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the river, and there were greeted with the information that 

 our train was three and a half hours late. Three hours and 

 a half is a mere trifle of detention in that region, so we foraged ^. 

 for supper in the neighboring cabins and provision stores, 

 and the most self-sacrificing member of the party walked 

 half a mile along the railroad track to the only spring in the 



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place, and brought back drinking-water in a tin botany box. 

 When the train arrived, we had a delightfully cool ride to 

 Radford, where we spent the night in the new and pretty 

 Queen Anne inn. 



The next day, June 5th, we returned to Roanoke, and 

 drove up and down both sides of the river in search of more 

 Clematis Addisonii, We procured a big bundle of roots and 

 a lot of fine herbarium specimens in addition to those pre- 

 viously collected, and among other plants not seen on our 

 first visit we found Gonolobtis C aro linen sis ^ and two Ricellias — 

 Rnellia strepens and Rttellia ciliosay var. ambigiia. Dianthera 

 Americana was also in flower in the mud on the edge of the 

 water, and on the cliffs we collected the rare Cheilanthes 

 vestita. 



In the evening we left for Natural Bridge, and then came 

 a long drive on the top of the tally-ho to the hotel. We flew 

 along through deliciously fragrant pine woods, lit up by 

 myriads of gay, little fireflies, with here and there glimpses 



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below. It had rained heavily during the day, and ditches 

 and brooks were brimming full, and the stars and fireflies 

 were reflected in them, in the most bewildering way. 



The next day was so hot and close that a lengthened stay 

 at Natural Bridge was abandoned. We spent the morning 

 attending to our plants (which by that time was no light 

 task) and walked to the wonderful Bridge and the great 

 Arbor Vitce in Cedar Creek ravine. The park there is a 

 preserve, so we could do no collecting, though beyond some 

 unusually large specimens of Camptosorus rhizophyllus we 

 did not see much that we coveted. 



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