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July 12, 1902.  A trip with Mr. W. through the ravine then to 
the Cascades to Ilchester and Ellicott City.  We met on the
car and reached the terminus aout 7.30 A.M.  We went
our usual route, passed V's and the open field.  I again
collected ferns.  In the moist thicket, near the field, while 
collecting a few Lady-ferns, I found a nice specimen of
the Ragged Fringed-Orchid (Habenaria lacera, R. Br.).  At first I
thought it Habenaria blephariglottis, but soon saw that it was
not.  While I collected the ferns, Mr. W. searched for more
of the orchid and presently found another specimen.  We
took neither of them.  From the field we went to
Owl Spring.  Just as we left the field and entered
the woods again, I thought of that smooth-barked
tree that I had failed to recognize during the winter.
We decided to examine it to-day.  We had marked
its position pretty well, so had little trouble to 
find it.  Mr. W. who had taken a slightly different
route soon called me to show me a hornet's
nest, close to the ground, that he had found.  I too,
at the same time, found a very small one, one that
        