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were called Sweet William. Looking up the matter I find 
that one of the names for this particular Phlox is Wild Sweet
William.  A short distance from this spot a most excellent
spring is found,  the hills very high and quite rocky.  We
stopped here and took lunch.  Close to the spring the beautiful
Cypripedium pubescens was growing, most of the plants had
already bloomed but 2 of them were still in flower.  After
lunch we search through the woods, finding quite a lot
more of the Cypripediums.  Near the spring Trillium cernuum
was also found.  The woods here and in fact all
along the railroad contained many plants of Zizia cordata
var. atropurpurea.  The day now had become very hot and sultry.
Keeping as much in the shade as possible we proceeded in
the direction of H. in search of some pretty ravine.  Scutellaria
serrata was found everywhere.  At last we came to a
spring and near it a clear brook.  Here we camped and
ate our dinner.  After dinner we returned in the direction
we had taken.  We now had an occasional shower.  Two
years ago I had taken this same trip and I remembered
taking a path leading into the wood and to a good
spring.  During the morning we tried to find this path
        