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to be one of the largest genera of spermatophytes in this part of 
the state. The pine-barren ponds which are so characteristic of 
some parts of southwest Georgia are rare or wanting here. 
Bulloch County is of interest historically as having been in all 
probability at one time the home of Mr. John Abbot, who has so 
skilfully portrayed a number of the interesting plants of Georgia 
in his ‘“‘ Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous Insects of 
Georgia,” published in 1797. Having examined this work a few 
weeks previously, I noticed on coming to Bulloch County the 
large number of plants growing in the vicinity which had been 
Fic. 1. Scene on the dunes of Tybee Island, showing Seda/ Palmetto. June 21. 
figured by Mr. Abbot, a larger proportion than I had ever seen 
elsewhere ; and I collected several of them in order to throw more 
light on those which had never been definitely identified. 
On June 19 I went down to Savannah to spend a few days in 
that vicinity. On the 2oth I collected (nos. 917-922) near Guyton, 
in Effingham County, thirty miles from Savannah, and on the 21st 
(nos. 923-933) on Tybee Island, at the mouth of the Savannah 
River. In Savannah I was joined by my brother, Otto T. Harper, 
who accompanied me most of the time during the rest of the 
summer, and assisted me with some of the work. 
