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spent one.  The temperature fairly delightful.  One thing I
forgot to mention, while at the spring I saw some dittany
(Cunila Mariana) which I showed to my spick nard acquaintancce.
He said he had been calling it bittany, wood bitany.  I
wonder if the plant is really ever called by that name? 
Our Lousewort (Pedicularis Canadensis) is sometimes called by
this name, wood betony, although I really think it more properly
belongs to an English species.  Aster linariifolius was to-day
found in flower, so also Solidago bicolor, S. caesia, Aster
ericoides, A. patens and A. laevis.  Along the falls close to the
Wooden Mill Bridge, beautiful specimens of Helianthum doronicoides
may be had.  Gerardia tenuifolia was also found to-day for the 
first time.  On my way homeward, when a little beyond Forest Inn
at North Walbrook, I saw growing close to the road side a 
species of violet which I think is V. sagittasfolia.  The spot was
well taken account of and will be paid a visit this coming spring.  If
found to be true sagittasfolia will prove to be quite a find.
Specimens so far collected as sagittafolia have all turned out
to be the variety ovata; now, however given the rank of
species and known as V. ovata.
        