
          599.

is the 20 mile mark -- a stone 4-sided prismatic pillar, bearing on one of
it sides the inscription in deeply cut letters Baltimore 20 miles and on the
adjoining face Washington 20 miles.  When we arrived at the station, we decided
to walk to the <s>vally</s> village about 1½ miles from the station.  On
the way, growing between the tracks I found several plants of
Gypsophila muralis.  It is a neat little caryophyllaceous plant.
We reached the village which is built in a very high hill but had very little time to look about.
The mill, a very large structure in the Little Patuxent, employs
400 operators.  Cotton duck is manufactued.  The streets and
the houses seem to be kept clean.  We were back to the
station again by 7 'clock, our train came on time 7.17 and at
8 o'clock we were again home.

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Septmber 4, 1901.  An afternoon trip with Mr. W. to the ravine.  We 
met at the Catonsville terminus at 2 P.M.  We took the route past
Glenn's field, now covered with high corn.  We commen<s>d</s>ted upon
the unwise changing of botanical names after they had become
fixed in the minds of many people.  Mr. W., however, went to the
extreme, that it was perfectly useless to learn any of them for
one never knew how long <s>the</s> any of them would remain fixed.
"If you wish to have names, give them your own." he said.  "If a 

        