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WAX-WORK [Celastrus Scandens]. - In autumn, at a few places in the westerly part of the town, especially near Mr. Lewis Davenport's, is found this plant, called with us Roxbury Wax-work. It is a strong, woody vine, like the ivy, climbing
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small trees, but not as a parasite, preferring walls and fences for support. I have said in the autumn, for it is not conspicu- ous till the frost touches the ripe orange-colored capsule, when its three valves turn backward, disclosing the bright scarlet berries, which retain their hues long after the leaves have dis- appeared.
MOUNTAIN LAUREL [Kalmia Latifolia]. - A few years ago the tract known as "Church land," west of Mattapan street, was the home of the charming Mountain Laurel. Its smooth, oval leaves defy the severest cold of winter, being ever-green like those of the pine family. Its flowers vary from white to red, but it is their perfect symmetry which is their chief attrac- tion, and he who shall imitate their tasteful form in some article of use or ornament will deserve well of his race. The tube of the flower is cylindrical, its upper part spreading while its mar- gin is entirely erect and five-cleft. Then on the inside, at regular intervals, are ten depressions or pits, accompanied by corresponding knobs on the outside. In these pits the tops of the stamens grow till they are perfected, when they liberate themselves with a spring, shedding the pollen against the stigma, - a new proof that the great Forming Hand fashions every one of his works in wisdom. A few years since, Mr. Joshua W. Vose transplanted a root of the Laurel from this locality into his garden, which continued to bloom in its new home. If the woodman's axe and fire (both of which have since been in that spot) have spared it, we have not lost our most ornamental shrub. But a diligent search over parts of the "Church land " has failed to discover this much-sought-for prize.
FLOWERING DOGWOOD [Cornus Florida]. - If we carefully observe the woods, in addition to the common trees found in every town, we can see in Milton the Flowering Dogwood, or, as some call it, the Wild Tulip Tree.
It is found in the woods around the base of Blue Hill. There is one tree left on Highland street, near the residence of the late Deacon Samuel Adams, and another near the head of Thacher street, west of the Academy. When in full flower it is the most ornamental of our shrubs. Its large white blos- soms nearly hide the green leaves not fully grown at time of flowering; this, with its small size, give it a tent-like appear- ance. Donald G. Mitchell says, "It pitches its white tent in the edge of the forest."
THE TUPELO [Nyssa Multiflora]. - This flowering tree is not uncommon in Milton. One grows in the High School grounds, near the large white oak south of the building. This
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is the tree called by so many different names. Dr. Emerson, in "Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts," says of it: -
In Bristol and south-eastern Massachusetts it is the Snag Tree, some- times Horn Pine ; in the western part of the State, the Pepperidge; often in every part, the Hornbeam, from the toughness of its wood; in the middle and southern part, the Gum Tree.
Tupelo is the Indian name, and will probably be retained.
Dr. Emerson, whose language I have in part used above, made a journey of twenty-five miles expressly to see one of these trees standing in Cohasset. He found it a giant of its kind, with a trunk eleven feet in circumference, a height of fifty feet, and a top sixty-six feet in diameter.
The one on the Academy grounds in Milton is a perfect cone in shape, its leaves of a clear green in summer, changing later to a rich scarlet and crimson, at which season it is covered with its bright-blue fruit, rendering it an interesting object.
HOP HORNBEAM [ Ostrya Virginica]. - This receives its name from the resemblance of its spike or seed-vessel to the hop.
One or more of these may be seen near the pound on Canton avenue, and also on the B. S. Rotch estate, shading the avenue a short distance from its entrance. The wood of this tree is close-grained, tough, and stiff, rendering it suitable for levers, which has given it the name of "Leverwood." Its extreme hardness suggests the name of "Ironwood." This property fits it for use in making cogs for mill-wheels.
The many plants and shrubs of Milton of which no mention is made in this brief descriptive treatise can only be enumer- ated, with their haunts and times of flowering, in the list of the Trees and Plants of Milton, herewith subjoined. In making up this list we have received assistance from Mr. S. D. Hunt, the first High School teacher of Milton, and also from the High School botany teachers and classes of 1884 and 1885; but the most valuable aid has been from Judge Joseph R. Churchill, of Dorchester, whose herbarium of fifteen hundred species of plants and flowers contains all the varieties of Milton plants named in the list.
This pleasant hour of communion with the flowers must end.
" Were I in churchless solitudes remaining, Far from all voices of teachers or divines,
My soul would find in flowers of God's ordaining, Priests, Sermons, Shrines."
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LIST OF TREES AND PLANTS GROWING NATURALLY IN MILTON.
(Introduced plants are printed in italics.)
Botanical Name.
Common Name.
Flowering.
Locality.
Buttercup Family.
Actæa alba, Bigel.
White Baneberry.
May. April.
Woods about Blue Hill. ( Hunt Woods, Blue Hill, East Milton.
Anemone nemorosa, L.
Wood Anemone. Tall Anemone.
Juue-Aug.
Woods and meadows.
Anemonella thalictroides, } Spach.
Rue Anemoue.
April.
Woods.
Aquilegia Canadensis, L.
Wild Columbine.
May.
Rocky places. § Wet meadows, Mattapan 1 street.
Clematis Virginiana, L.
Virgin's Bower or Clematis.
July-Aug.
Roadsides.
Coptis trifolia, Salisb.
Goldthread.
May.
Bogs.
Ranunculus abortivus, L.
Crowfoot.
April-June.
Open woods.
Ranunculus acris, L.
Tall Buttercup.
May-Aug.
Meadows and fields.
Ranunculus aquatilis, L. )
White Water-crow- foot.
July.
Brooks.
Var. Trichophyllus, Gray.
Bulbous Crowfoot.
May-July.
Meadows aud fields.
Ranunculus Pennsylvani- ? cus, L. f.
Bristly Crowfoot.
May-June.
Wet places.
Ranunculus repens, L.
Creeping Crowfoot.
May-Aug.
Moist, shady places.
Thalictrum dioicum, L.
Early Meadow Rue.
April-May.
§ Rocky woods and hill- sides.
Thalictrum polygamum, Muhl. Thalictrum purpurascens, L.
Meadow Rue.
Aug .- Sept. June.
Meadows. Blue Hill, etc.
Barberry Family. Berberis vulgaris, L.
Barberry.
May-June.
Everywhere.
Water-Lily Family.
Water-Shield.
June-Aug. May-Sept. Juue-Sept.
Ponds and streams. Stagnant water. Blue Hill River.
Pitcher Plants.
Sarracenia purpurea, L.
( Side-saddle flower, } or Pitcher Plant.
June.
Bogs, Blue Hill River.
Poppy Family.
Chelidonium majus, L.
Celandine.
May-Aug. April-May.
Waste grounds. Scott's Woods.
Sanguinaria Canadensis, L.
Fumitory Family. Corydalis glauca, Pursh.
Pale Corydalis.
May-July.
Rocky places.
Mustard Family.
Winter Cress.
May. June.
Waste places. Sea-side.
Cakile Americana, Nutt.
Sea-Rocket.
July-Sept.
Capsella Bursa pastoris, { Moench.
Shepherd's Purse.
April-Sept.
Common weed.
Cardamine hirsuta, L.
Bitter Cress.
May-July. May-July.
Blue Hill summit, etc.
Lepidium Virginicum, L.
Wild Peppergrass.
Horse Radish.
Water-Cress.
Brooks and ditches.
Marsh-Cress.
Wet ditches.
Wild Radish.
Hedge Mustard.
June-Sept. May-Sept. May-Sept. June-Sept. August. May-Sept.
A troublesome weed.
Waste places.
Rock-Rose Family.
Helianthemum Canadense, { Michx. Lechea minor, Walt.
§ Frost Weed; Rock } Rose. Pin Weed.
June-Aug. June-Sept.
§ Pastures on Randolph ave. Blue Hill.
Auemone Hepatica, L.
Liverwort.
April-May.
Shady places.
Anemone Virginiana, L.
Caltha palustris, L.
( Cowslip or Marsh } Marigold.
May.
Brasenia peltata, Pursh. Nuphar advena, Ait.
Nymphæa odorata, it.
Yellow Pond-Lily. Water-Lily.
Blood-Root.
Randolph avenue.
Barbarea vulgaris, R. Br. Brassica alba, Gray.
White Mustard.
Bitter Cress.
Roadsides.
Gardens and moist lands.
Nasturtium Armoracia, Fries. Nasturtium officinale, R. Br. Nasturtium palustre, DC. Raphanus Raphanistrum, L. Sisymbrium officinale, Scop.
Wet places.
Cardamine hirsuta, L. Var. } sylvatica, Gray.
Small-flowered -
Ranunculus bulbosus, L.
Purple Meadow Rue.
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LIST OF TREES AND PLANTS IN MILTON. - Continued.
Botanical Name.
Common Name.
Flowering.
Locality.
Violets.
Viola blanda, Willd.
Sweet White Violet.
April-May.
Meadows, Harland street.
Viola canina, L. Var. Muh- } lenbergii, Gray.
Dog Violet.
April-May.
Woods, Blue Hill.
Viola lanceolata, L.
Lance-leaved Violet.
April-June.
Lowgrounds everywhere.
Viola palmata, L. Var. cu- } cullata, Gray.
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Common Blue Violet.
April-June.
Low grounds.
Viola pedata, L.
Bird-foot Violet.
May.
May-July.
May-Aug.
Low woods.
Viola sagittata, Ait.
April-May.
Open places.
Milkworts.
Polygala sanguinea, L. Polygala verticillata, L.
Milkwort. Slender Milkwort.
July-Sept. June-Oct.
Sandy and moist ground. Blue Hill.
Pink Family.
Arenaria lateriflora, L.
Sandwort.
June-Aug.
Sandy waste places.
Mouse-ear Chickweed.
May-July.
Grassy fields and copscs.
Cerastium viscosum, L. Dianthus Armeria, L.
Deptford Pink.
July.
Fields.
Lepigonum rubrum, Fries. Lepigonum salinum, Fries.
Spurrey.
July.
Shore, Granite Bridge.
Saponaria officinalis, L.
ing Bet.
June-Sept. July.
Highland street.
Silene noctiflora, L.
Night-flowering? Catchfly.
July.
Waste places.
Corn Spurrey.
July.
Grainfields.
Northern Stitchwort. Starwort.
June-Aug.
Roads and fields.
Common Chickweed.
June-Aug.
Around dwellings.
Forked Chickweed.
June-Aug.
Blue Hill, dry woods.
Knawel.
June-Aug.
Cultivated grounds.
Purslane. Portulaca oleracea, L.
Common Purslane.
June-Aug.
Cultivated grounds.
St. John's-Worts.
Elodea campanulata, Pursh. Hypericum Canadense, L. Hypericum ellipticum, Hook. Hypericum maculatum, Walt. Hypericum mutilum, L.
St. John's-wort.
July-Aug.
Wet places.
St. John's-wort.
July-Aug.
Moist ground.
St. John's-wort.
July-Aug.
Low places.
Hypericum nudicaule, Walt.
Orange Grass ; Pine- } weed.
July-Aug.
Sandy fields.
Hypericum perforatum, L.
Mallows.
Malva moschata, L. Malva rotundifolia, L.
Musk Mallow. Common Mallow.
July-Sept. July-Sept.
Around gardens. Cultivated grounds.
Linden.
Tilia Americana, L.
Basswood.
June.
Woods.
Flax. Linum Virginianum, L.
Wild Flax.
June-Aug.
Blue Hills, dry woods.
Geraniums.
Wild Crane's Bill.
Herb Robert.
Balsam Weed.
Yellow Wood-Sorrel.
May-Sept.
Open woods and fields. Shady ravines. Moist places. § Fields and cultivated
grounds.
Prickly Ash.
Xanthoxylum Americanum, { Mill.
Northern Prickly Ash. May.
Near Houghton's Pond.
Fields.
Sand Spurrey.
July.
§ Soapwort, Boune- {
July-Sept.
Roadsides.
Silene antirrhina, L.
Sleepy Catchfly.
Dry soil.
Silene inflata, Sm.
Bladder Campion.
June-Aug.
Shaded swamps.
Spergula arvensis, L. Stellaria borealis, Bigel. Stellaria graminea, L. Stellaria media, Sm. Anychia dichotoma, Michx. Scleranthus annuus, L.
Marsh St. John's-wort.
July-Aug. June-Oct.
Harland strect, in brook. Wet soil.
St. John's-wort.
Common St. John's- wort.
June-Sept.
Pastures and meadows.
Geranium maculatum, L. Geranium Robertianum, L. Impatiens fulva, Nutt. Oxalis corniculata, L. Var. } stricta, Sav.
April-July. June-Oct. June-Oct.
§ Common on Blue Hill,
Viola primulifolia, L.
Primrose-leaved Violet. Downy Yellow Violet. Arrow-leaved Violet.
¿ gravelly soil. Damp soil.
Viola pubescens, Ait.
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LIST OF TREES AND PLANTS IN MILTON. - Continued.
Botanical Name.
Common Name.
Flowering.
Locality.
Holly.
Ilex verticillata, Gray.
Black Alder.
May.
Low lands.
Nemopanthes Canadensis,
Mountain Holly.
May.
Deep woods.
Celastraceæ.
Celastrus scandens, L.
Wax-work; Climb- } ing Bitter-sweet.
June.
West part of the town.
Buckthorns.
Ceanothus Americanus, L. Rhamnus cathartica, L.
New Jersey Tea. Common Buckthorn.
July. July.
Dry woodlands. Roadsides. Rotch woods.
Vine Family.
Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Michx.
Virginian Creeper.
July.
Along walls everywhere.
Vitis æstivalis, Michx.
Summer Grape. Northern Fox Grape.
May-June. June.
Thickets. Moist thickets.
Maples.
Acer Pennsylvanicum, L. Acer rubrum, L.
Striped Maple. Red or Swamp Maple. Sugar Maple.
June. April. April-May.
Blue Hill. Swamps and woods. Roadsides, introduced.
Sumachs.
Rhus copallina, L.
Dwarf Sumach.
July.
Blue Hill.
Rhus glabra, L.
Smooth Sumach.
July.
Rocky soils.
Poison Ivy.
June.
Rocks and walls.
Rhus Toxicodendron, L. Rhus typhina, L.
Staghorn Sumach.
June.
Hillsides.
Rhus venenata, DC.
( Poison Sumach; } 1 Dog-wood.
June.
Swamps about Blue Hill, Opp. Centre School. 1
Pea Family. Ampbicarpæa monoica, Ell. Apios tuberosa, Moench.
Hog Peanut. Groundnut ; Bean.
Wild }
Aug .- Sept. August.
( Moist thickets, Mattapan street.
Wild Indigo.
June-Aug.
Roadsides.
Partridge Pea.
August.
Sandy fields.
Partridge Pea.
August.
Sandy fields.
Tick-Trefoil.
July.
Woods about Blue Hills.
Trefoil.
August.
Woods about Blue Hills.
Trefoil.
August.
Woods about Blue Hills.
Desmodium Marylandicum, Boott.
Trefoil.
July-Sept.
Woods about Blue Hills.
Trefoil.
August. Woods about Blue Hills.
Trefoil.
July.
Woods about Blue Hills.
Trefoil.
August.
Woods about Blue Hills.
Beach Pea.
Sea-coast,
Bush Clover.
Blue Hills.
Bush Clover.
Aug .- Sept.
Blue Hills.
Bush Clover.
August.
Blue Hills.
Lespedeza repens, Barton. Lespedeza reticulata, Pers. Lespedeza violacea, Pers. Medicago lupulina, L.
Bush Clover.
August.
Blue Hills.
Bush Clover.
Aug .- Sept.
Blue Hills.
Medick.
Aug .- Sept.
Dry soil.
Robinia Pseudacacia, L.
Common Locust or False Acacia.
Goat's Rue; Catgut.
June-July.
Blue Hills.
Trifolium arvense, L.
June-July.
Fields.
Trifolium hybridum, L.
Hybrid Clover.
June-July.
Fields.
Red Clover.
June-July.
Cultivated fields.
Trifolium pratense, L. Trifolium repens, L. Vicia sativa, L.
White Clover.
Common Vetch or Tare.
Cultivated fields.
Rose Family.
Agrimonia Eupatoria, L. Amelanchier Canadensis, T. } & G.
Common Agrimony. Shad-Bush.
July-Sept. April-May.
Borders of woods.
Woods.
· Bapti ia tinctoria, R. Br. Cassia Chamæcrista, L. Cassia uictitans, L.
Desmodium acuminatum, DC. Desmodium Canadense, DC. Desmodium Dillenii, Dar- lington.
Desmodium nudiflorum, DC. Desmodium paniculatum, DC. Desmodium rotundifolium, DO.
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Lathyrus maritimus, Bigel. Lespedeza capitata, Michx. Lespedeza hirta, Ell.
June-Aug. Sept.
June. Centre street, introduced.
Tephrosia Virginiana, Pers. Trifolium agrarium, L.
Yellow or Hop Clover. Rabbit-foot Clover.
June-July.
Sandy fields.
Pastures.
June-July. July.
Rich woodlands.
Vitis Labrusca, L.
Acer sacchariuum, Wangenh.
DC.
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TREES AND PLANTS.
LIST OF TREES AND PLANTS IN MILTON. - Continued.
Botanical Name.
Common Name.
Flowering.
Locality.
Cratægus coccinea, L. Fragaria Virginiana, Du-} chesne.
Strawberry.
May-June.
Meadows.
Geum album, Gmel.
White Avens.
May-Aug.
Hedges and thickets.
Pirus arbutifolia, L. f.
Choke-Berry.
May-June.
Damp thickets.
Potentilla Anserina, L.
Silver-weed.
June-Sept.
Salt marshes.
Potentilla argentea, L.
Silvery Cinque-foil.
April-Oct.
Dry, barren fields.
Potentilla Canadensis, L.
Common Cinque-foil.
April-Oct.
Dry fields.
Cinque-foil.
April-Oct.
Dry fields.
Cinque-foil.
April-Oct.
Dry fields.
Prunus serotina, Ehrh.
Wild Black Cherry.
May.
Woods.
Prunus Virginiana, L.
Choke-Cherry.
May.
Woods and fields.
Rosa Carolina, L.
Swamp Rose.
June-Sept.
Low grounds,
Rosa lucida, Ehrh.
Dwarf Wild-Rose.
May-July.
Common, dry soil.
Rosa rubiginosa, L.
Sweet-Brier.
June-Aug.
Roadsides, thickets.
Rubus Canadeusis, L.
Dewberry.
May.
Hills and pastures.
Rubus hispidus, L.
( Running Swamp 3 Blackberry.
June.
Low lauds.
Rubus occidentalis, L.
Thimbleberry.
May.
About Blue Hills.
Rubus villosus, Ait.
( Common or High} Blackberry.
May.
Borders of thickets.
( Common Meadow- Sweet.
July.
Wet grounds.
Hardhack.
July.
Low grounds, pastures.
Saxifrage Family.
Chrysosplenium Americau- ) um, Schw.
Golden Saxifrage.
April-May.
Thatcher street.
Ribes oxyacanthoides, L.
Gooseberry.
May.
Blue Hills.
Saxifraga Pennsylvanica, L.
Swamp Saxifrage. Early Saxifrage.
April-June.
Exposed rocks.
Orpines.
Penthorum sedoides, L.
Ditch Stone-crop. Garden Orpine, or ( Live-for-ever.
July-Oct. June.
Rocks and bauks.
Sundews.
Drosera intermedia, Drev. & ) Hayne. Var. Americana, DO. Drosera rotundifolia, L.
Sundew.
July.
Harland-st. woods.
Round-leaved Sundew. July-Aug.
Peat bogs.
Witch Hazel.
Hamamelis Virginiaua, L.
Witch Hazel.
October.
Randolph ave .; Grove opposite Centre
School, etc.
Deergrass.
Deer Grass. Mead-} 1 ow-Beauty.
July.
Brook road, near the brook.
Lythraceæ. Nesaea verticillata, HBK.
Swamp Loosestrife.
July-Sept.
Pine-tree Brook.
Evening-Primrose Family.
( Enchanter's Night- 1 shade.
July.
Gun Hill.
Circæa Lutetiana, L.
1 shade.
Willow-Herb.
July-Sept.
Wet places.
Epilobium coloratum, Muhl. Epilobium palustre, L. Var. ) lineare, Gray.
Willow-Herb.
July-Sept.
Bogs.
Epilobium spicatum, Lam.
Willow-Herb.
July-Sept.
About Blue Hills.
Potentilla Canadensis, L. Var. simplex, T. & G. Potentilla Norvegica, L. Prunus Pennsylvanica, L. f.
Wild Red Cherry.
May.
Rocky woods.
§ Black Raspberry.
May.
Blue Hills.
Rubus strigosus, Michx.
Wild Red Raspberry.
May-June.
Bogs.
Saxifraga Virginiensis, Michx.
Wet places.
Sedum Telephium, L.
Rhexia Virginica, L.
Circæa alpina, L.
( Enchanter's Night-
July.
Moist woodlands, Gun Hill.
Spiræa salicifolia, L. Spiræa tomentosa, L.
Low Black berry. }
Thickets.
Scarlet-Fruited Thorn. May.
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HISTORY OF MILTON.
LIST OF TREES AND PLANTS IN MILTON. - Continued.
Botanical Name.
Common Name.
Flowering.
Locality.
ŒEnothera biennis, L. ŒEnothera pumila. L. Ludwigia palustris, Ell.
Evening Primrose. Primrose.
Water Purslane.
June-Sept. June. July-Oct.
Everywhere. Dry fields. Ditches.
Gourd Family.
Echinocystis lobata, T. & G.
Wild Balsam-Apple.
July-Oct.
Randolph ave., etc.
Ficoideæ.
Mollugo verticillata, L.
Carpet Weed.
June.
Sandy places.
Parsley Family.
Cicuta maculata, L.
Spotted Cowbane. Common Carrot.
August. July-Sept.
All Summer. August.
August.
Fields and roadsides.
Black Snake-Root.
June.
Woods and copses.
Water Parsnip.
July-Sept.
Swamps and brooks.
Sarsaparilla.
Aralia hispida, Vent. Aralia nudicaulis, L. Aralia racemosa, L. Aralia trifolia, Dec. & Planch.
Bristly Sarsaparilla. Wild Sarsaparilla. Spikenard. Dwarf Ginseng.
May-June. May-June. July.
April-May.
Randolph ave., etc.
Cornels.
Cornus alternifolia, L. f.
Alternate - leave d Cornel.
May-June.
Hillsides and copses.
Cornus circinata, L'Her. Cornus florida, L.
Dogwood.
June
Blue Hill slopes.
Flowering Dogwood.
May-June.
About Blue Hill.
Cornus paniculata, L'Her. Cornus sericea, L.
Panicled Cornel.
June.
( Randolph ave; 1 sides, etc.
In wet places.
Nyssa multiflora, Wangenh.
April.
Rich soil.
Honeysuckle Family. Diervilla trifida, Moench. Sambucus Canadensis, L. Sambucus racemosa, L.
Common Elder. Red-berried Elder.
June.
Blue Hills.
Triosteum perfoliatum, L.
Gentian.
Ar-
May-Junc.
Rocky woods.
Viburnum dentatum, L. Viburnum Lentago, L.
Sweet Viburnum.
May-June.
Wet places. Copses.
Madder Family.
Cephalanthus occidentalis, L. Galium asprellum, Michx. Galium circæzans, Michx. Galium pilosum, Ait. Galium trifidum, L.
Button Bush.
July-Aug.
Wet placcs.
Rough Bedstraw.
July.
Low thickets.
Wild Liquorice.
June-Aug.
Rich woods.
Cleavers.
June-Aug.
Dry copses.
Small Bedstraw.
June-Aug.
Swamps.
Galium trifforum, Michx.
Rich woodlands.
Galium verum, L.
Yellow Bedstraw.
July.
Brush Hill.
Houstonia cærulea, L.
Bluets.
May-Aug.
Moist and grassy fields.
Houstonia purpurea, L. Var. } longifolia, Gray.
Houstonia.
May-Aug.
Blue Hills.
Mitchella repens, L.
Partridgeberry.
June-July.
Woods; about roots of trees.
Yarrow.
Roman Wormwood.
August. July-Sept.
Fields, etc. Waste places every where.
Pearly Everlasting.
July-Sept.
Dry fields.
§ Plantain-leaved -
May.
Stertile knolls and banks.
Anthemis Cotula, L.
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/ Everlasting. Chamomile.
May.
Fields.
road-
Bush Honeysuckle.
June-Aug. June.
Bluc Hills.
Meadows.
( Feverwort; Horse )
June.
Blue Hills.
Viburnum acerifolium, L.
Maple-leaved row-wood.
Arrow-wood.
June.
Swamps. Old fields. Borders of ponds. Salt marshes.
Daucus Carota, L.
Hydrocotyle Americana, L. Ligusticum Scoticum, L.
Water Pennywort. Scotch Lovage.
Peucedanum s ativum, Benth. & Hook. Sanicula Marylandica, L. Sium cicutæfolium, Gmel.
Parsnip.
Blue Hill range. Moist woodlands.
Great Blue Hill.
Silky Cornel. Tupelo; Pepperidge.
June.
Sweet-scented Bed- } 1 straw.
July.
Composite Family. Achillea millefolium, L. Ambrosia artemisiæfolia, L. Anaphalis margaritacea, B. } & H.
Antennaria plantaginifolia, Hook.
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TREES AND PLANTS.
LIST OF TREES AND PLANTS IN MILTON. - Continued.
Botanical Name.
Common Name.
Flowering.
Locality.
Arctium Lappa, L.
Burdock.
July-Oct.
Waste places.
Artemisia vulgaris, L.
Common Mugwort.
July-Oct.
Waste places.
Aster acuminatus, Michx.
Aster.
August.
Blue Hills.
Aster cordifolius, L.
Aster.
August.
Woodlands ; common. Woodlands; common.
Aster diffusus, Ait.
Aster.
August.
Woods and fields.
Aster Herveyi, Gray.
Aster.
September.
Near summit Blue Hill.
Aster laevis, L.
Aster.
September.
About Blue Hill.
Aster linariifolius, L.
Aster.
Dry soil; common.
Aster macrophyllus, L.
Aster.
September.
Blue Hills.
Aster multiflorus, Ait.
Aster.
September.
Sandy soil.
Aster nemoralis, Ait.
Aster.
September.
Borders of woods, etc.
Aster Novi-Belgii, L.
Aster.
September.
Low grounds.
Aster paniculatus, Lanı.
Aster.
September.
Aster patens, Ait.
Aster.
August.
Aster puniceus, L.
Aster.
August.
Low meadows.
Aster spectabilis, Ait.
Aster.
September.
Aster subulatus, Michx.
Aster.
September.
Aster umbellatus, Mill.
Aster.
September.
Fence rows, etc.
Aster undulatus, L.
Aster.
August.
Dry copses.
Aster vimineus, Lam.
Aster.
September.
Blue Hills.
Bidens Beckii, Torr.
Water-Marigold.
August.
l'aul's Bridge.
Bidens cernua, L.
Bur-Marigold.
August.
Wet places.
Bidens chrysanthemoides, { Michx.
Bur-Marigold.
Aug .- Oct.
Harland street.
Bidens connata, Muhl.
Swamp Beggar-ticks.
July-Sept.
Wet grounds.
Bidens frondosa, L.
Common Beggar-ticks.
July-Sept.
Moist places.
Chrysanthemum Leucanthe- mum, L.
White-weed.
June.
Fields.
Cichorium Intybus, L.
Cichory.
July-Oct.
Roadsides.
Cnicus arvensis, Hoffm.
Canada Thistle.
July-Aug.
Cultivated fields.
Cnicus lanceolatus, Hoffm.
Thistle.
August.
Fields.
Cnicus muticus, Pursh.
Swamp Thistle.
August.
Swamps.
Cnicus pumilus, Torr.
Pasture Thistle.
August.
Dry fields.
Coreopsis trichosperma, Michx.
Tickseed Sunflower.
September.
Neponset River.
Erigeron annuus, Pers.
Daisy Fleabane. Butter-weed.
June-Aug.
Fields and waste places.
Erigeron Canadensis, L.
Fleabane.
June-Ang. June-Aug.
Fields.
Thoroughwort.
August
West slope of Blue Hill.
Boneset.
August.
Low grounds.
Trumpet-wecd.
August.
Low grounds.
Thoroughwort.
August.
Fowl meadows.
Common Everlasting.
August.
Old fields.
Low Cudweed. Sunflower.
August.
Blue Hills.
Canada Hawkweed.
August.
Dry woods.
Panicled Hawkweed.
August.
Open woods.
Rough Hawkweed.
August.
Open woods.
Rattlesnake Weed.
August.
Pine woods.
Marsh Elder.
August.
Salt marshes.
Krigia Virginica, Willd.
Dwarf Dandelion.
Apr .- Aug.
Dry rocky places.
Rich soil.
Rich soil.
Meadows and roadsides.
Copses. Marshes.
Climbing Hempweed. Salt-Marsh Fleabane. Rattlesnake Root.
Cone Flower.
Golden Ragwort.
May-June.
Wet meadows.
Senecio vulgaris, L.
Sericocarpus cony zoides, Nees. Sericocarpus solidagineus, Nees.
Common Groundsel. White-topped Aster. White-topped Aster.
May-June. July.
Waste places. Blue Hill.
July.
Blue Hill.
Erigeron Philadelphicus, L. Erigeron strigosus, Muhl. Eupatorium aromaticum, L. Eupatorium perfoliatum, L. Eupatorium purpureum, L. Eupatorium rotundifolium, L. Var. ovatum, Torr. Gnaphalium polycephalum, Michx.
Gnaphalium uliginosum, L. Helianthus divaricatus, L. Hieracium Canadense, Michx. Hieracium paniculatum, L. Hieracium scabrum, Michx. Hieracium venosum, L. Iva frutescens, L.
Lactuca Canadensis, L. Lactuca integrifolia, Bigel. Leontodon autumnalis, L. Mikania scandens, Willd. Pluchea camphorata, DC. Prenanthes serpentaria, Pursh. Rudbeckia hirta, L. Senecio aureus, L. Var. ob- } ovatus, T. & G.
Wild Lettuce. Wild Lettuce. Fall Dandelion.
July-Sept. July-Sept.
Aug .- Oct. July-Sept.
August.
Borders of woods.
Rotch meadows.
September. June-Aug.
Waste places.
Moist ground.
Daisy Fleabane.
September.
Houghton's Pond.
Aster Novae-Angliae, L.
Aster.
August.
Aster corymbosus, Ait.
Aster.
September.
W. Milton. Blue Hills ; dry ground.
Blue Hill.
Salt marsh.
§ Neponset River, at
July-Oct.
August.
Roadsides.
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HISTORY OF MILTON.
LIST OF TREES AND PLANTS IN MILTON. - Continued.
Botanical Name.
Common Name.
Flowering.
Locality.
Solidago arguta, Ait.
Golden Rod.
Aug .- Oct.
Pastures, roadsides.
Solidago bicolor, L.
White Golden Rod.
Aug .- Oct.
Copses and banks.
Solidago cæsia, L.
Goldeu Rod.
Aug .- Oct.
Moist woodlands.
Solidago Canadensis, L.
Golden Rod.
Aug .- Oct.
Fields.
Solidago juncea, Ait.
Golden Rod.
Aug .- Oct.
Fields.
Solidago lanceolata, L.
Golden Rod.
Aug .- Oct.
River banks.
Solidago nemoralis, Ait.
Golden Rod.
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