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39 — 1894— — July 14 — the 3.35 train for Kennebunk. There we stayed till 6.12. M. read in the station, while I walked over the town. Took the 6.12 train and reached the Elms Station, Wells at 6.18. Met Charlie Lord who drove us up to the house. Aunt Marion, May & Effie greeted us. Little George is here. it is a fine place here. Walked through the barns after ducks, chickens, pigs — ————— July 15 — Wells, Me. Pleasant warm Sunday. This A.M. we all strolled down to the beach some 3/4 m. distant. We went through the barns and were much interested. Hudsonia tomentosa & Artemisia caudata are abundant in the sand by the beach. I saw neither of these at Kennebunkport. In the woods by the house, I saw abundance of Dalibarda repens & Clintonia borealis, not seen at the Port. In the evening I read "Belt in Nicaragua."

40 — 1894— — July 16 — — Wells, Me. — Foggy, damp, occasional reain & sun. This A.M. Charlie, little George & I drove over to Kennebunkport. I saw the Clark House, and the store where father worked as a boy. Met Miss Jenks & the Greenoughs. We drove home by Kennebunk Beach, and went to the end of Lord's Point. This P.M. I finished reading "Belt in Nicaragua" It is a most interesting and instructive book. My plants dry slowly in this damp weather. Miss Hattie Jenks came this P.M. Read soem this evening — Letter from L.H. Bailey jr & E. Faxon — ————— — July 17 — Welles, Me. — Pleasant day, cool, sun & fog alternating. We took a pleasant ride this A.M. to Wells and round the country. Miss Jenks & I bathed before dinner. This P.M. read and examined the barn swallows, &c. Miss Marian Jenks came this evening. Letters from W.W. Dodge sending Cynosurus cristatus, and from others. Plants drying slowly —

41 — 1894— — July 18 — — Wells, Me. — A glorious day. This A.M. I took the ladies to drive. We went through some very pretty roads bordered by open fields & woods. Had a fine bath before dinner. This P.M. we lazed about the barns which are a never-failing interest. This evening Geo. Deane Rob & Ella Lord & Mr Edw Lord arrived — Hudsonia tomentosa, L. Fruit — Beach — Helianthemon Rooting spm open pasture. Others, roadside — ————— — July 19 — Wells, Me. — Fine warm day. This A.M. Geo. & I drove the Miss Jenks to Wells Village and round over Coles Hill. We all went in bathing before dinner. Glorious bathing. This P.M. I dried a lot of blotters, and took a nap. After supper, Geo. & I walked down to a larger heron roost at the foot of the hill. Saw lots of herons flying about. Music this evening. A large piece of marsh land near the beach as been diked and reclaimed, and generally a large lot of hay is cut. There is little this year. I saw the muddy bottom of the trenches in places yellow with Ranunculus cymbalaria — —————

42 — 1894— — July 20 — — Wells, Me. — A very hot day. Still no rain. This A.M. most of the party went out fishing. I went down to the beach with them and saw the boat launched through the surf. Then I tramped ove rthe marsh that has been reclaimed from a salt marsh some 10 yrs. ago. A large dike keeps the water back and the land is drained by a number of ditches. Most of the marsh plants have gone, though some linger such as Spartinum juncea & Scurpus maritima in a few places, and in the muddy ditches are Ruppia, Salicornia herbacea and Ranunculus cymbalaria. The last grows in the soft, black mud in the ditches, with no other plant near it, and it has a fine chance to spread. I took up one plant with some half a dozen runners, with at least half a dozen plants rooting on a runner. The marsh has been sown with Herds Grass (Phleum pratense) & Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata).

43 been a fine crop of hay, but this summer for some reason, weeds have got in very extensively, and the crop has been light. Among the most abundant weeds are Oenothera biennis, Gnaphalium uliginosum & polycephalum, Epilobium adenocaulon, Rumex acetosella (forming large red patches) Achillea millefolia. I found a good patch of Sweet Grass (Hierochloe borealis). In some low bits of ground are Typha latifolia & angustifolia. I saw considerable Festuca ovina, var. duriuscula & Poa pratensis. Returning home I drove to the beach with Mr. Goodwin. He drove me to the head of the beach S.W. as far as the river. We met the fishing party at the bath houses. They had from 40 to 50 cunners & pollock. Fine bath — Last one for a long while. To-morrow we go to Whitefield. This P.M. in the house packing — It has been a very hot day. We sat on the piazza in the evening. Ranunculus cymbalaria, L. I took one plant that was throwing out numberless runners in the soft black mud in one of the ditches in the Dike. The reclaimed marsh is call the Dike.

44 — 1894 — — July 21 — — Whitefield, N.H. — We left Wells by the 8.33 train from the Elms and spent the three hours and more wait in Portland by riding in the horscars through the city and visiting the Observatory where we had a fine view of the harbor and city. Dined at the Union Station and took the 1.05 train for Whitefield. Sharp thunder-storm before reaching the Notch. Ride through the Notch was glorious. Nothing more impressive. We traced the Saw River to its source in the Pond by Crawford's — Mr. Döring & Fred were waiting for us at the Station. Aunt Anna was on the piazza to welcome us. She keeps up wonderfully. We had a gorgeous sunset and retired early —

— July 22 —Whitefield, N.H. Fine day. Staid about the grounds most of the day, enjoying the view, reading & writing and talking with Aunt Anna. This P.M. Mr. Döring & I drove a little way to see a footprint (?) in a large boulder in a field. The print is such as a foot might make in soft mud, with a little raised bit of stone between the big toe & the next one.

45 — 1894 — — July 22 — The boulder is one of many lying over the field and seems to be a kind of granite. When that boulder was soft, I should suppose it was hot. This would throw doubt on the print being that of a man. It is strangely like one though. The side of the boulder, which is some 6 ft. x 4 x 3, opposite the print has certain raised striations on it, somewhat simlar in character to the one between the toes of the point. I shall ask a geologist about it. Carex scoparia, Schk, var. minor, Boott. (Oct 4, 1894 — Fide L.H. Bailey jr from spc sent) This little sedge was abundant in the tall grass in the field near the boulder —

— July 23 — Whitefield, N.H. Fine day — Read this A.M. Dawson's "History of the Earth & Man" which Aunt Anna has given me. M. & I went to the top of the barn to get the view. This P.M. Mr. Döring & I took a drive to the village where I had a pleasant talk with Dr. Davis, Aunt's doctor here; he is much interested in diatoms. We drove home farther west and climbed a hill where was a fine, superb view. Saw to-day two white pines growing on large rocks. One was on an immense boulder some 10 ft. high. The tree some foot in diam. was erect from The very centre, its roots hugging the rock. M. & I took walk after tea. Carex scoparia, Schk. var. minor, Boott. (Fide L.H. Bailey jr. Oct. 4, 1894 from spms sent.) Sany soil by roadside.

46 — 1894 — — July 24 — — Whitefield, N.H. — Rainy day. This A.M. Fred & I drove to the village and went over Brown's Lumber Mill. It was a most interesting sight to see the massive logs drawn up from the pond and cut in very shape. Drove to the village again this P.M. with Mr. D. and around the square past Dodge's house. Read more or less to-day. This is a beautiful house for a rainy day.

— July 25 — Whitefield, N.H. — Fine day, hazy. Mt. Washington in clouds most of the day. This A.M. Fred & I took a drive, with Dick, the colt on the Lancaster Road. This P.M. Aunt, Mr. D & I drove with the pair Fred driving to Bray's Hill. Some 3 1/2 m. off. Mr. D. & I walked to the top and had a most superb view. We looked straight down with Jefferson. All the Mts. stood out with wonderful distinctness. Home by 6.30. Aunt stood the drive well and enjoyed it. The cloud effects were find. M. & I took a walk in the evening. ————— — July 26 — Whitefield, N.H. — Fine day. Fred & I took a drive this AM. beyond Dodge's and then to the hill back of the house to examine the spruces — The black and the white spruce are very abundant, and they

47 — 1894 — — July 26 — are very unlike. The white spruce, called here the double spruce, is a handsome tree, with foliage more resembling the Balsam. The back is much smoother, as a rule, than that of the black spruce. A rough bark, however, sometimes occurs so that from the Bark alone, you couldn't tell the tree from the black spruce. I found on the hill two fine specimens of the white spruce Picea alba with very different back, but otherwise identical. One had a trunk 2 ft. through, and was from 40 to 50 ft. high, symmetrical in shape, its long cones covering the ground, and pendant from the branches. The bark was very scaly and rough, and Fred, who has charge of the place here and has lived amongst these trees all his life, says that it was unusually rough, and that had he seen the bark alone, of this tree, he couldn't have told whether it was a spruce, (as he call Picea nigra, or sometimes single spruce), or a double spruce ({Picea} alba). The other tree, 5 or 6 rods off, was identical with the former, except that the trunk was about one foot through, and the back nearly as smooth as a beech, not scaly at all. I noticed these two trees on the afternoon of July 23rd, and was much puzzled at this difference. Fred says that the bark of this last tree

48 1894 — July 25 — Whitefield, N.H. — is nearer his idea of the double-spruce, though it is unusually smooth, and that the back of the double spruce is much smoother than that of the single, in fact, more like that of the Fir, which is very abundant round here. By hunting about, we found specimens of the double spruce with bark intermediate between the two described. So I call the two specimens illustrative of the two extremes in regard to the character of the bark. It is extremely interesting to me to see these two spruces and the Fir growing together in such profusion.

This P.M. Fred drove Mr. D. & I to the top of Kimball's Hill whence we had a fine view: to the South Mts Moese hilloch, Agassiz Lafayette, Cannon with the cliff showing roughly the Old Man, Garfield, Haystack etc. Cherry Mt. cuts off the White Mts. mostly to the North, Mts. Dalton Pleasant, Prospect, Starr King and ts ramge & Stratford Peaks — Mr. & Mrs. Hall of this town took tea here. I stood on the piazza in the evening watching the starry heavens, sometimes through the telescope, and listening to the foxes barking at each other in the woods. —————