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Atlanta 



in Georgia south of the 34th parallel (1809 feet). This mountain 

 is well known historically, having been the scene of an important 

 battle on June 27, 1864, but has apparently never been mentioned 

 in botanical literature. Kennesaw is mostly covered with woods, 

 and its flora seems to be richer in species than that of Stone 

 Mountain, which is mostly bare rock. Many species are common 

 to the two mountains, but those on Kennesaw are in general plants 

 of less restricted ranee. 



On the afternoon of the 14th Mr. Wilson made a short trip to 

 De Kalb county, while I went to the northern part of Clayton county, 

 about 10 miles southwest of Atlanta, where I discovered new sta- 

 tions for two or three rare species. While in the vicinity of At- 

 lanta Mr. Wilson collected plants numbered 1 to 61, and I in- 

 creased my numbers to 241. 



We left Atlanta on the morning of July 17th,. and went via the 

 Southern Railway to Dalton, the county seat of Whitfield county, 

 about 100 miles to the northward. Up to this time we had been 

 collecting in the Archaean or granite region, but on the way to 

 Dalton we passed into the newer terrane of the Palaeozoic. 



Between Atlanta and Dalton I made notes on several interest- 

 ing plants seen from the train, the most important of them bein 

 Pmus pains tris, which has long been known to reach its inland 

 limit in this region, though I know of no botanist who had visited 

 this portion of its range before ; and I selected the longer route 

 to Dalton because I knew it would give us an opportunity to ob- 

 serve this species. It was first seen by us in the western part 

 of Paulding county, in the Archaean region, at an altitude of about 

 n 00 feet, and for the next 15 miles along the railroad, in Polk 

 and Floyd counties, some specimens of this pine were nearly 

 always in sight. In Polk county we crossed the boundary of the 

 Palaeozoic region and began to descend rapidly, and in Floyd 



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pain 



about 600 feet. 



We made Dalton our headquarters during a few weeks 1 ex- 

 ploration of Whitfield and Walker counties, which lie along the 

 northern boundary of the state, adjacent to Tennessee, and are 



