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green.  The two green wings persist for some time. As we drew
nearer the spring Gentian crinita became again quite prominent.
It was now nearly 12 o'clock.  We had planned that we would
take a number of plants and transplant them in our ravine
and had calculated that we would be there by 11 o'clock; but
here it was already nearly 12 and we had not started.  We now thought
that perhaps it would be best to eat dinner before starting and
this we did.  By the time dinner was over it was 1 o'clock, and we
had planned that instead of going to the ravine to transplant our
plants, we would transplant them here.  While looking for
brush for our fire near our camp I came across two good-sized turtles; one
of them was eating a large mushroom.  In eating it would stretch
its neck out quite far, thrust its head into the mushroom three
or four times in quick succession, then draw <s>its head</s> it in and
swallow.  Mr. W. while looking around found a little turtle, the
smallest we have seen, about as large as a half-dollar.  After
dinner we went back for our plants.  Near the large spring I
found a nice specimen of Spiranthes grandis.  when we got back
to the meadow we got a few more plants, put two into cans to
take home with us, <s>which we</s> hid them along with the umbrella & the plant-press
        