
          1084.

* Twigs brought home & placed in water bloomed in 5 days.
** Observed a snake that had been killed

will be allowed to make its wide sweep.  I found nothing of
particular interest, being mainly interested in the collecting of twigs.
Ulmus Americana  will soon be in bloom, its twigs are covered
with greatly swollen buds and so also the Maple.

I ate my dinner in a quiet little nook on a hillside facing
Franklin R'd.  After dinner I proceeded to Walbrook where I
took a car for D. H. P.  Here I got a few Horsechestnut twigs
and then started for home.

520
March 19, 1904.  A trip to Chain's woods and Swan Creek.  We
had arranged to meet at the terminus of the Curtis Bay line at 9 o'clock.
As I was anxious to get specimens of Symplocarpus I arranged with
Mr. F. to meet in Brooklyn at a quarter past 7.  Mr. F., however, did 
not come on time, so at 7.30 I started for the Skunk Cabbage
region alone and which I reached in about 25 min.  I had just decided that it was time to return, in
order to reach the terminus on time when Mr. F. appeared.  I had
had, however, too little time to do any collecting.   When we reached the
car line, no car being in sight we walked down the road towards
the bridge by which time a car approached.  When we boarded the
car, Mr. W. was already inside.  Here, too, was Mr. Hancock, who owns
much of the land around Swan Creek.  Mr. W. had already made his
        