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April 19, 1918 18
Walk in P.M. from Queens thru
Queen Road - woods & round partly
by Rocky Hill Road to Queens.
In woods very little Blood Root-
Sanguinaria Canadensis/
Hepatic triloba - Toirwort - only
occurred in woods: Large leaved Aspen
Tree with Catkins (N.N.) Populus grandidentata.
Sweet-Gum Liquidambar styraciflua
Common - buds swelling.
By roadside between Bayside &
Queens Viola papilionacea?. (P.V.)
2 or 3 dandelions Taraxicum officinale
the first in flower since Autumn.
Many plants that bloom later now
beginning to grow. Last years growth
of roadside - empty seed pods Asparagus. (N.P.)