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Sept 17. 1917 36
Garden Edg - Common Speedwell
(Veronica officinalis) Prostrate
fresh green leaves & as though
just coming into flower.
Sept 20 - Specimens named by Benx
Botanical Garden N.
1° Sturrs Bush Clover (Cespedezia Sturzii)
or a hybrid between C. Hirta & Virginica?
They are uncertain. Farmingdale.
2° Goldsmont. Golden Hedge Hyssop -
(Gratiola Aurum) Swamp near Garden
Edg - many beautiful pure yellow flowers.
3° Veronica Spicata. Not named in
Grays or Bulions Flora or any of my books.
4° Nodding Tackers Tissero. (Spiranthes or
Gyrostaches German) Edge of pond
Farmingdale.
5° Helianthus divaricatus. Rough or
Wood-land Sun-flower.