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of going through the ravine, to go through the woods in the direction
of Hilton Av.  This we did coming to the large open field, we had
already seen as many times on former occasions.  Crossing the field we
<s>left it</s> reached the gate which opens into the path leading to
Hilton Av.  We reached the car about 8 o'clock.  The day was
a most beautiful one and our trip from beginning to end one of
the most enjoyable ones of the season.

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June 22,1900  To Roland Park and Lakeside.  Reaching Roland
Park I went to the rear of the car barn and followed the path which
leads past the spring.  On this path a short distance beyond the
spring, in quite an open space I found one plant of Aralia spinosa
but to-day I was so interested in looking up the Vincetoxicum
nigrum that I did not once think of the Aralia.  Vincetoxicum
is found beyond the open space, <s>unfa</s> in fact, immediately after
passing the open space.  Quite a lot of it may be found on either
side of the path, and in a number of places in the near vicinity.
Rubus occidentalis is now found in fruit.  My first specimens
of good ripe fruit were gotten on the 16th, but since then the number
of fine ripe berries found have steadily increased, so that now we
frequently find plants almost entirely covered with the luscious fruit.
        