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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
unfolding leaves of the aspen (Populus tremuloides), the greenish-white 
of the poplar (Populus grandidentata), and the delicate green of the 
Lombardy poplar added to the almost indescribable variety of coloring 
in the groves and woodlands. The shrubs and trees not native, chiefty 
those from the Central Experimental Farm, nearly all in leaf. 
May 2oth . — The white petals of Amelanchier falling. Plants in 
full bloom — Primus Pennsylvanicum, Cornus Canadensis, Corallorhiza 
innata, Trientalis Americana, Rhodora Canadensis, Yaccinium Cana- 
dense, Trillium grandiflorum (not native), Trillium cernuum, Viola 
Watsoni (not native), Y. pubescens, Menyanthes trifoliata, Oxalis 
corniculata, Aralia nudicaulis, Acta?a alba, Clintonia borealis. The 
blossoms of the Stemless Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) just 
unfolding. The following named trees and shrubs just coming into 
leaf : Quercus rubra. Acacia, Rhus typhina. Ilex verticillata Viburnum 
opulus, Fraxinus sambucifolia ; also the leaves of the ivy Ampelopsis 
■ quinquefolia) on the cottage. 
June 1st . — After a week of wet, cold weather, June came in bright 
and warm. The weather was so warm on June 2nd that shade from 
the sun’s rays was grateful. Warm showers alternated with the bright 
sunshine and vegetation was rapid. The nights remained cool in early 
June up to the 15th and 16th, when frosts did much damage in low 
places along the river, killing buckwheat, strawberries and other 
tender plants, and wilting the fronds of what is perhaps the most 
sensitive of our ferns to frost — Osmunda cinnamomea. Ice formed in 
many places in the ponds and along the margins of the rivers and 
streams. 
During the remainder of the summer and fall, but little rain fell. 
The streams became very shallow and wells were dried up. The crops 
which were very promising in spring and early summer, suffered greatly 
in later months from the prolonged drought. Fruits ripened early 
(ripe strawberries were found as early as June 13th) and these with 
raspberries and other small fruits in dry places were a scanty crop. 
June 8th . — In full bloom — Lilacs, Oak-leaved Mountain Ash, 
Honeysuckle, Horsechestnut, Yellow and Stemless Lady’s Slipper, Iris 
'Versicolor, Viburnum opulus, Pinguicula vulgaris. Geranium Robert- 
ianum, Oenothera pumila, Leucanthemum Vulgare, Erigeron Philadel- 
phicum. Aster graminifolius. Ledum latifolium, Prunus serotina and 
‘Others. 
