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a very handsome plant.  In the little low ground
beyond the old Shortline bridge Helianthus angustifolius
was flowering.  Andropogon Virginicus, A. Scoparius, A.
[illegible], and Chrysopogon nutans were occasionally
seen all along the road to L.  Went to the swampy
ground on Washington Rd near the Sulphur Sp. Rd.
hoping to find the Climbing Fern, but after a very careful
search failed to find a single plant. I found,
however, Chelone glabra, Eriophorum Virginicum, Eriocaulon
decangulare and Utricularia <s>cubulata</s> cornuta?.  Collected a nice
lot of chinquepins.  On the pike immediately opposite
Sulphur Sp. Rd. a large house has been built and called
the Sulphur Spring Hotel.

53.
Sept. 11. 1899.  Heavy rain during the morning spoiled the
trip proposed for this day last Friday.  We were to meet
at Walbrook.  Although there in time, no one coming
after a wait of 40 min. I undertook the trip alone.

In Windsor Villa Heights I noticed an oak, surely Quercus
rubra but with very peculiar fruit - the cups were fully ⅔ the
height of the acorn, the scales along the top very much exserted.
Leaving Windsor Villa Heights took the road along the Falls to
        