Long Island, June 17-October 5, 1920
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July 3. 1920 Rainy Morning 19 Mota ride 2 hrs in P.M. around Plains - with Edith T Donald Rosa Eryni P.A.R. #1 " Brynia P.A.R. 2 " " P.A.R. 3 " " P.AR 4 Amelanchier nantuckensis E.P.D. Apocynum mediterraneum Chamaecrista augustifolium - 2 splendid groups - Platys Farinosa now a beautiful characteristic Plains plant E. of Kiers vill a large tract once Cultivated ? But now covered largely with characteristic Plains flowers This is interesting & indicates that it was abandoned as farming land before foreign weeds became established here & this must have been long ago all the abandoned fields I have seen in the plains are covered with Foreign weeds