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carefully".  It was some time before I caught sight of the plant
and then only, when following Mr. W.  I was very close to it.

I saw it then in all its beauty and could not help giving
vent to an <s>exp</s> exclamation of delight, nearly giving the secret
away for close by was a spring and here several workmen were
eating their dinner.  The men were soon through with
their lunch and then we sat down and ate ours.  We found
the water of the spring cool and refreshing.  After eating our
lunch we went to the stream on the west side of the railroad
and examined its banks, but none of plants were found.

We then decided to go along the railraod and see if there were
more swamps north of M.  Before leaving our plant though Mr. W.
place a large dried limb of a tree so as to hide the plant as
much as possible.  A short distance, north of M. is a large meadow.
I soon caught sight of three of the pretty spikes of flowers
<s>and</s> In a short time we were over the barbed-wire fence and
in the meadow.  We soon found the flowers plentiful enough
most of them, however, were either already faded or insignificant,
still we found several nice specimens for the press.
At least, more than 50 plants were found here.  As we were

        