April 1882. Page 7 (seq. 10)

of Concord Ave and the back
entrance to Father's that
they are the Ulmus campestris
(English Elm) —
————— Cambridge
Apr. 23. My birthday. Margie
gave me a lovely pocket
magnifying glass with a tortoise-
shell case. We spent to-day
at my cousin Rob Lord's, Newton.
The P.M. we took a long
drive through Newtonville,
Newton Upper Falls, Needham
& West Newton. In Newton-
ville I dug up some San-
guinaria canadensis.
At Needham I dug up
a number of the Hepatica
triloba, the first time I
have ever seen them growing.

They were on a rather dry
hillside, the flowers were
peeping up through the dry
leaves which covered the ground.
This A.M. I cut some spec-
imens of the Acer rubrum
& Ulmus americana in
flower, in Newton near Rob's
house. All these specimens
I am pressing.

I shall go to Rob's when the
leaves are out to verify the Acer
& Ulmus ————
————— Cambridge
Apr. 27 — A snow-storm still
reminds one of winter. The
buds are struggling to unfold
themselves, but make poor
work of it. Nature seems
to be yawning after her long
sleep and trying hard to wake up.