
          991.

*Along the River R'd we found a great deal of Bidens chrysanthemoides 
the conditions now are just right for this plant.  Lindera Benzoin -- the fruit of this plant is not turning red, about ½ of it is already turned.

spot No 1. where last year were more than a dozen plants there are
this year but 2 or 3.  We now visited the other spots and
in one of them found 8 plants.  We also stopped at the
place where we transplanted a few plants last year, not
a plant was to be found.  We ate our dinner at Gentian
place.  After dinner we proceeded* towards O.G., <s>and</s> crossed
the river, and went up Hilton Av.  It was nearly 6 o'clock
when we <s>reached</s> approached the terminus and revisited the Rudbeckia place.
After getting a few of these flowers we went to the terminus.
It was about ½ past six when we started homeward.

473.
September 21, 1903.  On Saturday, I collected Achillea Millifolium
and Daucus Carota.  The former is now hard to find and it was
with some difficulty that I managed to collect enough.  To-day,
I went to Druid Hill Park for specimens of Chara.  It was <s>about</s> nearly
10 A.M. when I reached the Sea Lion Pond.  The keeper had just returned
from the city with a lot of fish.  I found him very agreeable and he
said I could help myself to whatever grew in the ponds.  He was anxious
to know the name of the large masses of Pectinatella in the ponds.  I now
went to the Chara pond and in a few minutes got all I wanted.

I then returned to the sea lions, just in time to see the keeper feeding
        