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[[vertical line in left margin of page]] Reached Dedham at 7:10 pm & left at 7:40 for Manning. Hurried across to C.&W. Western & caught train for Harlan. Reached Harlan at 9:45 pm. Had been without food all day, since the 5:30 am lunch at Coon Rapids. Cold night. Was very rheumatic in left hip and back. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[vertical line in left margin of page]] [[underlined]] Aug. 23 - 1913 - Sat [[/underlined]] Too lame AM [[insertion]] Rheumatism in hip [[/insertion]] to get out. Worked up notes, etc. In afternoon drove E & NE in Shepherd's car, with son Allen & a son of Dr. Gus. Moore. Went to Rabbit Hollow. In addition to specimens taken saw following in Rabbit Hollow. [[strikethrough]] [[first column]] Tilia am. Ulmus am. Corylus am. [[insertion]] Carya [[/insertion]] Pignut [[Vatis?]] Sambucus - Rudbeckia laciniata Laportea [[canaesis?]] Brown nettle [[insertion]] [[enis?]] [[/insertion]] Geum virginianum [[insertion]] Agastache [[/insertion]] Lophanthus (pink) " [[ditto for: Lophantus]] (yellow), [[/first column]] [[second column]] [[insertion]] Quercus [[/insertion]] Bur Oak [[insertion]] Juglans [[/insertion]] Walnut. Ostrya (iron wood) Ribes gracile Celtis Impatiens pallida [[insertion]] Plum Tox [[/insertion]] Poison Ivy ( [[strikethrough]] [[Laphula?]] [[/strikethrough]] Desmodium [[insertion]] [[Tishsier?]] [[/insertion]] Prunus serotina Euonymus [[/second column]] [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] The first cut = [[blank space]], marked on map. [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] Aug 31 [[/underlined]] The [[strikethrough]] east bank [[/strikethrough]] 2nd cut, on slope facing West in sec. 10 near Rabbit Hollow shows both blue and yellow loess. Neither shows fossils & saw no nodules. (over)
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Tried to figure these out with eol and ITIS. Much remains unclear.
Valia is an insect Genus, so might be incorrect.
-@caseyae
Edited markup as Smithsonian Archives prefers ^[[text]] to be used for handwritten notes in typed pages and [[insertion]] text [[/insertion]] for insertions to text. I've managed to solve some of the species, but I've left the one's I'm not sure of in [[?]]. -@siobhanleachman