Walter Deane (1848-1930) Papers; Botanical notebook, 1882. Botany Libraries, Archives of the Gray Herbarium,, Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Mass.

used by the hens as a shelter from the hot sun. I was very much surprised to find it growing in such a dry situation and I gained the following information from Gus and his mother. Thirty years ago, where the hen yard and barn now stands, was a pond of water supplied by a brook from the hill above. In that pond grew the Button-Bush Some time after, the course of the brook was changed by artificial means and the pond was filled up with sand, deep enough to competely cover the Button Bush. Soon

shoots of the Bush began to appear above the sand and as the spot was used as a wood yard, they were continuously cut down for some time. Finally, the place was turned into a hen-yard and then the shrub gradually assumed its present size. The persistence of its growth seems to me remarkable considering the fact that its habitat is in wet places. Aug. 22nd Cohasset — Mass I have just received a letter from Shelburne N.H. informing me that the Button Bush flowered about the middle of August, which

Enumeration of Trees, shrubs & herbs collected & pressed at Shelburne, N.H. during July, 1882. ————— Trees & shrubs ----- 66 Herbs ------------- 97 ---------------------------163. ————— These include a number collected on excursions from Gilead, Gorham & Mt. Washington —

I judge, is its usual time for flowering, as I have noticed before that, by the end of July, the heads were very small and not nearly ready to blossom. ————— Spring 1882 ————— George Dexter sent me from Aiken S.C. the following specimens Houstonia caerulea Linaria canadensis Viola pedata Gelsemium sempervirens Cornus florida —

Trees & shrubs found in Shelburne NH by WD July & Aug. 1883 —

Myrica gale — ✓ Ribes cynosbati — ✓ Rubus odoratus (A.P.B. viggs) — ✓ Ampelopsis quinquefolia — Taxus baccata, var. canadensis — ✓ Salix lucida — ✓ Vaccinium vacillans — ✓ {Vaccinium} macrocarpon ✓ Salix rostrata ✓

Rubus strigosus — ✓ {Rubus} villosus — ✓ Crataegus coccinea — ✓ Pyrus americana — ✓ Amelanchier canadensis, var. Botryapium — ✓ Prunus pennsylvanica [pensylvanica] — ✓ {Prunus} serotina — {Prunus} virginiana — ✓ Vitis riparia Acer rubrum — ✓ {Acer} dasycarpum — ✓ {Acer} saccharinum — Coll by Gus {Acer} pennsylvanicum — ✓ {Acer} spicatum — ✓ Rhus typhina ✓ {Rhus} {Rhus} toxicodendron — ✓ Tilia americana — ✓ Barbaris {Berberis} vulgaris (probably cultivated)

Smilax herbacea — Alnus viridis — ✓

Addenda — Amelanchier oblongifolia ✓ {Amelanchier} oligocarpa (July 1881) ✓ {Salix} humilis — ✓ {Salix} cordata Aug. 1883. ✓ Larix americana ✓ Ledum latifolium ✓ Abies nigra. Salix tristis. Thuja occidentalis ✓

Pyrus arbutifolia ✓

Populus grandidentata ✓ Ulmus americana — ✓ Fraxinus americana ✓ {Fraxinus} sambucifolia — ✓ Nemopanthes canadensis — ✓ Ilex verticillata — ✓ ↓Cephalanthus occidentalis — ✓ See note of Aug. 6th Mitchella repens — ✓ Linnaea borealis ✓ Lonicera ciliata ✓ Diervilla trifida — ✓ Sambucus canadensis ✓ Viburnum nudum ✓ {Viburnum} dentatum — ✓ {Viburnum} acerifolium ✓ {Viburnum} opulus ✓ {Viburnum} lantanoides ✓ Andromeda polifolia ✓ Cassandra calyculata — ✓

Epigaea repens — (July 1881) ✓ Gaultheria procumbens ✓ Kalmia glauca — ✓ {Kalmia} angustifolia — ✓ Rhodora canadensis — ✓ Vaccinium corymbosum — {Vaccinium} pennsylvanicum ✓ {Vaccinium} canadense — ✓ {Vaccinium} vitis-idaea — ✓ {Vaccinium} oxycoccos — ✓ Ohiogenes hispidula — ✓ Cornus alternifolia — ✓ {Cornus} circinata — ✓ {Cornus} stolonifera — ✓ {Cornus} canadensis — ✓ Hamamelis virginiana — ✓ Ribes prostratum — ✓ Spiraea salicifolia — ✓ {Spiraea} tomentosa — ✓ Rubus triflorus ✓