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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
OBSERVATIONS IN WILD GARDEN, INGLESIDE, 1900, 
By G. U. Hay. 
(Read November 6, 1900.) 
The months of April and May, up to May 24th of this season, 
were very cold and backward, the rains and north-easterly winds 
retarding vegetation. On my first visit to Ingleside, May 12th, the 
following plants were just beginning to bloom : Viola blanda, Erythro- 
nium Americanum, Anemone nemorosa, Fragaria Virginiana, and 
these only in places fully exposed to the sun. Epigsea repens, 
Hepatica triloba and Acer rubrum were in full bloom. 
May 24th (a warm, sunny day). Plants in full bloom : Taraxacum 
Dens-leonis, Fragaria Virginiana, Sanguinaria Canadensis, Claytonia 
Virginica, Houstonia coerulea, Erythronium Americanum. Just 
coming into bloom in places exposed to the sun : Viola cucullata, Viola 
canina, var. sylvestris. Amelanchier Canadensis, var. botryapium. 
Viburnum lantanoides, with the white marginal flowers expanding. 
The white birch, which is one of the first to come into leaf, and one of 
the last to lose its foliage in the fall, was unfolding its leaves under 
the influence of the bright sun and gentle winds of the day. 
June 9th. Sunshine and frequent rains since May 24th produced 
that wonderful change which is so characteristic of our springs : In a 
few days’ after weeks and months of weary waiting, plants seem all 
at once to burst into flower and leaf, each day producing a marked 
change in the face of nature. 
Plants in full bloom : Trillium Erythrocarpum, T. erectum, T. 
cernuum (just out), Primula Mistassinaca, Cypripedium acaule) just 
beginning to bloom), Rhodora Canadensis, Cornus Canadensis. 
June 14th. Cypripedium parviflorum, just opening its yellow 
flowers, as also Iris versicolor, Crattegus tomentosus ; Cypripedium 
acaule in full bloom, and also Cornus Canadensis, Clintonia borealis, 
Trieatalis Americana, Arenaria lateriflora, Carum carui, Thaspium 
aureum, Potentilla Canadensis, Cornus stolonifera, Viola lanceolata,. 
Vaccinium Canadense, V. Pennsylvanicum, Trifolium pratense, T. 
repens, Aralia nudicaulis. Apple trees (crab) were in height of bloom 
about 10th. Lilacs about 14th. 
June 16th and 17th. A few ripe native strawberries were seen. 
