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

On the way home, I dug up a

Prunella vulgaris

by the roadside which I have put to press as also a

Fragaria vesca

which I got this P.M. in the Pine Grove back of the house. Gus Philbrook says that the knoll in front of the house, to, which I have occassionally referred, is called the "knubble."

Shellburne. N.H. July 6th

This A.M. Will, Gus & I took a stroll through the fields & woods back of the house where Gus said he could show us the Mountain Cranberry. When we came to the spot I found it was the Cowberry or

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

in fruit much more advanced than that of the knubble. So the Mountain Cranberry is the Lowberry. Vide "Robinson's Flora of Essex {Coounty}." I gathered some specimens for press. I also found by the side of a brook some

Circaea alpina

and on a level field by the house, growing in patches some

Potentilla tridentata

and by the roadside some

Potentilla norvegica.

specimens of all of which I gathered for press. The Pinus strobus and Pinus resinosa are the only pines growing freely in this region. Last year I found on the hill back of the house a

Pinus rigida

growing with the other two kinds. This A.M. I gathered a specimen and cone for press. I found a fine specimen of

Populus grandidentata

on the hill, and by a brook in wet land we found two

Fraxinus sambucifolia

specimens of which I have put in press, as well as

Fraxinus americana

which was growing by the road side. This P.M. Will & I took a drive down to Gilead Me. The line between

Shelburne and Gilead is about 1/2 mile beyond Wheeler's Pond. At the pond we went into the bog and there I gathered for the press

Calopogon pulchellus Pogonia ophioglossoides Smilacina trifolia.

The latter plant I have never seen before. In Gilead, by the roadside, I picked some

Polygonum cilinode {ciliinode}

climbing some 3 ft high I never saw this before and I have pressed two specimens.

Shelburne N.H> July 7th This P.M. Will, Gus & I went up to Bowls & Pitchers. On the way we saw some fine Lindens and Firs. I got some specimens of, and have put in press Fruit } Nemopanthes canadensis

{Fruit} } Trillium erythrocarpum {Fruit} } Rubus triflorus {Fruit} } Coptis trifolia Medeola virginica Erigeron philadelphicum [philadelphicus] Pyrola chlorantha —————

I have also put in press a plant which I have noticed lately, consisting of a single sagittate leaf from a root stock. I do not yet know the name — Aug. 3rd It is a Nabalus.

Our walk was a delightful one, just through a grove of White and Red Pines, with the ground covered with splinters, there through a clearing studded with young white piens, and finally we entered the woods. We rested for a short time by a brook and watched the trout sporting in the

water. The path up the hill through the trees was lined with vegetation of every kind. The checkerberries were thick and large and the bunch berries were beginning to form their fruit. We saw a good deal of the Mountain Holly with its young fruit still green and in one place the ground was green with the gold thread, so called from its bright golden roots — The Indian Cucumber with its two whorls of leaves occasionally came in our way, and we frequently saw the Lady's Slipper whose withered perianth told of its ripening fruit. On reaching Bowls & Pitchers, we sat

down and enjoyed the view. The water was tumbling over the rocks and falling into the great basin below and a frame work of most beautiful trees bounded the view. There were the Shad, Yellow Birch, Moose Maple with its graceful hanging fruit, the Mountain Maple with its upright racemes of flowers, the White Spruce, Alder Fly Honeysuckle and others while the most exquisite ferns seemed to spring up every where in just the places adapted to set off their beauty to best

advantage. It was a charming spot. ————— Shelburne N.H. July 8th. This A.M. Will & I strolled over to the knubble and I secured the following specimens for my press —

Viburnum dentatum — Fruit { Houstonia caerulea — {Fruit} { Smilacina bifolia — {Fruit} { Uvularia sessilifolia — ————— In the field in damp soil

Hydrocotyle americana ————— By the roadside Achillea millefolium Thalictrum cornuti.