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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
nearly every night, sometimes severe enough to’ freeze the ground 
and form ice in shallow pools. Cold north winds every day and 
no rain. Caltha palustris, dandelion, wind anemone in bloom; 
iivularia, amelanchier, bluets, gold thread in sunny places begin- 
ning to bloom. \dburnum lantanoides expanding its floral in- 
volucre. Red cherry trees putting forth leaves and flower buds. 
The osmunda ferns unfolding their fronds, and the woodsias on 
rockeries fully expanded. The long catkins of the mountain 
alder pendulous and discharging pollen. The spring flowers of 
nearly ever)1 species are few in number, shrivelled in appearance, 
and lacking size and freshness. The weary waiting for genial 
skies and grateful showers and the prevalence of March winds 
in ^lay have retarded vegetation. An exception is the red maple, 
which still continues to bloom, its masses of crimson flowers 
forming a beautiful contrast to the delicate green of myriads of 
unfolding leaves. The pure white blossoms of the amelanchier 
mingling with the soft purple-brown of the fresh-opening leaves, 
followed a week later by the bloom of the red cherry, makes up 
a picture that is unequalled in beauty in our northern woodlands. 
May 22. — In bloom: viola pubescens, caltha palustris, trienta- 
lis americana,trillium grandiflorum (not native), trillium erectum, 
trillium cernuum (in bud), veronica serpyillifolia, claytonia, 
virginica, sambucus pubens. Rock maple, poplar, white and red 
maples, birches, rowan tree, all in leaf, except betula populifolia. 
June 24. — A bright, pleasant day, but with cool breeze. The 
weather which has been cold, with chilly winds, is now warm and 
summerlike. Lilacs, rowan tree and honeysuckle coming into 
bloom, and ampelopsis and acacia bursting into leaf. Stemless 
lady’s slipper and pinguicula in bloom ( June 4). 
October 31. — A wet season, with mushrooms and toadstools 
in every color in greatest profusion, especially in the evergreen 
woods. About 150 species collected and named. Material all 
too abundant during the season, which lasted until the frosts of 
early November. The weather in September and October was 
more changeable than usual, and toward the last of the latter 
month strong gales prevailed. Light frosts occurred in late 
September and early October. The night of October 9 was very 
cold, with frost sufficient to make ice, with a snow storm early the 
