Saponaria. Soap Wort. Officinalis, L. Common, Flowers white. Sali Spiroa. Spiraea, or Meadow-sweet. cifolia, L. Willow-leaved. - Vernonia, Schr.-Novo Boracensis, M. New York. Salix. Willow. Caroliniana, M. Carolinian, or Nigra.-Muhl. Black willow. Scirpus. Club-rush. Sylvaticus, L. Wood club-rush.-Spathaceus, M. Silene. Catchfly. Pensylvanica, M. Pensylvania catch-fly, Typha. Cat's tail, or Reed Mace. Angustifolia, L. Narrow-leaved. Trillium. Trillium. Rhomboideum, M. Upright-flowered true love, or night shade. Varium, I. Lesser. L. Trifolium. Clover, or Trefoil. Reflexum, Bent trefoil.-Arvense, L. Fieldclover, or hare's-foot.-Agrarium L. Small white flowers, marked with a red spot. Veratrum. Hellebore. Album. White. Flowers greenish-yellow. Vaccinium. Whortleberry. Galezans, M. Flowers yellowish white. Berries black, globular. Stamineum. Long-leaved, or green-wooded. Flowers white. Berries whitish. Viola. Violet. Pedata, L. Multified. Large blue flowers. Verbena. Vervain. Officinalis, L. Common. Zea. Maize, or Indian Corn. Mays, L. Common. Mr. Jefferson, in his "Notes on Virginia," has given a list of more than a hundred birds, inhabitants of that region, most of which are probably common to the District of Columbia; but this we were unable to ascertain, having seen the following only-thirty-two in number. The names are those employed by Wilson, in his "Ornithology of the United States1," a work which does great honour to the author, and to the country of which he was an adopted citizen. 1 Logger-head Shrike. In nine volumes in 4to, with beautiful engravings. |