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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
OBSERVATION OF PLANTS, 1904. 
By G. U. Hay. 
April 30. — A very severe winter with abundance of snow and 
steady cold weather. Sleighing good up to the end of March. 
April has been cold, with hard frosts and frequent light falls 
of snow up to the 20th. On the 19th there was a heavy snow 
storm, with strong wind from the northeast, and drifts. This 
was followed by a few days of mild weather and a warm rain on 
the 26th. During late April and early May the weather was fine 
and cold, with light frosts at night. April 27th: Coltsfoot 
(tussilago farfara) in bloom at St. Stephen (J. V.) ; May 1st, 
in bloom at St. John; April 27th: Ribes fetidum in leaf under 
cliffs in Rockwood Park and alder catkins discharging pollen. 
Wild Garden, Ingleside. 
May 4. — Plants in bloom : Hepatica, mayflower, red maple, 
and a few of the dog-tooth violet. Catkins of the trembling 
poplar, alder, and birches shedding pollen freely. Frost out of 
the ground in the clearings, but patches of ice and snow remain 
in the woods. 
May 10. — White violets and strawberry plants beginning to 
bloom. 
May 18. — Plants in bloom : Pappoose root (caulophyllum 
thalictroides), amelanchier, bluets, dandelion, marsh marigold, 
trillium grandiflorum (not native, but has bloomed regularly 
since it was transplanted from Ontario ten years since), trillium 
erythrocarpum, lonicera ciliata, alnus viridus, rhodora (a few), 
ribes fetidum, uvularia sessilifolia, anemone nemorosa, white and 
blue, violets in great abundance, mayflowers in shaded places. 
Trees in leaf : Betula papyraceae, amelanchier canadensis, pyrus 
americana, acer spicatum. Coming into leaf : Elm, horse-chest- 
nut, red maple, trembling poplar, red cherry, sugar maple, moun- 
tain maple. 
Fine growing weather for the past week, with plenty of rain 
