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with a mass of beautiful scarlet flowers!  How strange
that these uprooted trees which will never put forth a green
leaf still put forth all their energy toward perpetuation the
species.  Even branches cut off do this, and come to
bloom days even weeks before the species is found in 
flower.  While closely examining the run, one little
whitish frog (Probably Hyla or Hylodes) was seen and caught.
I wished very much to learn more about it so determined
to take it home.  I got some grass and wrapped it 
up very nicely and put the package in my vasculum.
What was my surprise, on opening the package, after having
everything comfortably arranged for him, not to find the
slightest trace of him; the little rascal had somehow
escaped.  Podophyllum was found with expanded leaves.
Leaving the ravine we hurried towards our Arbutus
locality, and after much searching succeeded in finding
several sprays.  Returned home about 7.30 P.M.

96.

April 7. 1900.  We met at Camden Station and took the
7 A.M. train to Glenburnie.  It was cloudy and looked
very much like rain; the wind was from the west.
        