Long Island, January 1-August 31, 1918
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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.