
          897.

the Bladdernut -- Staphylea in flower.  We crossed the river at
Orange Grove and I went to the Yellow violet place.  Here I made
a new find -- Floerkia proserpinacoides a neat little plant 
belonging to the Geraniacea[Geraniaceae].  It is quite plentiful and I wonder
at not having discovered it on previous trips.  Returning
we went to O.G. and then to the car by way of Hilton Av.
Cardamine rhomboidea is now in bloom.

409.
April 22, 1903.  A trip with section C. to West Arlington.  We met
at the corner of Garrison & Bellview Avenue.  We noticed that the electric
company were laying tracks along Bellview Av.  We started at once
for Bluebell Hill.  On the way the Dandelion was passed very
frequently.  I showed them the beautiful behavior of the flower
stalk, which is short & inconspicuous until the flower expands.
After the ovules have been fertilized the stalk curvs[curves] over bringing
the closed flower-head close to the ground where they remain until
the seeds are ripe, when the stalk again stands upright to allow
the seeds to be disseminated.  Arrived at the hill, we found that
the <s>flowers</s> plants were already out of bloom; only here and there was a 
flower yet to be found.  From the hill we went to the little 
swamp.  Here we found Anemone nemorosa.  We returned over
        