
          981.

them, so he thought and he wanted to see if we knew anything 
about them.  He knew what they were good for.  Horsemint was
good for the diarrhea.  It cured him, when everything else failed.
Indian Turnip, he called Indian Root and he thought it was in
flower now, the beautiful red berries he thought were the flowers.
Chickweed was good for a hair-wash "make a green tea of it," he
said, "and wash your head with it".  He used it regularly, he says
it will prevent the hair from falling out.  We thus spent
some time together, finally, however, we decided to start homeward.

We reached the terminus about 7.30 P.M.  When I got home I learned
that the rain had poured down for a little while, that the storm was
quite severe.  Dogwood berries are now turning red, and so
too, are those on the spice bush Lindera Benzoin.

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September 7, 1903.  Labor Day.  A trip with G. & E. from the Catonsville
terminus to Ilchester then along the River R'd to Orange Grove and
home through the ravine.  We took our cameras and secured a few
good pictures.  At telegraph post 110 on the River R'd near an old tree stump
amid Mitchella repens, I planted a specimen of Linnaea borealis.

When we reached Orange Grove, we went to the Cascades.  Here we ate our
dinner and here I planted two specimens of the Linnaea, one near the

        