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April 15. 99. Met at Camden Station, took the 7:30 A.M. train 
to Relay. Arrived at R. [Relay] about 8 A.M. Here in the garden Lamium 
amplexicaule was found blooming beautifully, as was 
Taraxacum also. We crossed the Viaduct and took the River 
Road. On the sides of the hill were Sanguinaria & Hepatica. The 
catkins of the red birches are becoming quite large. Following 
the low land near the river I found the first Equisetum arvense 
in flower. Reaching the first tributary we followed it up a
short distance. Here we saw Saxifrage in profusion, here and
there Arbutus and our first Bluet. Crossing the tributary,
close to the bridge is a pretty tree which we failed to recognize
(Thinking about it now, I feel somewhat confident that it
is an ash.). Following the R.R. [railroad] we noticed here and there violets
At least we are very close to the Gentian Hills; here in a
very narrow ravine grows Dicentra cucullaria. This is the first
time I have seen this delicate little spring flower in its native haunt.
I cannot describe the thrill that at once pervades one's
entire body on each an occasion; I had felt somewhat tired,
perhaps due to the change in the weather, for to-day it has
been much cooler that it was yesterday; that feeling had
now entirely disappeared. We were just in time to see them
        