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very far when Mr. W. remembered something he had
to attend to.  This delayed us nearly an hour.  But by
11 o'clock we were in Towson.  We now started towards
Loch Raven by way of Joppa R'd.  On the roadside I 
noticed a remarkably doubled flower of Calystegia.
The flowers resembled roses they were so double.  The
plant had 2 flowers open both very double and one closed
already bloomed.  At 12 o'clock we reached the first
spring.  We did no tarry here but proceeded at once 
to the closed sping.  Here we ate lunch.  It was now 
very warm and after lunch Mr. W. suggested stopping right 
at the spring.  As I was very axious to go to the ravine
at L. R. we concluded that I start alone.
At 1:30 p.m. I left Mr. W. for the ravine.  Arriving at
the ravine the most conspicuous plant in bloom was
the Hydrangea.  My main reason for visiting the ravine
this day was to find Ophioglossum vulgatum, but although
I searched diligently failed to find it.  Chimaphila 
maculata is still not in flower, the bud, 
however, are very large, and will no doubt be fully
        