
          409.

*This is the 8th day of cloudy, <s>or</s> partly cloudy, or rainy 
weather!

met my gaze.  Almost at the same time two more birds appeared,
on on a log sticking up out of the pond and one in a low
branch to my left.  The bird on the post was gray and had a worm.
The one in the branch was a little fellow, yellow with yellowish brown
wings.  This bird has been frequently seen.  Chinquapin were found almost everywhere and in a short
time I had two of my pockets filled.  The following plants
were found, Aster miser, A. Nova Belgii, A. undulatus, Eupatorium
maculatum, E. tenuifolium, Aristida dichotoma, A. purpurascens,
Gentiana ochroleuca, and Sporobolus asper. S. asper was found on
road from Marley to Furnace Branch.  Arrived home about 6 P.M.

156
Oct. 4, 1900.*  2:30 P.M.  A short walk to Calverton R'd and W. Balto.
St.  Here 3 years ago, grew Xanthium spinosum.  The place for some reason
or other was not visited last yr. or the yr. before.  No signs of the plant
were seen.  I have been told that this plant was quite common here
(not only in this spot but almost anywhere in Balto.) years ago but it
has gradually died out, so that now there is not a single spot
where it can be found.  X. strumarium (?) seems to have taken its place.

157
Oct. 6, 1900.  A trip to Sugar Loaf Mt. with Mr. W.  Strange
how few people of Balto. <s>know</s> you meet that have ever heard of
this mountain.  This trip had already been proposed during spring,
        