Excerpt from Flora of New Bedford and the Shores of Buzzards Bay: With a Procession of the Flowers The time given in the Procession of the Flowers is the time at which they commence to bloom, which was ascertained by several years' observation. I have endeavored not to place the date too early but at such time as a collector might reasonably expect to find the flowers, hence some of the species might be found in the section preceding the one designated, especially those of the early spring. The latitude of New Bedford is 41 degrees, 38 minutes, north lati tude; average mean temperature for 78 years degrees Fahren heit, (extreme range in eight years from nv; degrees below to 91 degrees above zero); and average rainfall for 77 years 46% inches as shown by the records of Capt. Thos. R. Rodman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.