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— 1893 —
— July 5 —
— Concord, Mass. —
Fine day. I have done no wheeling as
I was rather tired today. After break-
fast I went down to the Boathouse with
Will. It is a small floating structure
with compartments for 2 canoes which slide
in a groove a few inches above the floor.
The floor consists of boards with spaces
between communicating with the water.
The muskrats come up and stay in the
boathouse a good deal, lying in beds which
they make for themselves. They are very
tame, and I crawled in and, with a
sport stick scratched one of them on the
back. Will says that he gets them be-
tween his knees and plays with them.
Will went off and spent the day at Ball’s Hill
fixing up his cabin. Margie & I went out in
a dory and got some Water-lilies. Then
I collected a lot of young plants of Pontederia
showing the early linear leaves. I never
noticed the form before. In some, the
plant was still attached to the fruit.
I put the plants in press after dinner, then
sampled strawberries in the patch, and
read. It rained in the latter part of the
afternoon. After supper, Will & I walked
down to the Club House by the river, and
called on Mr. Lombard, Hill, and Wightman.
It is a delightful place with boats and it
is filled up with cooking arrangements and private
rooms pictures &c.They take tea there daily
and have a good bit of company, Sundays.
We had considerable thunder lightning & rain in
the course of the evening.
Pontederia cordata L. Young plants. Concord River by
Boathouse landing.