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Oct 5. 1917
To Botanical Gardens Prospect Park
To see Wild-flower garden.
very interesting and of some assistance.
Afterward walk thru the Park.
Much White Wood aster (A. duanculus)
a few plants of Erect Knot- Weed
(Polygonum erectum)
Knot Weed (Calinsorga parviflora)
introduced from Tropical America
At Laurel Hill Return Factory & Staten
Masses of Matrimony Vine.
Lycium (barbarum or Julyan) now in
flower & fruit. From Europe.
Japanese Knotweed .(Polygonum
cuspidatum or Zuccarinii) Introduced
from Japan
Polygonum aviculare - (Knot-Grass Don Weed)
2nd from Europe
Amaranthus graecizans (Zumlli Weed )
W- from Tropical America
bottlebrush
Salvia Kalmi (Russian Thistle. K.)