
          785.

* The spot is 45 paces w [west] from the tracks, off first telegraph pole north of a lane leading from
tracks to York Rd.

and then started with our load up the tracks.  We soon found that our
load was getting <s>more</s> heavier than we had bargained for, and as the load gradually 
grew heavier so our plans regarding the distance to which they were to
be transplanted rapidly changed.  It was therefore, no wonder, that
when we came to the first cleared space, and that even on a dry
hillside, that we decided to plant a few.  A few of the others
were to be planted on the other side of the railroad, but when Mr. W.
examined the place, he found already enough plants <s>already</s> there. The
result was that all the plants were planted on the hillside.*
We now went up the track to the Signal Tower.  Nearly opposite this tower
is a very nice spring.  Here I collected specimen of Cypreus diandrus
and C. strigosus.  While we were talking with the operator, we noticed
3 women & a child walking along the tracks.  We at once surmised that
it must be Mrs. R. & friends after Gentians.  They were, however, so far
from us that we could not recognize them.  To help us, the operator, who
thought they were neighbors close by, brought his field glass, but even
with it we failed to recognize them.  To settle the matter I decided to
return and see who they were; Mr. W. however kept on to T., where he
collected a few mushrooms.  I soon learned that our surmises had been
correct.  It was Mrs. R. with two lady friends & a child. They had
        