
          813.

* Thermometer 75°
** Most of the plants found in bloom were remarkably low, one was but an inch in height.
***  Near Timonium is a grand Hawthorn full of fruit.

face value,  he thought the country was going to the dogs.

I finally tore myself away and hastened on to the station.  The 
sun was shining warm and the weather was delightfully pleasant.
Close to the station, within a few few[feet] of the platform grew several
plants of G. crinita, a few still in bloom.  I secured a few ripened
seed pods and then went to the meadow where I secured more
and also some seed of that beautiful Aster Novae-Angliae, which
I have learned is found in many gardens in the North and goes
by the name of "The Last Rose of Summer."  After visiting
the various Gentian spots**, everywhere finding a few plants
ripening seeds, I went to the spot where a few of the plants
had been transplanted.  I found the plants with some difficulty
for they were completely withered.  Not a ripened capsule
was to be found, so I scattered some of the seed that I had
collected.  After eating my lunch, I went along the tracks
towards*** Texas a great lime manufacturing town and from there
to Beaver Dam, where I saw the large marble quarries.  This was
most interesting and I spent some time watching the men trying to
remove the immense blocks.  After a short walk along the stream I started
for home, arriving at T. at 6 P.M. and home at 7.
        