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into the reservoir.  We examined the water and found it very
clear, in fact, the engineer told us that the quality of the water
is much better than that from the Gunpowder which supplies the city
of Balto.  We now borrowed the boat, rowed across the streams
to examine the Impatiens hillside, found none in bloom however,
then took a short trip up the stream.  It was too warm to
enjoy the boat trip so did not go up the stream very far.  We
returned the boat, then started homeward, through the woody side
of the race.  We found a nice cold spring near the dam, close
to it we stopped to eat our dinner.  All this month have I
been looking carefully at Aristolochia plants, hoping to find them
in flower, only to be disappointed each time.  To-day, at last
have I learned the cause of my failures.  Aristolochia <s>[illegible]</s> clematitis, a ballast plant
which I had learned to know very well, having its flower axillary, had
led me to expect finding Aristolochia serpentaria also with its flower so placed.
What was my surprise and delight therefore, when pulling up one of the
plants for pressing to find the flower close to root and therefore
lying closely to the ground.  Search now was rewarded each
time, for down on the ground, resembling the soil so
closely as to escape detection, beside frequently hidden
        