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ANTIRRHINUM. 14. 2. linaria. Snapdragon. do. Roads.
MIMULUS. 14. 2.
ringens. Monkey flower. do. Wet places.
DIGITALIS. 14. 2. purpurea. C. Foxglove. do. Cultivated by Sha- kers, Hancock.
GERARDIA. 14. 2. flava. False foxglove. July. Woods ; about hills. glauca. Large do. Aug. dc do - crinita. Small do. do. Dry woods on hills.
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
SOLANEÆE.
DATURA. 5. 1.
stramonium. Stramonium. Aug. Roads & gardens tatula. Purple do. do. do.
CAPSICUM. 5. 1.
annuum. C. Red pepper. do, Gardens.
NICOTIANA. 5. 1. tabacum. C. Tobacco. July. Cultivated in gardens SOLANUM. 5. 1.
dulcamarum. Bittersweet. June. Hills and woods. nigrum. Nightshade. July. About yards and fences tuberosum. C. Potatoe. do. Fields. lycopersicum. C. Tomatoe. July. Gardens. pseudocapsicum. C. Jerusalem cherry. July. Or- namental flower ; gardens.
VERBASCUM. 5. 1. thapsus. Mullen. June. Roads and fields. BORRAGINEÆE.
CYNOGLOSSUM. 5. 1.
officinale. Hound-tongue. June. Roads'; light soil
LITHOSPERMUM. 5. 1. arvense. Stone-seed. May. Cultivated fields. MYOSOTIS. 5. 1. palustris. Scorpion weed. July. Hills. 3 arvensis.
BORAGO. 5. 1. officinalis. C. Borage. do. Gardens.
SYMPHITUM. 5. 1. officinale. C. Comfrey. do do.
HYDROPHYLLUM. 5. 1. virginicum, Burr-flower. do. Hedges and woods. · canadense. Rough do. July. do. and woods.
BIGNONIA.
CHELONE. 14.2. glabra. Snake-head. July. Low meadows and pas- tures. MARTYNIA. 14. 2. proboscoidea. Elephant plant. July. Cultivated in gardens.
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VEGETABLES.
PENSTEMON. 14. 2. pubescens. Beard tongue. July. Foot of hills.
CONVOLVULI-(Like Morning-glory.)
CONVOLVULUS. 5. 1.
sepium. Wild morning-glory. July. Alluv. mead. arvensis. Birdweed. July. Woods; high & low land batatus. C. Sweet potatoe. July. Rarely cultivated purpurea. C. Morning-glory. June. Gardens. CUSCUTA. 5. 2. americana. Dodder. Aug. Shaded banks.
GENTIANEÆ.
GENTIANA. 5. 2. quinqueflora. Blue gentian. Aug. Clayey ground sapónuria. Soap do. Sept. do
crinita. Fringed do. do. Wet soil; open woods. MENYANTHES. 5. 1. trifoliata. Buckbean. June. Stagnant waters; Pitts.
VILLARSIA. 5. 1.
lacunosa. Floating heart. July. Ponds in Becket, and on Taconic Mt.
APOCYNEÆE.
APOCYNUM. 5. 2. cannabinum. Indian hemp. July. Light soil; fields androsæmifolium. Dog-bane. do. do
ASCLEPIAS. 19. 5.
· syriaca. Milkweed. July. Fields. phytolaccoides. do. Wet borders of woods. incarnata. Red do. do. Low grounds; fields. quadrifolia. Four-leafed do. June. Open woods. tuberosa. Butterfly weed. July. Light, sandy soil
RHODODENDRÆE.
AZALEA. 5. 1. nudiflora. Honeysuckle apple. May. Swamps, viscosa. do June. do
KALMIA. 10. 1. latifolia. Laurel. July. Light soil; woods & fields angustifolia. Sheep do. June. Low ground; poison glauca. Swamp do. May. Swamps ; Hiusdale
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
LEDUM. 10. 1.
latifolium. Labrador tea. June. Low grounds; Pitts. RHODORA. 10. 1. canadensis. False honeysuckle. May. Low lands; Pittsfield.
CAMPANULACEAE.
CAMPANULA. 5. 1.
rotundifolia. Flax bell-flower. June. Sandy soil perfoliata. Clasping do. do. Light soil.
speculum. C. Venus' glass. do. Gardens.
LOBELIA. 5. 1.
inflata. Indian tobacco. July. Moist fields. pallida. Slender lobelia. do. Fields. siphilitica. Large do. do. Wet places.
cardinalis. Cardinal flower. Aug. Low pastures.
ERICÆE.
Oxycoccus. 8. 1. macrocarpus. Cranberry. Marshes ; Stockbridge
PYROLA. 10. 1.
rotundifolia. Shin-leaf. June. Open woods. secunda. One-sided do. do. do. light soil
umbellata. Prince's pine. July. do.
ARBUTUS. 10. 1.
uva-ursi. Bear-berry. June. Hill in W. Stockbr
GAULTHERIA. 10. 1.
procumbens. Wintergreen. July. Woods; hills hispidula. Greeping do. May. Low woods.
ANDROMEDA. 10. 1.
paniculata. Whitebush. June. About hills. calyculata. Leather-leaf. do. Taconic Mountain EPIGÆA. 10. 1.
repens. Trailing arbutus. Ap. Sunny hills in woods VACCINEUM. 10. 1:
stamineum. Deer-berry. May. Hills and woods. frondosum. Blue-berry. do. Plains and hills. virgatum. Blue whortleberry. May Woods. corymbosum. High swamp do. do. Swamps. resinosum. Black do. June. Hills. tenellum. Low do. May. Low grounds
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VEGETABLES.
MONOTROPA. 10. 1. lanuginosa. False beech-drops. June. Woods. uniflora. Birds' nest. July. do.
DIPSACEÆE.
DIPSACUS. 4. 1. sylvestris. Wild teasel. July. Sandy, low grounds; Sheffield. fullonum. C. Teasel. do. Cultivated for clothiers CEPHALANTHUS. 4. 1. occidentalis. Button-bush. July. Marshy waters ;
RUBIACEAE.
GALIUM. 4. 1. lanceolatum. Bed-straw. June. Low grounds ; triflorum. Slender do. do. Wet places. circazans. Cleavers. June. About moist woods trifidum. Small do. do. Wet places. asprellum. Rough bed-straw. June. Swamps. aparine. do. Woods; moist.
HOUSTONIA. 4. 1. coerulea. Venus' pride. May. Alluvial meadows.
MITCHELLA. 4. 1.
repens. Squaw-berry. June. Moist woods.
CAPRIFOLIA.
LINNEA. 4. 1. -
borealis. Twin-flower. June. Low places, shaded
with evergreens.
LONICERA. 5. 1. dioica. Honeysuckle. May. Foot of hills ; meads. hirsuta. Hairy do. June. Dry sandy, or rocky hills ; Williamstown. sempervirens. C. Garden do. May. Gardens. XYLOSTEUM. 5. 1. ciliatum. Fly honeysuckle. May. Low grounds. villosum. Swamp twin-berry. do. Sphagnous pla- ces; Williamstown. -
DIERVILLA. 5. 1. humilis. Bush honeysuckle. June. Hills and low lands ; dry, or moist. :
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
CORNUS. 4. 1.
canadensis. Low dog-wood. May. Low woods. florida. Box-wood. May. Low hills ; small tree sanguinea. Dog-wood. do. Wet places. sericea. Silky do. June. do.
alba. White do. do. - Hills. circinata. Large-leafed do. June. Woods. paniculata. Bush do. do. Wet soil. SAMBUCUS. 5. 3.
pubescens. Red-berried elder. May. Hedges; hills canadensis. Black-berried do. June. Common.
TRIOSTEUM. 5. 1. perfoliatum. Fever-root. June. Moist woods. VIBURNUM. 5. 3.
lantanoides. Hobble-bush. May. Lowland & hills lentago. Sheep-berry. June. do do
oxycoccus. High cranberry. June. Beside streams acerifolium. Dockmackie. do. Woods.
dentatum.
do. Taconic Mt.
nudum. do. Hills,
pyrifolium. do. do.
CICHORACEÆE.
LEONTODON. 18. 1. taraxacum. Dandelion. May. Every where.
KRIGIA. 18. 1.
virginica. Dwarf do do. Monument Mountain
HIERACIUM. 18. 4.
venosum. Veined hawk-weed. July. Woods. paniculatum. Branched do. July. Woods ; hedges virgatum. Thick do. do. do. sandy. marianum. do. do.
HYOSCERIS. 18. 1. prenanthoides. Low lettuce. July. Gardens. LACTUCA. 18. 1.
elongata. Wild lettuce. July. About fences. sativa. C. Garden lettuce. July. Gardens.
PRENANTHES. 18. 1. alba. Wild white lettuce. July. Clayey soil. altissima. Giant do. Aug. do.
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VEGETABLES.
.
virgata. Wand-like do. Aug. Clayey soil. cordata. Heart-leafed do. do. do.
SONCHUS. 18. 1. oloraceus. Sow thistle. July Low land. leucophacus. do. do. do.
CICHORIUM. 18. 1.
endivia. C. Garden endive. July. Gardens; rare
CINAROCEPHALÆE.
LIATRIS. 18. 1.
spicata. C. Gay-feather. Aug. Cultiva. by Shakers
CARTHAMUS. 18. 1.
tinctorius. C. Garden saffron. July. Gardens. cærulius. Blue do. July. Gardens.
CARDUUS. 48. 1. pectinatus. C. Comb-thistle. July. do
ONICUS. 18. 1.
lanceolatus. Common thistle. June. Roads & fields arvensis. Canada do. do. do. very
troublesome.
discolor. Green do. July. Fields. atlissimus. Giant thistle. Aug. Low land & mead. ARCTIUM. 18. 1. lappa. Burdock. Aug. Roads and fields.
ONOPORDON. 18. 1. acanthium. Cotton thistle. July. Sandy road in Pittsfield.
CENTAUREA, 18. 3. cyaneus. D. Bluebottle. June. Gardens. benedicta. Blessed thistle. do. do.
CYNARA. 18. 1. scolymus. C. Artichoke. July. Gardens.
CORYMBIFERÆE.
BIDENS. 18. 3. frondosa. Beggar-ticks. Aug. Fields; light soil. cernua. Water do. do. Wet places.
CONYZA. 18. 2. marilandica. Plowman's wort. Aug. Moist soil ; Lenox.
6*
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
CHRYSANTHEMUM. 18. 2.
leucanthemum. Ox-eyed daisy. June. Fields; trou- blesome plant in meadows. parthenium. C. Feverfew. Jury. Gardens. coronarium. Garden chrysanthum. July. Gardens EUPATORIUM. 18. 2.
sessilifolium. Thoroughwort. Aug. Hills. purpureum. Joe-pye-weed. do. Low grounds. verticillatum. Queen of meadow. Aug. do. maculatum. Rough do. Aug. Sandy, low ground ageratoides. Smooth do. do. Fields and hedges GNAPHALIUM. 18. 2.
margaritaceum. Life-everlasting. June. Fields. polycephalum. Sweet do. June. Dry fields. decurrens. Strong-scented do. July. Fields on hills uliginosum. Creeping do. do. Road sides. plantagineum. Early do. April. Fields ; moist. dioicum. Mouse-ear do. do. do.
ARTEMISIA. 18. 2.
absinthium. Wormwood. July. Sandy roads ; N. Ashford.
TANACETUM. 18. 2.
vulgare. Tansy. July. Fields ; gardens.
INULA. 18. 2.
helenium. Elecampane. July. Roads & fields ; wet ERIGERON. 18. 2.
bellidifolium. Flea-bane. May. Meadows & past's strigosum. June. do.
heterophyllum. do. do.
philadelphicum. Aug. do.
SENECIO. 13. 2. aureus. Rag-wort. June. Wet woods and fields. hieracifolius. Fire-weed. June. Burnt fields ; wet obovatus. Water rag-wort. Aug. Marshy places.
TUSSILAGO. 18. 2.
farfara. Garden colts'-foot. April. On streams, and in gardens. SOLIDAGO. 18. 2. canadensis. Golden rod. July. About fences. altissima. High do. Aug. do.
serotina. Smooth do. do. do.
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VEGETABLES.
ciliaris. Sleek do. July. Fields. lanceolata. Grass-leafed do. Aug. Fields. cæsia. do. do
latifolia. Broad-leafed do. do. Hills and woods. bicolor. White do. July. Light soil ; woods, fields ulmifolia. Elm-leafed do. Aug. Wet places.
ASTER. 18. 2.
linarifolius. Star-flower. do. Monument Mt
multiflorus. do. Fields.
salicifolius. do. Low grounds.
novæ-anglie. New England do. Aug. Moist and dry soil ; Stockbridge ; Williamstown. Aug. Dry hills and fields
cyaneus.
phlogifolius.
do.
do
undulatus. do. do
paniculatus.
do.
Fields.
cordifolius. Heart-leafed do.
do
corymbosus.
do. Woods and fields
macrophyllus.
do. Moist places ; fields
amplexicaulis. do. Hills
prenanthoides.
do. Woods.
puniceus.
do. Wet places.
acuminatus.
do. Woods; Saddle Mt.
conyzoides.
do. Fields; Lenox.
tradescanti.
do. About wet places
recurvatus.
do. do
divergens.
do. Low land.
HELENIUM. 18. 2.
autumnale. False sun-flower. Aug. Moist; Lenox ANTHEMIS. 18. 2.
achillea. Mayweed. July. Roads. millefolia. Yarrow. June. Fields.
HELIANTHUS. 18. 3.
trachelifolius. Wild sun-flower. July. Fields. decapetalus. do. Aug. do
annuus. Garden do. July. Gardens.
CALENDULA. 18. 4. officinalis. C. Pot marigold. July. Gardens.
RUDBECKIA. 18. 3. laciniata. Cone-flower. July. Hedges; low land
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
ARALIÆE.
PANAX. 5. 2.
quinquefolia. Ginseng. May. Woods; W'mstown trifolia. Small ground-nut. May. do
ARALIA. 5. 5.
nudicaulis. Sarsaparilla. May. Woods. racemosa. Spikenard. June. do. hispida. Bristly do. July. Light soil; hedges; hills
UMBELLIFERÆE.
ANGELICA. 5. 2.
atropurpurea. Angelica. June. Al. mead. Wms'n triquinata. do. do. Dry hills; Hancock CICUTA. 5. 2.
maculata. Wild parsnip ; Musquash root. July. Low, wet soil, or alluv. Root, violent poison bulbifera. Water hemlock. July. Wet, mar. places CONIUM. 5. 2.
maculatum. Poison hemlock. do. Road sides
CARUM. 5. 2.
carui. C. Caraway. June. Gardens
CHÆROPHYLLUM. 5. 2.
claytoni. Sweet Cicely. June. Woods & be. fences canadensis. Sison. June. Moist shaded places.
DAUCUS. 5. 2.
carota. C. Carrot. do.' Gardens, & wild in fields
· PASTINACA. 5. 2.
sativa. C. Parsnip, do. do do
HERACLEUM. 5. 2. lanatum. Cow parsnip. June. Wet or dry mead.
HYDROCOTYLE. 5. 2. americana. Water navelwort. May. Wet places
SMYRNIUM. 5. 2 aureum. Meadow parsnip. do Meadows
SIUM. 5. 2. latifolium. Water parsnip. July. Wet, low, mar. lineare. do. do. do
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VEGETABLES.
PAPAVERACEÆE.
PAPAVER. 13. 1.
somniferum. C. Poppy. June. Gardens.
CHELIDONIUM. 13. 1. majus. Calandine. May. Road sides. CORYDALIS. 17. 6.
cucullaria. Colic weed. May. Woods; hedges; dry glauca. Tall do. June. Dry hills. fungosa. Climbing do. do. Rocky woods
FUMARIA. 17. 6. officinalis. Fumitory. June. Great Barrington NYMPHEA. 13. 1.
odorata. White pond lily. do. Ponds; Stockbr. advena. Yellow do. July. Standing waters SARRACENIA. 13. 1.
purpurea. Sidesaddle flower. June. Marshes
SANGUINARIA. 13. 1. canadensis. Blood-root. April. Light soil; woods
RANUNCULACEAE.
RANUNCULUS. 13. 13. acris. Butter-cup, Yellow daisy. May. Up. mead abortivus. Woods' do. May. Moist woods repens. Creeping do. do. Low, wet places fluviatilis. Hair-like do. do. Aquatic; waters recurvatus. June. Open woods & fields
multifidus. Large do. do. Pond holes; Gt. Bar hirsutus. Rough do. July. Pastures; moist sceleratus. Celery crowfoot. June. Marshes
ACTEA. 13. 1.4
rubra. Baneberry. May. Woods alba. Necklace weed. do. do.
racemosa. C. Cohosh, Bugbane, July. Shak. Gar AQUILEGIA. 13. 5.
canadensis. Columbine. May. Dry, rocky places vulgaris. C. Garden do. June. Gardens CLEMATIS. 13. 13.
virginica. Virgin's bower. July. Hedges & banks verticillata. False do. May. Dry hills; beautiful
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
PODOPHYLLUM. 13. 1.
peltotum. Mandrake. May. Moist soil; meadows
CAULOPHYLLUM. 6. 1. thalictroides. Pappoose-root. April. Light soil THALICTRUM. 43. 13.
dioicum. Meadow-rue. May. Meadows and past. polygamum. do. June. do. ANEMONE. 03. 13.
nemorosa. Wind flower. May. Hedges thalictroides. Rue do. do.
virginiana. Tall anemone. July. Light soil; mead HEPATICA. 13. 13.
triloba. Liver-leaf. April. Woods and hills acuta. do. do. do. Williamstown
COPTIS. 13. 13. trifolia. Gold-thread. May. Low places ; wet
CALTHA. 13. 13.
palustris. Cowslip. April. do.
HYDROPELTIS. 13. 13. purpurea. Water shield. Aug. Pond on Tacon. Mt
ACERA.
ACER. 8. 1. rubrum. Soft maple. April. Low grounds and hills ' dasycarpum. Silver do. do. Banks of river; Shef. saccharinum. Sugar do. May. Woods ; great tree nigrum. Black sugar do. April. do. large tree montanum. Maple bush. May. About hills & str. ÆSCULUS. 7. 1.
hippocastanum. Horse chesnut. June. Cul. as shade
CAPPARIDES.
PARNASSIA. 5. 4.
americana. Parnassus. June. Wet, sandy places
HYPERICA.
DROSERA. 5. 5. rotundifolia. Sundew. Aug. Wet places ; low HYPERICUM. 13. 5. perforatum. St. John's-wort. July. Old fields
VEGETABLES.
canadense. July. Old fields; wet parviflorum. Low do. July. Sandy and wet places virginicum. Aug. Fields
CRUCIFERA.
DRABA. 15. 1. arabisane. Draba. May. Fields.
LEPIDIN. 15. 1.
virginirum. Wild pepper-grass. June. Sandy soil; Stetbeld.
THLASPI. 15, 1.
bursa-pastoris. Shepherd's purse. May. Fields campestris. False flax. June. Fields, with flax DENTARIA. 15. 2. diphylia. Tooth-root, Pepper-root. May
ARABIS, 15. 2.
thaliana. Spring-cress. July. Low Jand. hastata. May. do. Gt. Barrington do. do. do.
falcata.
TURRITIS. 15. 2.
hirsuta. True mustard. June. do.
CARDAMINE. 15. 2.
pensylvanica. Water-cress. May. Wet places ERYSIMUM. 15. 2.
barbarea. Winter cress. May. Sandy banks of str. officinale. Hedge mustard. July. Roads and fields SINAPIS. 15. 2. nigra. Mustard. June. Gardens and fields
SYSIMBRIUM. 15. 2. amphibium. Water radish. July. Wet; pools of wa MECIA.
THEA. 13. 1. viridis. C. Green tea. Cultivated by the Shakers VITES.
AMPELOPSIS. 5. 1. quinquefolia. Wild grape. July. Low lands VITIS. 5. 1. vulpina. Fox grape. June. Low lands ; streams labrucea. do. do. do.
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
MALVACEÆE.
· MALVA. 16. 13. rotundifolia. Ground mallows. June. About houses sylvestris. Garden mallows. do. do. crispa. Crisped leafed do. Aug. do.
moschata. Musk do. do. Gardens
SIDA. 16. 13.
abutilon. Indian mallows. July. Gardens
ALTHAEA. 16. 13. rosea. Hollyhock. do. do.
MAGNOLIÆE.
LIRIODENDRON. 13. 13.
tulipfera. Whitewood. June. Low grounds ; lar. tr
GERANIA.
GERANIUM. 16. 10.
maculatum. Wild geranium. May. Low meadows robertianum. Roberts' herb. June. Shaded places OXALIS. 10. 5.
acetosella. Wood sorrel. Fields ; Saddle Mt. violacea. Violet do. May. do. do
stricta. Yellow do. July. Sandy fields; Sheffield IMPATIENS. 5. 1.
noli-tangere. Jewel-weed. July. Low grounds
biflora. do. June. do. balsamina. C. Green do. July. Gardens
TROP EOLUM. 8. 1.
majus. Nastertion. do. do.
BERBERIDES.
BERBERRIS. 6. 1.
vulgaris. C. Barberry. June. Cultivated; Lenox
HAMAMELIS. 4. 2.
virginica. Witch-hazel. Aug. Low grounds ; hills
TILIACEÆE.
TILIA. 13. 1. glabra. Basswood. July. Low grounds ; tree
VEGETABLES.
CISTI.
ISTUS. 13. 1. canadensis. Rock-rose. June. Light soil; Sheffield corymbosus. do do. Williamstown VIOLA. 5. 1.
rotundifolia. Wild violet, yellow. Ap. Bor.of woods cucullata. Blue do. April. Fields ; moist palmata. Hand-like do. May. Light soil; ab. wood ovata. Low do. June. Sandy hills obliqua. Low white do. do. Moist meadows villosa. do. do. sororia. do. do. and woods canadensis. Wood do. May. Woods; moist striata. do. Fields and meadows
rostrata. Braked. do.
do.
£
do. : woods
pubescens. Hairy. do. do. Woods
tricolor. C. Garden violet. May. Gardens
RUTACEAE.
RUTA. 10. 1. graveolens. C. Rue. July. Gardens
CAROPHYLLEÆE.
AGROSTEMMA. 10. 5.
githago. Cockle. May. Wheat fields coronaria. C. Rose campion. Aug. Gardens SAPONARIA. 10. 2. officinalis. Soap-wort. Aug. Fields; Williamstown vaccaria. do. July. do. do.
SILENE. 10. 3.
antirrhina. Catchfly. June. Fields pensylvanica. Pink do. do. do. light soil
CERASTIUM. 10. 5. vulgatum. Mouse-ear chickweed. May. Ab. fences SPERGULA. 10. 5. arvensis. Spurry. May. Fields
RENARIA. 10. 3. serryllifolia. Sand-weed. June. San. places; Shef lateriflora. do. . do. Light soil about hills
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
LECHEA. 3. 3.
major. Pin-weed. July. Light soil ; fields minor. Smali do. do. About woods
QUERIA. 3. 3.
canadensis. Fork chickweed. July. About woods MOLLUGO. 3. 3. verticillata. Carpet weed. July. Gardens; Stockb STELLARIA. 10. 3.
media. Chickweed. June. About gardens lanceolata. Star-wort. do. Wet places longiflora. Long-leafed do. June. do.
SEMPERVIVÆE.
PENTHORUM. 10. 5. sedoides. Orpine. July. Moist pastures
SAXIFRAGA.
SAXIFRAGA. 10. 2.
virginiensis. Rock saxifrage. Ap. Dry, rocky pla vensylvanica. Water do. May. Wet places
MITELLA. 10. 2.
diphylla. Currant-leaf. April. Light soil ; woods prostrata. do. May. Woods; Pittsfield TIARELLA. 10. 2. cordifolia. Mitre-wort. April. About woods
CHRYSOSPLENIUM. 8. 2. oppositifolium. Golden saxifrage. Ap. Mar. places
CACTI.
RIBES. 5. 1. floridum. Wild black currant. May. Low, wet gr rigens. trifidum.
do. Moun. & hills do. Low grounds do. do.
triflorum. cynovasti. Wild gooseberry. do. About fields
lacustre. Rough do. June. Saddle M do. Gardens do. do. .
grossularia. C. English do. uva-crispi. C. Smooth do.
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VEGETABLES.
PORTULACCEÆE.
PORTULACCA. 10. 10.
oleracea. Purslane. Juñe. Gardens and fields CLAYTONIA. 5. 1. spatulata. Spring beauty. April. Hills and fields virginica. do. do. do.
SCLERANTHUS. 10. 2. annuus. Gravel chickweed. June. San. pla .; She
ONAGRÆE.
CIRCEA. 2. 1. lutetiana. Enchanter's wand. July. Shaded places alpina. do. June. do.
ISNARDIA. 4. 1. palustris. Water purslane. Aug. Wet places
EPILOBIUM. 8. 1.
spicatum. Willow-herb. July. Meadows and hills
lineare.
do. Wet places
palustre. Swamp do.
do.
do.
coloratum. Coloured do. do. Wet fields
OENOTHERA. 8. 1.
biennis. Scabish. July. Fields. chrysantha. Dwarf do. June. Fields grandiflora. C. Garden do. July, Gardens MYRIOPHYLLUM. 20. 13. verticillatum. Water milfoil. July. Pond in Becket
CALLITRICHE. 1. 2. vernia. Water chickweed. May. Pools & run. wat intermedia. July. do.
SALICARIA.
LYTHRUM. 11. 1. verticillatum. Swamp willow-herb. July. Low land ROSACEAE.
ARONIA. 12. 5. botryapium. Shad-blow. May. Hills and woods arbutifolia. Checkberry. do. do. & low grounds melanocarpa. Bilberry. do. Mountainis sanguinea. June. Low ground ; Pitts'd malis do. Saddle Mountain
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
CRATEGUS. 12. 5.
coccinea. Thornbush. May. Low land
crus-galli. Thorn. do. do. punctata. do. do. do.
SORBUS. 12. 5. > americana. Mountain ash. June. Hills; Saddle Mt ROSA. 12. 13.
corymbosa. Swamp rose. July. Swamps parviflora. Small rose. do Base of hills rubiginosa. Sweet briar. do. Light soil ; Adams
AGRIMONIA. 11. 2. eupatoria. Agrimony. do. Light soil ; roads
FRAGARIA. 12. 13.
virginiana. Strawberry. May. Fields & meadows' canadensis. Woods do. do. Woods
DALIBARDA. 12. 12.
fragarioides. Dry strawberry. May. Moist places repens. June. do. Pittsfield
COMARUM. 12. 13.
palustre. Marsh five-finger. June. Wet pla. ; Stoc
POTENTILLA. 12. 13.
canadensis. Five-finger. May. Fields
urgentea. Silver do. June. Roads
norvegica. Cinquefoil. do. Moist fields
tridentata. do. June. Rocky or light soil; Col- lege, and Taconic Mt.
fruticosa. Bush do. June. Wet places ; Pitts- floribunda. field; Stockbridge conferiflora, Hairy do. July. Pastures
GEUM. 12. 13.
rivale. Avens-root. May. Wet, marshy virginianum. do. Jaly. Moist places
strictum .. do. Wet meadows
RUBUS. 12. 13.
strigosus. Red raspberry. May. Fields occidentalis. Black do. do. do.
saratilis. Dwarf do. do. Wet places
trivialis. Dewberry. Jnne. Fields villosus. Blackberry. do. Fields and woods odoratus. English raspberry. June. Fields, hills obevalis. do- Wet places.
VEGETABLES.
SPIREA. 12. 15.
alba. Meadow-bush. June. Wet places tomentosa. Steeple-bush. July. Taconic Mt PRUNUS. 12. 1.
canadensis. Pigeon cherry. May. Fields & woods virginiana. Wi'd black do. do. do. serotina. Choke do. June. Meadows ; pastures spinosa. Horse plum. do. Hills
LEGUMINOSÆE.
CASSIA. 10. 1.
marilandica. Wild senna. Aug. Low, san. Wm'n
BAPTISIA. 10. 1.
tinctoria. Wild indigo. July. Woods on dry hills LUPINUS. 17. 10.
perennis. Wild lupine. May. Light soil ; woods MELILOTUS. 17. 10. vulgaris. Mililot. June. Gardens and old fields MEDICAGO. 17. 10.
scutellata. C. Snail shell. July. Gardens. TRIFOLIUM. 17. 10.
pratense. Red clover. June. Fields
repens. White do. do. do.
arvense. Sheep do. Aug. do. and dry woods
ROBINIA. 27. 10.
pseudo acacia. Locust tree. June. Cult. for shade PISUM. 17. 10.
sativum. C. Pea. June. Fields
VICIA. 17. 10.
sativa. Tare. June. Wheat fields ; Williamstown GLYCINE. 17. 10.
apios. Ground-nut. Aug. Low grounds ; twining LESPEDEZA. 17. 10.
polystachia. Bush clover. July. Wood .; light soil do. do.
capitata. . sessilifolia. do. do.
HEDYSARUM. 17. 10.
canadense. Bush trefoil. do. Woods ; hills
viridiflorum.
Aug.
do.
rotundifolium. Round-leafed do. July. do.
7*
1
HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
cuspidatum. glutinosum. ciliare. acuminatum.
July. Woods; hills
Aug. do.
do. do.
do. do.
TEREBINTACEÆE.
RHUS. 5. 3.
typhinum. Sumach. July. Hills; fields
glabrum. Smooth do. do. do.
copallinum. Winged do. do. do.
vernix. Poison do. do. Swamps; very poison aromaticum. Fetid do. do. Hills; dry soil toxicodendron. Running do. Mercury. July. Fields JUGLANS. 20. 13.
cinerea. Butternut. May. Alluvial, and woods squamosa. Shag walnut. May. Hills amara. Bitter-nut. May. Alluvial ; Sheffield porcina. Pig-nut. do. do. and hills XANTHOXYLUM. 21. 5. fraxineum. Prickly ash. May. Low grounds
RHAMNI.
STAPHYLEA. 5. 3.
trifolia. Bladder-nut. May. Light soil ; alluvial
ILEX. 4. 4.
canadensis. Mountain holly. May. Hills & mar CEANOTHUS. 5. 1.
americanus. Jersey tea. July. About hills PRINOS. 6. 1. verticillatus. Winter-berry. do. About pond holes RHAMNUS. 5. 1. alnifolius. Dwarf alder. May. Marshes catharticus. C. Buckthorn. do. Williamstown CELASTRUS. 5. 1. scandens. Staff-tree, twining. June. Low grounds
EUPHORBIÆE.
EUPHORBIA. 11. 3. hypericifolia. Spurge. July. Roads depressa. do. do. do
VEGETABLES.
ACALYPHA. 20. 16.
virginica. Low mercury. Aug. Sandy alluvion
CUCURBITACEÆE.
MOMORDICA. 20. 16.
echinata. Wild cucumber. July. Alluvial and gard SICIOS. 20. 16. angulata. C. Single-seed do. July. About houses URTICAE.
URTICA. 20. 4.
dioica. Nettle. June. Fences; hedges
procera. do. do. do.
canadensis. Wide-leafed do. July. About woods pumila. Stingless do. July. Shaded. moist places cylindrica. False do. do. About hedges ; alluvial CANNABIS. 21. 5.
sativa. Hemp. Aug. Fields and houses
HUMULUS. 21. 5.
lupulus. Hop. do. Allu. mead. Wmsn. and Shef.
AMBROSIA. 20. 5. elatior. Hog-weed, Wild wormwood. Aug. Cu. fie trifida. Aug. Sandy places
XANTHIUM. 20. 4.
strumarium. Clotbur. Aug. Light soil ; Hanceck
AMENTACEÆE.
MYRICA. 21. 4.
gale. Sweet gale. July. About ponds & marshes ; Taconic Mt.
cerifera. Bayberry. May. Shef .; allnv .; small tree POPULUS. 21. 13.
tremuloides American aspen. April. Woods; tree grandidentata. Poplar. April. Fields ; large tree angulata. Balm of Gilead. do. Alluvial; large tree balsamifera. Balsam poplar. April. Banks of Hoo- sick ; Wmsn. dilatata. Lombardy do. April. Cultivat. for shade SALIX. 21. 2.
conifera. Rose willow. April. Low grounds; brooks myricoides. do. do.
HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE.
prinoides. April. Low grounds; brooks
tristis. River willow. May. Banks of streams
nigra.
do.
do.
tree
lucida. Shining do.
do.
do.
rigida. Stiff-leafed do. April. do.
grisea. Silky-leafed do. do. do. Wmsn
vitellina. Yellow-leafed do. May. Banks of Hoosie
babylonica. Weeping do. May. Houses, for shade BETULA. 20. 13.
papyracea .. White birch. do., Hills and woods lenta. Spice do. do. do.
excelsa. Yellow do.
do.
do.
populifolia. Poplar do. May. Hills & plains; Shef
rubra. Red do. do. Hills and woods
glandulosa. Shrub do. do. Marsh ; Stockbridge
ALNUS. 20. 4.
serrulata. Black alder. April. Low grounds
CARPINUS. 20. 13.
americana. Hornbeam, May. Beside streams OSTRYA. 20. 13.
virginica. Hop-hornbeam. do. Low grounds FAGUS. 20. 13.
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