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May 3. 1918 Wyandanch to Greenlawn 27
Country very beautiful, Cherry trees
(Prunus avium) still in wonderful
bloom, while sweet- peas &
flowers. The beautiful pink
peach blossoms now blooming.
Here and there in sandy places
shade-bush. The mass Common
violet, in bloom every-where
Viole umbilicata - ovata - sagittata.
Bright green Carpet-like masses
of low huckleberry, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum
in yellow contrasting with dead oak-leaves in
the woods. Here & there Viola
pedata but not common.
In flower Red barberry. Dactylorhiza
Vernae. Sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia
very common near the pine ferneries.
Here & there large masses of Myrtle
(Vaccinium myrtillus) also - covering the ground
with blue bloom.
one brown thornet
one red carpet grasshopper.