
          1043.

* Mr. P. found it in Brooklyn on Jan. 1.

place, and from there to Stoney Run to see if Skunk Cabbage* were
in bloom.  When Mr. W. and I arrived, we found Mr. F. already there.
We proceeded to the B. & P. railroad tracks, then along the tracks to
Arbutus.  From A. we proceeded to Avalon, where we crossed the river.
On the road beyond Arbutus we found Celastrus quite abundantly.
The little streams that we passed were raging torrents.  We observed
that the old Sulphur Spring hotel is being gradually demolished.
On the Cannon R'd I found a nice cluster of living fungi.  It
<s>belonged to</s> was one of white-spored Agarics.  The pileus was of a brownish orange
colo<s>u</s>r and very viscous.  The largest specimen in the cluster was about 2 in.
in diameter, but the others were of various sizes down to mere buttons.

I think it a species of Tricholoma.  Nearly opposite to the spot where the
fungi grew, we stopped to admire the lichen-covered trunk of a dead
tree.  (The lichen, to-day, were in all their glory and we stopped frequently
to admire them).  Just as I stopped before the tree, I saw a little furry
animal crawl rapidly up between the bark and the trunk, and pass a
small opening.  It must have been a field mouse.  At the railroad crossing
at Avalon, we stopped a few moments to chat with the watchman.
As we crossed the river at A. we observed several women, anxiously
looking over at the rushing waters, later we well-understood their
        