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the falls.  I left school promptly at half past three o'clock.
It was about half past four when I reached Forest Inn. Nothing particularly
interesting was found on my way to the park.  I watched
the road-sides closely, hoping to find a few hawthorns but not one
was passed.  Several times I stopped to admire the intense red
color of the Virginia-Creeper.  My trip was taken to get specimens
of Lizards Tail which grows abundantly & luxuriantly in the fall 
near the park.  At the same time I was on the look out for
anything else particularly hawthorns.  After I had gotten my specimens
I returned to the cars but as none was in sight I thought
I would take this path along the falls through Dickeyville
to Walbrook.  I soon was very glad that I had done so, for
not very far from the dam I came across a number of Hawthorns.
They seemed to be all the same variety [species], Crataegus Crus-galli.
I looked carefully for fruit but none of them had any.  I kept
on, on my trip, passed through the village, and stopped at the 
spring. It was now getting dark.  When I got opposite to the old
mill I looked for Corylus rostrata but must have passed it already.
A short distance farther on, & when almost in sight of the bridge
I came to a fine hawthorn, quite full of fruit.  The tree was quite
        