushes are 
extremely numerous on every road-side, and almost in every 
field, growing in the corners of the fences, springing up abun- 
dantly in ground recently cleared, and burnt over and • 
invariably forming a great bush around every dead stump, 
or neglected log : so that we have no lack of this delicious 
fruit ; and from its great abundance, it is really no inconsi- 
derable addition to our comforts. The strawberries are going 
out of date, but the raspberries are more than sufficient to 
supply their place. 
C. — Timothy Grass ( Phleum Pratense ) is now in flow- 
er : the anthers look like little fragments of dust on the green 
