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— Oct 3. —
Cambridge Mass.
School opened last Monday, Sept. 29. This P.M.
M. & I walked up to Fresh Pond. Fields
white with Aster vimineus.
Lycopus sinuatus, Ell. Low pasture ground.
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Oct. 5 — Cambridge Mass.
Sunday. Clear, glorious day. This P.M.
I strolled over the salt-marsh back
of Cambridge Cemetrary. The dying vegetation
shows the approach of winter. Large
orange-colored patches of a short grass
were Spartina juncea. Spartina stricta,
Solidago sempervirens, Ginger, the former
quite dead.
Gerardia maritima Raf. } Salt marsh.
Plantago.

Oct. 12 — Cambridge, Mass.
Clear, cool. This A.M. George, M. & I walked half way
round the Pond. The fountain was lashed by the breeze making a
fine show. Mounted some plants yesterday & to-day.
Mentha arvensis, L. } Mud hole by Fresh Pond
Penthorum sedoides, L. } Vide Sept. 28 —
Sagittaria variabilis, Engelm. }
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Oct. 25 Cambridge, Mass.
On the P.M. of the 18th drove to Arlington with Elinor & Kitty Thompson.
M. & I. took tea at the Lamberts on the 18th. This P.M. I walked
to Fresh Pond.
Sagittaria variabilis, Engelm. } By Fresh Pond.
The fruit now is either
floating on the water or en-
tirely immersed. The akenes
are coming off now. I call
it dead-ripe —
Penthorum sedoides, L. } By Fresh Pond.
Lycopus sinuatus Ell. } By Fresh Pond.