The nodding trillium, or wake-robin, in Conant's Swamp.

May 19

Find the Arum triphyllum and the nodding trillium, or wake-robin, in Conant's Swamp. 

Sinclair says the hornbeam is called "swamp beech" in Vermont. 

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, May 19, 1851

See  May 16, 1852 ("The Arum triphyllum in bloom and the nodding trillium budded."): 

The Arum triphyllum. See May 1, 1857 ("Plucked the Arum triphyllum, three inches high, with its acrid corm (solid bulb), from the edge of Saw Mill Brook.”); May 13, 1853 ("An Arum triphyllum, but no signs of pollen yet. Probably was set down too early last year, i. e. before pollen.");  May 11, 1859 ("Arum triphyllum out. Almost every one has a little fly or two concealed within. One of the handsomest-formed plants when in flower."); May 13, 1860 ("Arum triphyllum. how long?")

The nodding trillium, or wake-robin. See  May 10, 1853 ("At Saw Mill Brook , I see the flower-buds of the nodding trillium.");May 17, 1853 ("The nodding trillium has apparently been out a day or two. Methinks it smells like the lady's-slipper."); May 19, 1858 ("R. W. E. says that Pratt found yesterday out the trientalis, Trillium cernuum, and Smilacina bifolia"); May 25, 1852 ("The trilliums (T. cernuum, wake-robin ) in bloom."); May 26, 1853 ("Nodding trillium with concealed flowers"); May 27 1852 ("The nodding trillium has a faint, rich scent.")

May 19.  See A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, May 19

A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau

"A book, each page written in its own season,

out-of-doors, in its own locality.”

~edited, assembled and rewritten by zphx © 2009-2021