P. M. —To Viola Muhlenbergii, which is abundantly out; how long? A small pale-blue flower growing in dense bunches, but in spots a little drier than the V. cucullata and blanda.
Veronica peregrina, apparently several days.
A yellow butterfly over the middle of the flooded meadow.
Polygonatum pubescens at rock.
Aralia nudicaulis, apparently a day or two where heat is reflected from the rock on Island.
Choke cherry and crataegus there in a day or two.
The Cornus florida does not bloom this year.
Hemlock and creeping juniper, not quite yet.
Veronica peregrina, apparently several days.
May 22, 2015
A yellow butterfly over the middle of the flooded meadow.
Polygonatum pubescens at rock.
Aralia nudicaulis, apparently a day or two where heat is reflected from the rock on Island.
Choke cherry and crataegus there in a day or two.
The Cornus florida does not bloom this year.
Hemlock and creeping juniper, not quite yet.
The red and cream-colored cone-shaped staminate buds of the black spruce will apparently shed pollen in one to three days? They are nearly half an inch long.
I see beds of anemones amid or under clumps of hazels: a mass of their pretty leaves and flowers, five or six feet in diameter.
I see a common Vaccinium vacillans (?),with a leaf much like that of the V. Pennsylvanicum, also the common V. vacillans with more rounded glaucous leaves.
I noticed a cobweb the other day, between the thole-pins of my boat, which was perfectly black with those little fuzzy gnats which fly at that height and take shelter from wind in boats and the like.
A little clammy hairy cerastium (?) (like a Cerastium viscosum, slender and erect), about three inches high, will open in a day or two on the rock near the bass.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, May 22, 1856
To Viola Muhlenbergii, which is abundantly out; how long? A small pale-blue flower growing in dense bunches, but in spots a little drier than the V. cucullata and blanda. See May 22, 1853 ("Found an abundance of the Viola Muhlenbergii (debilis of Bigelow), a stalked violet, pale blue and bearded.") See also May 5, 1859 ("Am surprised to find the Viola Muhlenbergii quite abundant beyond the bayberry and near the wall.”); May 12, 1858 ("Find the Viola Muhlenbergii abundantly out (how long?), in the meadow southwest of Farmer's Spring.”); May 18, 1857 (“Viola Muhlenbergii abundantly out, how long?”). May 29, 1856 ("What a flowery place, a vale of Enna, is that [Painted Cup] meadow! Painted Cup, Erigeron bellidifolius, Thalictrum dioicum, Viola Muhlenbergii, fringed polygala, buck-bean, pedicularis, orobanche, etc., etc. Where you find a rare flower, expect to find more rare ones”) And see A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, the Violets
Veronica peregrina, apparently several days. See May 25, 1855 ("Veronica peregrina in Mackay’s strawberries, how long?"); May 5, 1859 ("Veronica peregrina, Pratt's garden.”)
A yellow butterfly over the middle of the flooded meadow. See May 5, 1859 (“Near the oak beyond Jarvis land, a yellow butterfly, — how hot! this meteor dancing through the air.”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, Yellow Butterflies
Aralia nudicaulis, apparently a day or two. See May 25, 1855 ("Aralia nudicaulis, perhaps two days pollen.”); May 25, 1852 ("The sarsaparilla in bloom”).
The Cornus florida does not bloom this year. .See May 25, 1855 ("Cornus florida, no bloom. Was there year before last? Does it not flower every other year?”)
I see beds of anemones amid or under clumps of hazels: a mass of their pretty leaves and flowers, five or six feet in diameter.
I see a common Vaccinium vacillans (?),with a leaf much like that of the V. Pennsylvanicum, also the common V. vacillans with more rounded glaucous leaves.
I noticed a cobweb the other day, between the thole-pins of my boat, which was perfectly black with those little fuzzy gnats which fly at that height and take shelter from wind in boats and the like.
A little clammy hairy cerastium (?) (like a Cerastium viscosum, slender and erect), about three inches high, will open in a day or two on the rock near the bass.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, May 22, 1856
To Viola Muhlenbergii, which is abundantly out; how long? A small pale-blue flower growing in dense bunches, but in spots a little drier than the V. cucullata and blanda. See May 22, 1853 ("Found an abundance of the Viola Muhlenbergii (debilis of Bigelow), a stalked violet, pale blue and bearded.") See also May 5, 1859 ("Am surprised to find the Viola Muhlenbergii quite abundant beyond the bayberry and near the wall.”); May 12, 1858 ("Find the Viola Muhlenbergii abundantly out (how long?), in the meadow southwest of Farmer's Spring.”); May 18, 1857 (“Viola Muhlenbergii abundantly out, how long?”). May 29, 1856 ("What a flowery place, a vale of Enna, is that [Painted Cup] meadow! Painted Cup, Erigeron bellidifolius, Thalictrum dioicum, Viola Muhlenbergii, fringed polygala, buck-bean, pedicularis, orobanche, etc., etc. Where you find a rare flower, expect to find more rare ones”) And see A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, the Violets
Veronica peregrina, apparently several days. See May 25, 1855 ("Veronica peregrina in Mackay’s strawberries, how long?"); May 5, 1859 ("Veronica peregrina, Pratt's garden.”)
A yellow butterfly over the middle of the flooded meadow. See May 5, 1859 (“Near the oak beyond Jarvis land, a yellow butterfly, — how hot! this meteor dancing through the air.”) See also A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, Yellow Butterflies
Aralia nudicaulis, apparently a day or two. See May 25, 1855 ("Aralia nudicaulis, perhaps two days pollen.”); May 25, 1852 ("The sarsaparilla in bloom”).
The Cornus florida does not bloom this year. .See May 25, 1855 ("Cornus florida, no bloom. Was there year before last? Does it not flower every other year?”)
I see beds of anemones . . . a mass of their pretty leaves and flowers. See . April 28, 1856 ("Many Anemone nemorosa in full bloom at the further end of Yellow Thistle Meadow, in that warm nook by the brook, some probably a day or two there"); May 6, 1852 ("The first Anemone nemorosa, wind-flower or wood anemone, its petals more slightly slightly tinged with purple than the rue-leaved.") See also Within the circuit of this plodding life,
There enter moments of an azure hue,
Untarnished fair as is the violet
Or anemone, when the spring strews them
By some meandering rivulet . . .
A little clammy hairy cerastium (?). . . will open in a day or two on the rock. See May 31, 1856 ("That little cerastium on the rock at the Island, noticed the 22d, which probably opened about that time, is now out of bloom.")
May 22. See A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau, May 22
Yellow butterfly
over the middle of
the flooded meadow.
A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau,
A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau
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