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terminus at 2 p.m.  I left home early enough to examine
the flora along route crossing 3¢ bridge and along the shore.
In the swamp at the bridge Zizania aquatica was holding 
full sway.  On the shore, quite near the Shore Line,
at a pretty inlet, Hydrocotyle verticillata and Saururus 
cernuus were found.  The day was very sultry, threatening 
clouds frequently obscured the sun.  The walk 
along the shore, along the Shore Line, was anything but
pleasant.  Besides <s>some</s> with the making of the railway
the flora was entirely disturbed and in part destroyed.
Under such conditions I was very glad when I reached
the terminus.  When Mr. W. arrived we walked up through
M's and then took the shore. [begin insert from top of page] Immediately before reaching O'B's in a little swamp which we
had to cross I found a pretty sedge, closely resembling Carex lurida
and which I have named C. lurida var. [end insert]  Near O'B's we found Phragmites
communis in flower.  This grass is indeed beautiful.  I was quite 
surprised to find it, the nearest station formerly being Stony Run.
When we reached the Curtis Bay division of the B & O. R.R.
we followed it towards Mt. Winans.  At the signal tower
at Clifford's we stopped a little while to rest.  While talking 
with the operator he showed us some Aristolochia Serpentaria
which he had collected in the adjoining wood.  I went over
        