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my way examined plants of Iris verna.  The flower of this plant
are exceedingly rare this year, most of the plants having suffered
from the cold, and are only now putting forth new shoots.
But very few plants are to be found in bloom.  Returning to
the station I passed in the rear of H's; here I met an old negro
with a mal-formed hand.  The hand had not fingers but in there [their]
place were little minute projections.  The old man said he was born
that way.  Walked home.

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May 5, 1904.  With section A. of my Botany class to the Blue-bell
region.  These plants were already past blooming, last week would 
have been the proper time to see them at their best.

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May 5, 1904.  With Section B. along <s>Gwynn's</s> Herring Run.

554
May 7, 1904.  Morning.  With Mr. W. to Glenburnie.  We met in
Brooklyn at 8.15 A.M.  The morning was beautiful, the temperature
delightful.  It, therefore, did not take us long to reach
the branch where we deflected to the right and visited the pond.
Iris verna, we found in full bloom.  One would hardly think the
region the same visited on Tuesday.  Then I would have predicted an
almost total failure of blossoms, to-day, however, one see[s] the
blossoms as numerous, if not more so, than ever.  Mr. W. had to
        