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March 8, 1901.  We met at Irvington at 8.30 A.M.  The morning
was partly cloudy, threatening rain.  To-day we intended first 
<s>seeing</s> to visit Mr. B[rumel] and to talk with him about Lygodium.  Along
the roadside we found Acer dasycarpum in bloom.  Going
out we inadverently passed Mr. B's and we found ourselves
some distance from his place before we noticed our mistake.
Returning we found his place without any trouble.  Mr. B.
was just coming out his gate as we got to his house.
After telling him our experience of last week, he gave us a little
more information regarding its position.  He then invited us in to
see his greenhouse.  He showed us several specimens of Tipularia
with purple leaves.  The type has green leves being purple
only on the underside, but in these specimens the leaves are purple on both
sides.  He showed us also a pot containing several specimens
of Tiarella cordifolia, which he found growing in our ravine.
It is quite common in the mountains at Pen-war, but this
is the first that has been found so close to Baltimore.
It was about 11 o'clock when we left Mr. B. and started on our
way towards London Park, for we had decided to go to Arbutus
and then to Sulphur Sping Rd.  While in London Park, we stopped
        