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

By a brook near the house I got Viburnum nudum. Acer spicatum.

In the fields near the house I got Iris versicolor. Comptonia asplenifolia {aspleniifolia}. Prunella vulgaris —

I have never seen the Vaccinium vitis-idaea before. It is growing in large quantities on the knoll, mixed with the Bunch Berry. They are springing up through the soft moss — The Viburnum dentatum

is not quite yet in flower.

This P.M. I got some more Cornus canadensis Vaccinium vitis-idaea from the knoll — All these specimens above mentioned are in press. ————— Shelburne N.H. July 3rd I got the following specimens from the bog on the borders of Wheeler's pond near the foot of Crow's Nest — Calopogon pulchellus — Vaccinium oxycoccos — Sarracenia purpurea — Kalmia angustifolia (Fruit) {Kalmia} glauca — Viburnum nudum — Calla palustris —

Fruit } Andromeda polifolia. {Fruit} } Cassandra calyculata. {Fruit} } Rodora [Rhodora] canadensis.

From the roadside I got Clintonia borealis Apocynum androsaemifolium Potentilla norvegica (Fruit) Lonicera ciliata.

Near Lead Mine Bridge I secured (no flower) Tilia americana. (fruit)Viburnum lantanoides.

Near the Railway Station got some Vicia cracca —

All these specimens are in press.

I found to-day in the bog at Wheeler's Pond a plant growing very profusely some specimens of which I got in fruit and am pressing. I do not yet know the name ——— I have identified it as Menyanthes trifoliata. ————— Shelburne N.H. July 4. ——— 1882. Will & Mrs. Brewster arrived yesterday noon by 12.30 o'clock with their horse & buggy. This A.M. Will & I strolled over the knoll and I got the Cornus circinata. Habenaria hookeri. which I put in press. In the field near the house I got some

Veratrum viride. Fragaria virginiana. which I have put in press.

A very large variety of trees shrubs & herbs grow on the knoll. We found

Pinus strobus Abies nigra Populus tremuloides, {Populus} grandidentata Betula papyracea. Ostrya virginica. Fagus ferruginea. Quercus rubra. Ulmus americana. Acer pennsylvanicum {Acer} saccharinum. {Acer} rubrum.

Amelanchier canadensis, var. botryapium

Comptonia asplenifolia. Corylus rostrata. Cornus circinata. Viburnum nudum. {Viburnum} acerifolium. Spiraea salicifolia Crataegus coccinea

This P.M. I took a stroll to the foot of Mt. Cabot, and on the way I got and put in press Pinus strobus (staminate flowers) Linnaea borealis.

At the foot of the Mt. I got

and put in press Moneses uniflora. Oxalis acetosella. Fruit { Tiarella cordifolia {Fruit} { Streptopus roseus

This evening I took a drive with Will. We turned in by Wheeler's Pond and I found by the roadside a short distance from the main road 4 specimens of Cypripedium acaule.

In three of the specimens the lip was pure white* and the plant is very common here. Gray merely says in describ-

ing the color of the lip "rose purple (rarely white}" but John Robinson in his Flora of Essex {County} makes a variety Cypripedium acaule, var. alba. which I presume is this one. These specimens I shall press and I shall ask Dr. Gray about them.

*with some very faint almost imperceptible purple veins. —————

For Dr. Grays answer, see Aug. 4th.

Shelburne, N.H. July 5th This A.M. Margie and I took a walk to the woods just beyond Wheeler's Pond. The roadside was lined with the Bush Honeysuckle and Bunch Berry. In the woods we picked 22 specimens of

Cypripedium acaule

both white and purple ones. I find that there is a gradation of color between the two extremes and I have put into press 5 specimens which illustrate a gradual change from pure white to rose-purple No 1 being white. The

color refers entirely to the labellum, the color the other parts of the flower being about the same. This seems to show that the plants are the same with this tendency to vary in color. The white one is very common about here though I have found only 5 specimens owing to the lateness of the season. I found the purple and the white flowers growing within 3 feet of each other