
          538.

** Marked to show a patch of Aplectrum.
* While waiting here, we learned of a lady, who was also waiting for the train, that many people expected the world to comt to an end, when they heard of the death of Queen Victoria.

the insect by one of its eyes.  I helped to set it free.  After dinner
& after pressing my plants we walked up to H. where after a short
wait we took a train to I.*  From I. we took the River Rd. to
O.G.  We wanted to stop to see Orchis spectabilis but somehow or
other passed the spot.  We crossed the river at O.G. and went up to
our ravine.  Before reaching the ravine we passed a Papaw, we took
notice of the place, to see later if our plant bears fruit.  When we entered
the ravine we went to the spot, marked last year, where one
specimen of C. pubescens grew.  This year 2 plants were found near the
marked spot but neither seemed to answer as growing exactly where
the plant of last year grew.  The experiment, will, therefore, have to be
done all over again and more systematically.  That some of them bloom
annually, seems beyond question, as show by the old seed pod  The
ravine was very wet, and although we were perfectly dry on entering
we had not gone very far when our feet & legs were wet to the skin.
We, however, had planned to see if Aplectrum were in bloom, so
proceeded to several of our marked spots.  What was our surprise to
find already all traces of the plant gone and not a flower anywhere.
Near the head of Camp Run, we found that one of the plants marked**
was a Papaw and <s>all</s> around it were several more of the plants
        