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the wood when we noticed a Magnolia glauca in full
bloom - 12 pretty blooms were gotten.  In the wood we
found a pretty path.  Kalmia latifolia were found quite
frequently.  We had not proceeded very far when we saw
a wood-thrush sitting on her nest. We watched the bird
for some time, all this time the little thing remained in
an almost immovable postition.  We approached quite near
the nest and still the little bird kept on her nest. We
stood watching her for some time when suddenly she flew from 
the nest.  In it we found four pretty blue eggs. 
A short distance farther on we found the pretty primrose
leaved violet.  Reaching the road we crossed it and
followed the path through the pines to the railroad.
Here we found men busy putting down a new line of 
telegraph poles.  Crossing the railroad tracks we took
the first path we came to, hoping it would take us to
the swamp in which grew the Sarracenia.  The path took
us past a colored man's home; we found him busy making
bread & his boy was shucking oysters.  We had met them
before earlier in the morning on the shore.  On the ground
        