
          556.

Dundalk, we found the car rather crowded so decided to await
its return.  In the meantime I looked around in the swampy
ground near the station and was pleased to find Iris versicolor
and Lysimachia stricta.  Our car now returned and in a few minutes
we were again in River View Park.  Two of our party now decided
to return at once to the city, the rest of us, however, remained to
spend an hour at the park.  The time passed very quickly and was
spent most pleasantly.  We started for home at 8 o'clock.

[225]
June 15, 1901.  To Sugar-loaf Mountain.  We [who is we?] met at Camden station
and took the 7.20 A.M. train to Washington where we connected
with the Harper's Ferry train for Dickerson.  It had been raining
during the night and the prospects were for rain during the
day.  We found, however, only light showers, none of which were sufficienct 
to wet us to any extent.  On our way from W. we had in 
the same car with us a deputy-sheriff of St. Mary's County who was taking
two insane men to Monteview.[?] [Montevue]  We reached D.[ickerson] a little before 10 o'clock, and
after a few minutes talk with the station agent we started onward
to the mountain.  The road being improperly constructed, was in
many places in an almost impassable condition.[note at top of page: On the roadside Anagallis arvensis was found with flowers wide open notwithstanding
the rainy weather.]  We were very
much amused at the various answers we got to the question:-

        