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plant in fine condition.  It was standing erect and held a
number of ripening capsules.  We planted the two plants we
had brought with us close by, only higher up the hillside.
On one of the Hornbeams close by I cut off a bit of bark and
wrote 1902 on the wood. We now went to Gentian Place.
We found that none of the plants had been disturbed.  Nearly
all of them were done blooming and quite a number of capsules
with seed will be produced.  We found a nice place not
far from our plants and here we ate our dinner.  The view
from Gentian Place is magnificent.  After dinner we examined
the hillside carefully.  We went to the very top but found
no roads,  we feel that our plants are pretty safe.  Aplectrum
is now coming up; quite a number of the plants were found.
Several fine Persimmon trees were found and I took some of the
fruit.  Chestnut trees were found frequently but no chestnuts.
This shows how active squirrels must be, not a sound nut
could be found.  When we returned to our camp we started
onward to O.G.  On our way we met Mr. M. & Mr. W.
We passed several places where Witchhazel was in full bloom.
From O.G. we went to our ravine.  We stopped a few
        