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Contributed by New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
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May 4 - continued Merrick - Valley Stream 30
Laurel growing together in abundance
with Ilex glabra.
On the roadsides leading from & adjoining
the Swamp 1/2 doz plants of Primrose
leaf violet Viola primulifolia (W)
Near Merrick by a stagnant pool
White violets are scattered long hours
on the leaves & flower scapes.
In the swamps at - Merrick & Valley,
Stream purple & also White Violets
with heart-shaped leaves smooth,
the former with petal brand club-
shaped & knotted.
Shad bush in bloom scattered
through the woods all along.
Potentilla quinquefolia coming more
in flower - fair yellow.
In Stream at inlet Valley Stream
Reservoir just coming in bloom
Nymphaea advena Large Yellow Pond Lily,
Large "Darny Reed" lying over stream