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101 — 1885 — — Cambridge Mass June 21 — This P.M. Helen & May Dexter & myself took the cars to Arlington and then walked round the lower basin of Mystic Pond through Medford, crossed the Mystic River back into Arlington and home by the cars. It has been a beautiful day, but with a good deal of wind and dust. The Iris was the only flower I saw of any vivid color. Carices seemed to abound. Poa compressa, L. (Fide L.H. Bailey jr from spec. sent him growing with this) Carex muhlenbergii, Schk. ➚ {(Fide L.H. Bailey jr from spec. sent him growing with this)} Dry ground near Mystic Pond, Medford. Carex filiformis, L. (Fide L.H. Bailey jr from spec. sent him growing with this) Bog — Medford ————— — Cambridge Mass June 25 — A beautiful day, but warm. This P.M. I took the steam cars to Waverly and did a little botanizing returning the same way by rail. 12 Carex filiformis, L. var. latifolia, Boeck. Fide L.H. Bailey, jr. from similar specimens sent him growing with these Swampy ground, Cambridge — 13 Carex aperta, Boott. (Fide L.H. Bailey, jr.) Type!! Low ground — Belmont. Lindera benzoin, Meisner — Young fruit, Belmont. Sanguinaria canadensis, L. Fruit. Waltham. Allium canadense, Kalm. Flowers. Belmont.
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102 — 1885 — — Cambridge, Mass., June 27 — This A.M. I took the train at Cambridge Station for So. Action on the cares, meeting J.R. Churchill. At Concord Junction we met Mr. Joyce who was our guide through the day. Mr. J. has lived for may years in Action and Concord and he knows every inch of the country for miles around. He has also a wide knowledge of plants. We were between 6 & 7 hours in Action, rambling about the country. We lunched by a cool spring under the shade of a red maple. A sharp thunderstorm came up in the P.M. and lasted for about 1/2 hr, but we went into a small hut on a hill and were sheltered. We botanized on Big Hill which lies in the town. Deep woods cover the sides and top and we found a good many very choice plants. Mr. Joyce knows when they all grow and he took up readily to them. We saw a grand profusion of ferns, the Maidenhair being very abundant. Mr. J. calls it his "Fernery." We returned by the 6.32 train. I reached home a little before 8 P.M. It had not rained here.
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103 The plants below were from Action, Mass.
Brunella vulgaris, L. (Flowers snowy white) Lobelia spicata, Lam. Open field Xanthoxylum americanum, Mill. } Silene noctiflora, L. } Roadside Carex virescens, Muhl. (Fide L.H. Bailey jr from spec. sent him siimilar and growing with this) Open ground, Meadow. Rather dry Pyrola secunda, L. Melampyrum americanum Mx. } Asclepias quadrifolia, L. } Habernaria hookeri, Torr. } Cypripedium parviflorum, Salisb. } Uvularia perfoliata, L. } Galium lanceolatum, Torr. } Carex laxiflora, Lam. var. latifolia, Boot. } approaching var. blanda, Boot. (Fide L.H. Bailey jr from portion of the same plants sent him) Deep moist woods Big Hill.
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104 — 1885 — — Cambridge Mass. June 30 — I have enjoyed a very successful botanical trip today. I took the 7 A.M. train from Boston and met Rev. Thos. Morong at Natick. We were armed with botanical boxes, rubber boots & lunch. I had besides my press. We walked and there put on our rubber boots, and entered the swamp. It is an immense quaking bog covering with a growth of Kalmia angustifolia, Gaylussacia dumosa, Andromeda ligustrina & polifolia, Cassandra calyculata, Vaccinium corymbosum with Acer rubrum, Cupressus thyoides, Abies nigra, Pinus strobus, Betula alba, var. populifolia, Cornus sericea, Larix americana — We spent about two hours in the swamp and collected a number of plants. Then we took hour lunch by a cool stream of water and returned to Natick, where we took the noon train for Ashland. We spent the P.M. in going over Mr. Morong's botanical correspondence. He gave me some very valuable letters. Robbins the botanist of Uxbridge, Mass. left his botanical correspondence to Mr. Morong, who very kindly has given me specimens of almost
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105 all the letters. Robbins corresponded with such men as Oakes, Lapham, Alphonzo {Alphonso} Wood, Thurber, Durand &c.
I took tea with Mr. & Miss Wiggins and returned to Cambridge in the evening.
The following list were collected in Natick Swamp — Drosera intermedia, Drev. & Hayne, var. americana, DC. Very abundant. Not in flower. Gaylussacia dumosa, Torr. & Gr. Scattered, growing with Kalmia angustifolia Cupressus thyoides, L. Peltandra virginica, Raf. Lemna polyrhiza, L. } Fide T. Morong. Potamogeton zosterifolius, Schum. } {Fide T. Morong.} Scheuchzeria palustris, L. Eriophorum vaginatum, L. {Eriophorum} gracile, Koch. var. paucinervium Engelm. Carex trisperma, Dew. } Fide L.H. Bailey jr. {Carex} pseudo-cyperus, L., var. comosa, Boott. {Carex} bullata, Schk. {Carex} utriculata, Boott. } Fide L.H. Bailey jr. from specs. sent him growing with and similar to these.