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Contributed by New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
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Transcription
1917
"The clear light over the plains"
Coming & going very beautiful.
a wonderful charm of the
open spaces.
By the old Rail-Road, golden yellow
aster (Chrysopsis- falcatà) still in
bloom. Thorn apple (Datura Stramonium)
In the meadow
Steeple-bush (Spiraea Tomentosa)
in abundance also some Meadow
Sweet (Spiraea Latifolía)
Bone-set- (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Joe Pye Weed " Purpureum.
Cranberries now 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter
Fire-weed. (Epilobium Angustifolium) ✓
Bay-bay Myrica Carolinensis
Meadow-beauty (Rhexia Virginia)
Arrow-leaf- tear-thrumb.
(Polygonum Sagittatum) ✓
Polygala Sanguinea, almost white &
also Cross-leaved Milk-wort- (Polygala