
          577.

leaves.  Besides the plants mentioned I got also specimens of Geum
album, Geum Virginianum, Agrimonia Eupatoria, Plantago lanceolata, Plantago
major, Brunella vulgaris, Aspidium Novaboracense and Asplenium
thelypteroides.

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July 20, 1901. An afternoon trip to Canton ballast grounds and
then to Point Breeze.[note at top of page: River View Park]  Although a warm day it was not oppressive
the humidity having lessened considerably.  I went first of all to
the little pond, along the border of which grows Cyperus fusca, and
got a number of specimens.  It seems to be in a congenial place and
has spread wonderfully.  I next went to the Scotch Thistle plantation.
What a great change since the latter part of June, only 3 weeks.
How beautiful the plants looked then <s>and</s> just beginning to bloom.
How grandly and proudly they stood in their silvery white costumes!
But now all <s>it</s> is changed, they have seeded and accomplished their
work [mission]; <s>and</s> they are now all shattered and torn, and their silvery white raimant
is black.  The Hemp close at hand is now beginning to
flower so I took several specimens for the press.  Such was also the
case with Eryngium campestre.  These two plants were therefore
at their best.  Clost to the Eryngium I found a new Euphorbia.  It
had long linear leaves, reminding me of E. Cyparissias , but this grew
        