Arabis lyrata leaves and white flowers. (April in flower.)
Perhaps Orchis spectabilis in bud.
Viola pubescens, (April in flower). Viola pedata.
Ranunculus abortivus in bloom.
Ribes cynosbati, with prickly fruit, in flower. (Yet stamens and pistils longer than calyx.) Very common.
Cohosh just in bloom.
Lepidium campestre in bloom and going to seed.
Cardamine (rhomboidea-like)?—purplish flowers.
Amelanchier, downy variety, thirty feet high, in full bloom, but leaves less open than Botrychium near, which is not quite out.
Shepherdia Canadensis. At north end of isle, ice under the cliff.
May 16. Afternoon. Walk on Goat Island.
May 17. Go to Suspension Bridge and walk up on the Canada side. The completest view of the Falls is from that side Pestered by coachmen, etc. The "Clifton
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