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"A potato," he said "contains potash, but then you know what a
potato contains, just as well as I do, and that's what does the
curing."  He told me, too, that smartweed, boiled as a 
vegetable is good, too, to put on sores.

I suppose I spent nearly an hour with Mr. S.  I finally,
however, bade him good-bye and I hastened onward to the
pond.  Marsilia is growing here profusely, I do not think it
can be easily exterminated now.  Water lilies are still in
bloom.  When I reached Mr. H's place I took the path.
Mr. H was in the field and we had a few moments pleasent
conversation.  He was removing [pulling] weeds from his strawberry
patch.  The carpet-weed (Mollugo verticillate) though, he
allowed to remain.  It, forming a nice mulch and otherwise
protecting the berries.  Chinquapins are now ripe and I
secured quite a lot.  I now went towards Glenburnie.
I stopped at the tile factory and ate my lunch and then proceeded
to Marley.  Golden rods and Asters are now in all
their glory.  At M. I found Mr. P. busy making cider.
"I want to show you a plant", he said, "that I cut down yesterday;
I have never seen it before, perhaps it is something.
        