
          900

the race and followed the little stream which flows into the falls at
this point.  This part of the walk is, too, quite pretty.  Crataegus
here, too, was everywhere; two species I think.  At any rate, one
had green leaves whereas the other had reddish leaves <s>even</s> while
in the young state.  We crossed the railroad tracks and proceeded
to Wilkins Av., where we took the car for home.

413.
April 27, 1903.  From Catonsville to Ilchester, then along the Patapsco
to Relay, collecting for the high schools.  I left home about 8 
o'clock and took with me vasculum and camera.  I arrived at the
Catonsville car terminus about 9 o'clock.  It was a beautiful morning,
neither too hot, nor, too cold.  It was rather windy though and as there
has not been any rain for more than a week, the road are very dusty
and clouds of dirt were raised whenever a team passed.  I walked
out Frederick R'd to Thistle Glen Rd; this road took me through
Ilchester and too the River R'd.  At I. I noticed that the new
railroad bridge is already in position.  Columbine was found in
profusion, & I would have liked to get a picture of it, but the wind
was too strong.  Dogwood is now in all its glory and will be
for more than a week.  To-day as on several former occasions I
observed how red the capsules  of the Saxifrage become while ripening.
        