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young plants having fewer leaves have more space for spreading
but whether this is the only cause or whether they result from
a number of causes I can not say.  After collecting the leaves
I crossed the bridge.  It was too late to go farther so awaited
a car and returned home.

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September 28, 1901.  To Alberton.  We met at Camden Station.
It was our intention to go to Relay and visit our Fringed
Gentian, but Mr. W. having seen the plant but a few days
previously, thought a trip elsewhere might be more judicious
as the buds on the Gentian were still far from developed.
We decided therefore to go to Alberton, where Mr. W. had
seen several plants from the cars with pink flowers, but failed to
recognize.  The <s>day</s> morning was cloudy, threatening rain, we
therefore had our umbrellas.  We reach A. at 8.20 A.M. and
at once crossed the bridge and went to the place where the
pink flowers grew.  They proved to be a species of Phlox,
determined later as P. paniculata.  They are very handsome
and delightfully fragrant.  Many clusters were done blooming
and had already ripened seed, some of which we collected.
The entier village of Albertson is owned by James A. Gary.  Its
        