Glendale, Berkshire County, Mass.
1899. 
September
1-15
  During my stay at Glendale I devoted most 
of my time to studying and collecting plants of
which I have sent many living specimens packed in
Sphagnum moss to Cambridge and Concord where my
men received and replanted them. The flora of the
woods in the immediate neighborhood of Mr. French's
house was so rich and varied that I rarely went
more than a mile away in any direction and I often
spent half a day pottering over a space of a few acres.
A marked peculiarity of the plant life as compared
with that of Eastern Massachusetts was the general
distribution and abundance of most of the species and
the surprising number of species which could be often found
growing in close proximity. Few plants seemed to be
locally restricted and still fewer monopolised certain
areas as is so often the case at home. On the contrary
it was usually possible to find within the space of 
an acre or so 20 [delete]or[/delete] representatives of pretty nearly every species
which occurred on similar ground throughout the whole
surrounding region. Thus Hepaticas, blood root, Trilliums, Arbutus,
Maiden's hair ferns, ladies['] slippers (acaule & pubecens), Canada
violets, yellow violets, & many other interesting plants were
scattered everywhere through the woods. There was a fine
representation of ferns of which I found and identified no 
less than twenty-four species, among them Aspidium
goldianum, which, by the way, was an exception to the 
rule just mentioned for I met with only three
specimens and these grew very near together.
[margin]Plants[/margin]
  The soil throughout most of the woods was exceedingly
rich yet very light & friable [delete]wherever[/delete] even where the ground was springy.
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