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*Tradescantia Virginica.

above the spring are many excellent plants of the Blazing
Star.  Near <s>the</s> an oak, which I marked, quite close
to the trunk, I noticed a pretty plant in bud.*
Reaching Hilton Av. I hastened toward the cars.  Reached
home at 7:30 P.M.

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May 19. 1900.  A trip through the ravine then along the
River Rd. to Relay.  We met at the Catonsville terminus
at 7:30 o'clock.  Our long drought came to a close last
night with a downpour of more than half an inch of rain.
For nearly a month beginning with the 24th of April, there had
been but twice rain on 3 & 9 May, the amount falling altogether being a little more than 1/5 of an inch.  The rain, therefore, was a most welcome sight,
to-day I even met a man who said that this was nice weather
something very exceptional, for it was still raining, and kept
raining during the greater portion of the day.

We had our umbrellas, but before going very far through the
wood, rubbing against the wet underbrush, we were soaked to
the skin.  We, however, did not mind this, we were out to
enjoy the rain.  What a difference in our brook since Wed.
To-day it was crossed with the greatest difficulty. How

        