Progress 
vegetation 
A great change took place in the general aspect of 
the country to-day for between daylight and dark many of the 
trees and shrubs which yesterday were simply veiled in tender 
green have burst into foliage. This is especially true of 
the gray birches. Yesterday we could see the river clearly 
through the belt in front of the cabin, but when I left 
Ball’s Hill this evening they formed a screen of leaves, 
through which the eye could not penetrate. The oaks are in 
full blossom and covered with small leaves which as yet give 
only a hazy effect to the tops of these trees. Shad bush 
out of bloom. Kalmia glauca [JLs-ua i n 
full bloom yesterday. Apple trees also in full bloom. 
Cherry blossoms all gone. White maples, alders, hazels, 
poplars and paper birches in about half leaf. The fields 
everywhere spangled with dandelion blossoms. Wood violets 
in great profusion on Bensen’s knoll. High and low blue¬ 
berries in bloom. 
