
          983.

* Mr. Stallings

in fruit.  After seeing the fern, we returned to H. crossed the river again,
and continued our trip to Ellicott City.  Gentiana Andrewsii was found
quite abundantly.  We reached E. C. about 5 P. M.  It took us
an hour to get home.

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September 12, 1903.  A trip alone to Saw Mill Pond, Glenburnie,
Marley, & Forest Home.  I left home about 15 minutes before 8
o'clock and at 8 I was in Brooklyn from whence I began my
tramp.  I was in no particular hurry so walked slowly out the
road.  I was quite surprised to find a few berries of Celastrus
scandens already ripe.  My first find was made when near
the blacksmith's.*  Here growing at the front of a large oak
tree were a fine lot of orange colored mushrooms.  They
grew in clusters containing perhaps 10-15 specimens of various sizes.
When broken, these exuded an orange colored sap which stained
the fingers.  The lamellae were decurrent and from specimens taken home
I learned that the spores were white.  I think it a species of 
Lactarius possibly L. Chelidonium.  After collecting a few specimen
I stopped at the blacksmith's.  He had a sore knee and he
wanted to know what he should do for it.  This of course got
us to talk about remedies, and he related some of his experiences
        