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85. When we reached the Rio Grande river vegetation was well advanced. The Indians were planting & hoeing in their fields. Most of the trees are in full leaf, the grass on the bottom lands are a foot high & also the alfalfa. In places [[underlined]] Plantago potagonica [[/underlined]] [[?]] grows in fuzzy white carpets over the dry slopes. Reached Albuquerque just at dark & had to wait till 12 oclock for train south.