
          430.

Then we told him about the accident at L., when he said
that that Royal Blue was always running into somebody
that not long ago they had an accident there just like it
and, now with great emphasis "it had even run over a railroad
conductor."  The temperature which apparently had been
quite warm <s>dur</s> early in the morning, now seemed much colder
and the wind which was quite calm was now blowing with
much force & seemed to be gaining in energy.  We reached R.
about noon.  Several persimmon trees with excellent fruit were
passed.  We crossed the viaduct and took the River R'd stopping
a short time at the gentian hills to examine G. crinita for ripened
capsules.  None, however were found.  Witch hazel is now in full
bloom, in fact to-day we made Hamamelis Day.  In one sunny locality
quite a lot of Viola cucullata were found in flower and
in another a little plant of Andromeda Mariana with a single
flower.  Other plants found in flower, were Cuphea viscosissima,
Lamium amplexicaule, Erigeron annuus, E. Canadensis, Aster cordifolius,
Daucus Carota, Trifolium pratense, Taraxaceum officinale, Achillea millefolium,
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, Oxalis stricta, Gentiana crinita, Chrysopsis
Mariana.  When we reached Orange Grove we crossed the river,
        