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* Some twigs were taken home. these started to bloom beautifully a week later [illegible] 6, 04.

** Camptosorus was quite plentiful on one of the rocks.

*** Young vigorous shoots of Rhus glabra.

up stream, keeping on the left bank, a short distance.  Dirca palustris*
was found very abundantly.  Another shrub, also quite abundant, but
which I failed to recognize, was observed.  Its leaves, with serated edges are alternate.
Most of the plants observed were quite conspicous, because of singular
gall-like excrescens that had been formed near the base of a great
many of the leaves.  I cut open one of these galls and found in it
three small developing insects.  How strange that the leaves thus
attacked, remain on the plant, whereas all the others fall.  I must
go to the place again later in the year and note development.

Returning to the camp, I crossed the brook and proceeded along the
path, up stream quite a distance.  I was charmed with what I
saw.  The path is beautiful, as is also the surrounding woodland; 
but the brook is grand.  As one goes up stream, the scenery
becomes more rugged.  In some places pretty little cascades were
observed.  I proceeded as far as several large rocks** beautifully fern --
and moss-covered and then returned to the camp.  As soon as I 
returned, we broke up camp, and proceeded toward the station.  Several
pretty stalks of the Sumach*** were growing not far from the camp.
I was very much pleased to find upon examination, that the
leaves were arranged on the 2/7 plan. We had not proceeded far
        