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[*]Hollofields not Hollowfields - Hollow as Mr. P. will kindly remember is
the common name of the Ilex Opaca - refer to the tramp to the Lygodium palmatum

she meant.  We now continued our tramp.  We had not
gone far when we found a nice plant of Ostrya Virginica.
Strange, how after we once know a plant we find it so
frequently.  Here Ostrya although sought for, for years was 
not found until on my last trip and here, to-day, on the very
next tramp, it is found again.  To-day I succeeded in
getting a nice specimen.  At Hollo<s>w</s>fields[*] we saw the
old home now occupied by a Mr. Fagan, where Washington 
is said to have slept while on his way over the old Frederick
Rd.  We commented upon the term "slept', we seldom
hear that "Here W. stopped" but always slept; surely
the "Father of his country" must have been an inveterate
sleeper.  At H. the road crossed the river but we decided
to remain on our side of the river and follow the path to
Union Dam; and very glad we were that we did so.  We had
not gone far when we came across our 3rd find of the day
Asplenium angustifolium another rare fern.  Unfortunately the
fronds were all sterile, nevertheless I took several specimens
for my herbarium.  Along this path were innumerable Papaw
plants, so many in fact that we named the path Papaw Avenue.
        