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place again later to see result.

From the swamp, I went to L. and then to the Climbing
Fern's retreat.  Here I got quite a number of pretty
specimens of Nephrodium Novaeboracense and N. Thelypteris.
I was very much pleased to find here also Woodwardia Virginica
quite an unexpected find.

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August 9, 1902.  With Mr. W. to the ravine.  We met on the car
and reached the terminus about 8 A.M.  We took the route
leading to the field.  On this path we found two plants of
Habenaria tridentata.  The plants had already bloomed and showed
from their appearance that the ovules had been fertilized.

From the field we <s>f</s> went to Owl spring.  Very close to the
marked Aplectrum place we found a medium-sized hornet's
nest.  Not a hornet was seen, but when Mr. W. threw a stick
and struck the nest, they rushed out of the opening of their home
almost instantly and swarmed about for some time.  We
thought we would visit the nest that was built so close to the
ground, and Mr. W. had provided himself with netting and
gloves for the occasion.  We searched for some time most carefully, 
but we failed to find it.  In one place, about where we
        