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purple rays <s>make</s> reminding one <s>think</s> of the Iron Weed, first attract the eye.
Next we notice the Swamp Thistle. Its beautiful pink flowers
are scattered here and there throughout the meadow.  Among these, but
always near the brook we find large patches of beautiful lilac,
the flower of Aster puniceus.  Here, too, are the haunts of the Fringed
[the closed] Gentians.  Other plants found here and that helped to make the meadow
beautiful are Black-eyed Susans, Gerardia purpurea, Helenium autumnale,
and a species of Phlox.  Gentian crinita is quite plentiful this year.
We at once secured a few good specimens for transplanting.  We followed
the stream to the spring and <s>and</s> we found the plant everywhere.
Close to the spring we found Spiranthes cernua quite plentifully.
We next went to spot near the mile post, a short distance up the
tracks, another Gentian place, but here they were not so plentiful. That beautiful grass
Erianthus saccharoides grows here.  From this spot we went to the
large spring.  On my way thither I found Polygala crinata, growing
with P. Mariana (fastigiata).  There was quite a lot of it.  This plant
is very inconspicuous, and no doubt if searched for more carefully, would
be found to be quite common.  Good specimens grow to the  height of
about 10 inches.  The head of flower is quite large.  Each little flower
is at first a very pretty pink, but changes very soon to an inconspicuous
        