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The day was quite cool, a most delightful one for
tramping. We reached home about 9 P.M. 80 plants
had been found in flower.

107.

May 10, 1900. An afternoon trip to Catonsville, Ilchester,
along the River R'd [Road] to Orange Grove and then home
through the ravine. This trip was taken mainly for two
purposes: to get Viola pedata var. bicolor and Cypripedium
pubescens. The aftenoon was quite cool, there having
been a heavy frost in the morning. After getting a few
specimens of Viola pedata var bicolor, which grow quite
abundantly on the hillside before coming to the pump-house,
we hastened in that direction then took the open
cut to Ilchester. Reaching I. [Ilchester] we took the River R'd [Road]
Near the spring I found Viola canina. This is the first
time I have found it in this locality. Close to it were
found V. blanda [Viola blanda] and V. pubescens [Viola pubescens] also. A short distance
below the spring immediately before crossing the brook, we
noticed a little foot-path climbing the hillside, following
the path <s>one reaches</s> one will reach a small space
where the Orchis eputahilis grows profusely. I have known
        