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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 
May 2. — Hepatica fully in bloom; catkins of the populus 
tremuloicles shedding pollen. Heavy showers, May i, with cold 
north-west winds on the day following. First grain sowed. 
May 6. — Flowers of red maple in full bloom. A few straw- 
berry and white violet blossoms seen. Copious rains on the 6th, 
and on the 9th. Farmers busy planting on the 7th. 
May 1 2. — Frosts on the night of the 8th and again on the 12th 
when ice one-fourth inch thick was formed, followed by a mixed 
hail, snow and rain on the 13th. 
May 14. — Quite cold. A few blue violets in bloom, white vio- 
lets and strawberry blossoms in abundance ; with dandelions, triili- 
um erythrocarpum, caulophyMum, trillium grand iflorum, coming 
in blossom. 
May 22. — Wet, cold and backward weather the past week. 
Trees in leaf : betula papyracea, (rowan, acer spicatum. I11 
flower : marsh marigold, sanguinaria canadensis, anemone nem- 
orosa, uvularia sessiifi folia, bluets, erythronium amenicanum, 
vaccinium canadense, dirca palustris. 
May 29. — Beautiful weather the past week but the evenings 
still cool. Amelanchier in full bloom, also trillium erectum, trillium 
grandiflorum. Upland trees all out in leaf except oak, acacia and 
great toothed poplar. Prunus Pennsylvania coming into bloom. 
June 6. — In bloom : Bog-bean, butter-cup, caraway, also 
clematis verticillaris, iris versicolor, actea alba. Heavy frost on 
the night of the 6th, which did much damage on low grounds. 
June 11. — Three nearly ripe strawberries picked along rail- 
way track. The different varieties of pyrus baccata, caragana 
arborescens (not native) and apple trees in full bloom. 
June 14 — Lilacs coming in bloom. Petals of clematis verticil- 
laris and trillium grandiflorum falling. 
June 21. — During the past week and nearly all the month up 
to date the weather has been cold and wet, but grass and foliage 
have grown abundantly. The weather, June 15 and 16, was very 
bright and warm, giving promise of summer which was not ful- 
filled for a week at least. A fire in the grate all day from the 18th 
to the 2 1st had to be kept up. Lilacs and honeysuckles in full 
bloom the past week. 
