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Visiting  Old  Friends. 
5  Am.  Jour.  Pharrn. 
(      Sept.,  1921. 
The  conveyance  used  was  a  small  touring  car,  of  which  the 
whole  party  occupied  the  front  seat.  Impossible?  Not  at  all,  for 
you  see,  there  were  only  two  individuals,  after  all.  In  the  rear  seat 
and  on  the  floor  of  the  car  were  piled  a  vasculum,  several  cameras, 
two  pairs  of  rubber  boots,  a  large  vase  and  several  handbooks  on 
systematic  botany. 
SEASIDE  GOLDEN  ROD. 
The  sea  breeze  blowing  on  their  backs  had  a  tang  of  autumn 
in  it,  although  the  sun  was  warm  overhead.  Away  across  the  mea- 
dows and  marshes  were  many  plants  recognizable  at  a  distance. 
Clumps  of  bayberry  and  groundsel  here  and  there  relieve  the  flat 
monotony  of  the  landscape.  On  the  borders  of  the  woods  lining  the 
western  side  of  the  coastal  strip  were  rows  and  thickets  of  staghorn 
