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quite a number of straw colored one[s], two of them lighter
than any I have ever seen.  Flowers with anthers unusually
swollen were seen like on former occasions; so also that the
plant was protogynous as well as protandrous.  We got a
number of specimens then continued our tramp.  We stopped frequently
to listen to the frogs,  which to-day we hear for the 
first time this year.  Beyond Stony Run station we came 
to the pumping station where the railroad company has
laid a huge trough, from which the engine sucks a supply
of water while passing over it.  We stopped to see two
engines thus fill up their tanks.  It was nearly 6 o'clock
when we reached Patapsco, and as we both felt tired we waited
for the train.  It arrived <s>in</s> a few minutes after we got there
and we rode to Frederick Rd. station where we took the car
for home.  The day was very warm and spring-like, so warm
that I did without my overcoat.  February was unusuallly cold
for the first 3 weeks but during the last week it moderated.
Since last Thursday the temperature has been warm enough to
lay aside my overcoat.  Last night we had a heavy down pour
of rain attended with lightning & thunder.
        