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place.  We thought, therefore, that we would go down Hilton Av.
<s>and</s> When we reached the railroad tracks, we walked along
them to Avalon.  Beyond Orange Grove, we found still a 
great many fruits of Osage Orange.  Quite a number were
beginning to decay and fell readily in pieces.  What is the idea
of this fleshy fruit?  Does it in any way assist in the dissemination
of the seed?  The seeds (achenia) are quite interesting.  The average fruit
contains about 200 <s>seeds</s> of them.  The hard outer whitish covering can easily be removed 
when one sees another, quite delicate and of a brownish color. This when removed
exposes the accumbent embryo.  Packed in with the embryo on each side of <s>the seed</s> it is
a small amount of nourishment which adheres quite firmly to the seed covering.
The seeds are about twice the size of apple-seeds.  At A. we crossed
the <s>stream</s> river and walked along the River Rd.  We had intended
walking up as far as Gentian Place, but we found the road so very
wet that we decided to try the path leading in at Fuch's. Close
to the entrance we found several vines with cluster of large
dark blue berries which resembled grapes.  At first I thought
them grapes but soon saw that the plant was a twiner, twining
from left to right; a cluster was taken for examination.
The plant proved to be Menispermum Canadense - Moonseed.
        