
          586.

much difficulty, briar and bramble and vine having taken possession
of every available inch.  We found it though and found the water
excellent.  Near the spring, I observed a black and white, I think
spotted snake.  It, however, withdrew so rapidly into its hole
that I saw but very little of it.  While looking for the spring, we
saw a most brilliant display of the flowers of Lilium superbum.
They were so beautiful, in fact, I have never seen so beautiful a 
display, that we decided to see them at close range.  They were
separated from us by an almost impassable network of briar & bramble.
Had we depended on trying to force ourselves through this mess, I think
we would never have succeeded. But by means of a stout stick, Mr. W.
beat down everything before him and thus we finally reached them.
The tallest of the plants was fully 8 ft. high. There were 7 plants close
together and on all 42 fully opened flowers.  We now went in to the
old furnace.  We did not stay here very long though but went on to
a little inlet where we found a few Sabbatia [Sabatia] chloroides, Eryngium
<s>compestr</s> Virginianum and Discopleura capillacea.  It was not after
6 P.M. so we slowly wended our way to the station.  A plant found 
quite abundantly to-day & in a number of places was Clitoria Mariana.
        