Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-19

woodland OF Tickets which by the bot
anists is called aster umbelatus.
In)the course OF your walk you will see.
even though you may not know them.
many varieties OF goldenrod, a family not
beloved by men who have hay fever.
There Is the early godenrod, or Soldago
juncea: the rough stemmed goldenrod.
the Canada goldenrod. the lance leayed
goldenrod. the SNOWY goldenrod.or Soil
dago speciosa. the blue-stemmcd golden
rod, the wreath goldenrod and the silver
rod You will sec the purple flowers OF
the stick-tight weed, which the Rambci
believes. without taking time to look n
up. is called desmodia. You will also see
the tall Joe Pye weed. with its fist-topped
terminal clusters of purple flowers. And
this flower calls TO mind that last sum
mer while the Rambler was tramplnS
the neighborhood of Sligo. Alton farm.
Four Corners. Indian Spring and Burnt
Mills with the Alpine Club, one OF the
hardest and longest walking natural his
tory clubs in the District, he met bot
anist from the Smithsonian Institution
who specialiZes i'm compositae and who
was working To divide the old Joe Pye
weed into six varieties. lie has probably
done IL by this time. However. IL you
enjoy such things YOU may collect many
kinds OF autumn blossoms In the woods
through which you are passing.
AS YOU pass down hill through these
woods you will notice that a ravine on
your right. which at first was inconspieu-
developing into a rugged vale upgrown
i'm big oaks. You soon come TO place
along your way where the opening IN
the woods permits "A view OF the lunc-
ton OF the valley OF Rock creek and the
vale of Piney branch. and below YOU, in
"A luxuriant setting. of greens, with touch
es OF varying shades of yellow and rus
set. you see a strip OF dark Neliow-the
muddy water of Rock creek Parallelins
II is a strip of gray. which Is the asphalt
road along the east side OF the creek
This road crosses gray stone arch
under which the now diminished current
of Piney branch flows.
The vale of Piney branch is rather wide
here The ravine on your right has
opened out and where its mouth mcrges
with the vale of Piney branch there Is
wide and level wooded space. Piney
branch extends eastward. Your view OF
IL extends until II Is lost among the gray
and black trunks and low-hanging
branches of the trees which thickly cove
the landscape. On the farther side OF
the little creek oak-tmbered hills rise
high and steep. and along the near side
of the branch a very quiet old road calls
YOU to follow where il leads This road is
Travelled by walking parties and senti-
mental couples and by mounted men ana
women who want to be undsturbed by
automobiles. The road in about two hum
dred yards passes under Piney Branch
bridge and. looking up at this structure.
one is more impressed by it's height and
slenderness than by passing over IL. in
the bed of the branch are exposed masses
of rock which are outcroppings OF the
basic rock of this country. The bed is
also strewn, in places almost piled. with
loose. smooth water-worn stones which
caused the branch to be selected as
workshop by Potomac Indians for making
stone implements. Many old birch trees
grow here. and their bark is SCARED and
tattooed with initials. dates and hearts as
high up on their trunks as a tall man can
reach.
The road in it's eastward progress be-
comes narrower and more closely shut in
by the wooded hills on the right and left,
and runs SO close to the creek that flood
waters have here and there cut into II.
Probably you are now struck by the num-
Der OF paths that lead down through the
right woods, worn by people who
find this picture vale by coming down into
IT from the ends of 18th aed 10Th streets.
At that part of the vale where 18th street
would cross IL you come to an old road.
and following this you climb once more
into the closely built section of Mount
Pleasant.