April 1882. Page 2 (seq. 5)

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George climbed to the top of a
high tree (Cupressus) and cut
off about 5 feet of the top
from which I have taken
specimens to press. Last
year's cones were abundant
on the branches. The Kalmia
latifolia
grows in the swamp
in abundance and I have put
some of the branches with
last year's leaves to press.
I also found the Mitchella
repens
with the ripe berries
some of which I put to press.
This P.M. I succeeded after
working for over an hour
with spade and trowel and
hands in digging up a
Symplocarpus foetidus
entire. The rootstock was

about 6 in. long and somewhat
over an inch thick and the
countless coarse fibrous roots
from about 6 to 12 or 15 in long.
I particularly noticed that the
roots near the base of the
scape were the youngest and
most active, while those at
the other end were actually
dead. The root stock is ever
dying and decaying at one
end and advancing at the
other — (Gray Lessons in Botany-Page 42).
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Apr. 9th Southboro, Mass.
I found the Equisetum ar-
vense
in a wet sandy ditch
by the rail way track near
the station. It was only
about 2 inches out of the
water. This P.M. I found

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