
          514.

came home perfectly dry.  No need to say that I enjoyed my
trip, there was too much to be seen not to enjoy it and I must
say that I cannot remember a <s>day</s> trip alone which I so keenly
enjoyed.  When I reached A. I went at once to the field of
Bluebells.  It was blue with them, and the flowers were
in perfect condition.  In a short time I gathered more than
200 flowers.  I then dug up 20 nice specimens for the herbarium.
The earth being thoroughly soaked this did not prove difficult.
After collecting these specimens <s>and</s> went along the usual route
to the falls.  Near the toll-gate were some beautiful specimens
of Lithospermum arvense.  I saw that this plant, too,
protect its flower from the rain.  The flowers, here, are in the
axils of the upper leaves, which are quite close together at this time; to
protect the flower the stem immediately below the flower curves
gracefully to one side.  The stem below the curve is rigid and
upright.  I next noticed that the Claytonia protected its
flowers similarly to the Dentaria - the pedicule curving to allow
the flower to hang down.  Houstonii caerulea was also observed -- 
these frail little stems curve also a little below
the flowers.  Why the Anemonella persists in allowing its
        