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Contributed by New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
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May 24.1918 Lakewood - Humphreys Reservoir
Quite abundant in the woods
Thalictrum revolutum or purpurascens (P.W)
At the reservoir growing in open
spaces.
Cuparis perennis - wild Lupine.
Silene Caroliniana " Pink
Lobelia Canadensis " Blue Toothflux
Euphorbia Ipecacuanha? Wild Ipecac
Comandra umbellata? Bastard Toadflax.
Panicum clandestinum (P.W) Viscid panicum
Vacumn Vacumin - Low Blueberry
Gaylussacia baccata
Near Edge of Water
Salix discolor (P.W) Smooth - Pussy Willow
" alba (P.W) white willow-
One willow with every leaf stripped
& hundreds of caterpillar of swallow
butterfly covering the stems & branches
Curious growth on oak 2 inches in
diameter nearly round acicular white
glistening crystals mass splintered with
red.
L. H. BIGLOW & COMPANY, INC., MAKERS, NEW YORK FORM 60-271593