OHSERVATIONS OF PLANTS. 
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OBSERVATIONS OF PLANTS, 1901. 
After a winter of severe though not intensely cold weather and 
abundant snow, the spring opened in early April with many warm 
days during which the grass grew rapidly. In later April and early 
May cold east winds prevailed. Tussilago farfara (coltsfoot), one of 
the earliest plants to appear, was observed in bloom by the side of the 
street opposite the Custom House, St. John, April 23rd. 
Wild Garden at Ingleside, Kings County. 
May 1st . — In the wild garden, at Ingleside, Viola blanda and' 
Epigcca repens were observed in full bloom. In exposed places a few 
strawberry blossoms were appearing. The red maple was coming into 
bloom, and the Dog-tooth Violet (Erythronium Americanum) blossoms 
were beginning to open. 
May 10th . — A beautiful day — warm and spring-like — followed by 
three days of rain. Temperature moderate, grass growing rapidly and 
buds on the trees bursting into leaf, the white birch leading. Red 
maple blossoms falling. Sanguinaria Canadensis in bloom. Blue 
violets coming in flower, Dog-tooth Violet, the Gold Thread, Grove 
Anemone and Mountain Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliata) in full 
bloom. A few plants in bloom of the Painted Trillium, Dandelion, 
Marsh Marigold, Strawberry, Bluets, the involucral blossoms, of broad 
leaved Viburnum, (V. lantanoides). Purple Trillium, Bell wort (Uvularia 
sessilifolia). The Woodsias and other small ferns on the rockeries 
with fronds nearly expanded. 
May 17th . — In full bloom — Blue violets. Purple and Painted Tril- 
liums. Strawberries and Dandelions, Marsh Marigold, the Fetid Currant 
(Ribes prostratum). Coming into bloom were the Amelanchier 
Canadensis, central blossoms of Viburnum lantanoides, Thaspium 
aureum, and a few blossoms were appearing of Rhodora, Vaccinium 
Canadense, and the wild red cherry. Of the trees — white birches, 
lilacs, black cherry (Prunus serotina). Viburnum lantanoides, mountain 
fly honeysuckle, hazel, hawthorne, mountain ash, were in full leaf. 
The leaves of poplars, horsechestnuts, and white maples were just 
unfolding ; also those of the smaller trees of red maples and the Amel- 
anchiers, the latter very beautiful from the contrast of the purple 
leaves and the white blossoms. The delicate yellowish-green of the- 
