
          55.

Lindere & Lafayette

decidedly cooler than it had been for several days.  We now
hurried towards the car.  Just before reaching it we had
a tiny sprinkling of rain.  Soon we were on our way home 
having spent a most delightful time.

19

May 6. 1899.  We met at the Catonsville terminus of
the C. & E. L. R. at 8:30 A.M. This time we were to have
company. Mrs. R. Miss. R. & F. We had not long to wait
when they arrived.  We at once started out Frederick Rd.
to Thistle Mills Rd. which we took following the brook frequently.
This seemed to be the day for Geranium maculatum, and 
along the brook great patches of this pretty plant set off
the wild scenery.  Here too Orchis spectabilis was occasionally
seen. Arriving at Thistle Mills we crossed the river and
took the river road.  The elm was frequently seen, its fruit,
now ripe, falling from the tree.  The walnut now, is occasionally
seen in flower, on most of the trees, however, the 
flowers wer not quite open. At one place Arabis lyrata
was found, and at one place quite near it Aquilegia
Canadensis was found in such profusion we decided
to call the day Aquilegia Day.  Hydrophyllum Virginianum
was found all along in the woods near the road, only a few
        