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HARTLAND NATURE CLUB 
inch and] a half long with beautiful glossy wing covers; the 
female has fluted wing covers. 
Hydroeharis obtusatus Dinuetes Americanus 
Acilius semisulcatus Dinuetes discolor 
The last two have a way of darting around in zigzag lines 
on top of the water. 
Tropisturnis glaber 
Agabus congener 
Coptotomus interrogate 
Gyrinus confinis 
Hydroporus undatus 
Hydroporus modestus 
Laccophilus maculosus 
Berosus striatus 
Cnemidotus 12 punctatus 
Haliplus punctatus 
Haliplus oribrarius 
Goelambus inaequalis 
Botany 
Of the Flora of this swamp, I will first name the trees. 
There is a large Tsuga Canadensis (hemlock) standing in the 
edge of the swamp and leaning in. It is more than two feet 
through. I would have it cut for lumber, but it would fall where 
I could not get it. Pinus strobus (white pine) is represented by 
quite a number of trees; one twenty inches through was struck 
by lightning and twenty feet of the top taken off. Abies nigra 
(balsam) is here but not very large. There is a tall grand 
Ulmus Americana (elm) and many smaller specimens. Betula 
lutea (yellow birch) is here, also several medium large and beau¬ 
tiful Betula papyriferas (white birch), one on the turnpike near 
tiful Betula papyrifera (white birch), one on the turnpike near 
the middle of the swamp. The swamp is just home for Fraxinus 
nigra (ash). Fraxinus Amercana is here at the edge. Juglans 
cinerea (butternut) commonly wants dry land, but here are sev¬ 
eral two or three rods in the swamp. Acer sacharium (maple), 
Acer rubrum, Acer spicatum and Quercus rubra, commonly 
dry land trees are all here, also Tilia Americana (basswood), 
the latter with its broad and beautiful leaves. Amelanchier cana¬ 
densis (shadbush) shows its beautiful white blossoms here early 
in the spring. A good sized Pyrus malus (apple) grows within 
a rod of where we dug up the toad. Prunus serotina (black 
cherry) and Prunus virginiana (choke cherry) both grow here 
on the muck. Alnus incana (alder hoary) is an old standby in 
most every wet place is here, of course. Sambucus canaden¬ 
sis (elder sweet) and Sambucus racemosa (elder red) are both 
here, although the latter makes a very light showing. Corylus 
rostrata (hazelnut beaked) is here, and Rosa rubiginosa (sweet 
