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bamensts (a shrubby species resembling 
pagos Islands), Croomia (an extremely 
motely related to Smilax), white-barked maple (Acer leucoderme ), 
and great abundance of the dwarf horsechestnut (Aesculus parvt- 
flora) and the oak-leaved hydrangea (/7. quercifolia), both widely 
known in cultivation. It was also my good fortune to go with Dr. 
Harper to the “chalk prairies,’ which le to the southwest of 
Tuscaloosa and which form the highest geological strata of the 
“black belt.’ These have a sparse vegetation, consisting, among 
other things, of unusual types of Rudbeckia and Silphium. The 
otherwise fertile “black belt’ stretches from southeast to north- 
west, a beautiful rolling prairie country dotted here and there with 
groves of oak and hickory or with scattered red cedars. The 
black belt now seems to be largely devoted to hayfields and cattle- 
C. Scoulert of the Gala- 
localized little plant, re- 
ce 
raising. 
From Tuscaloosa [I proceeded to the long-leaf pine belt of south- 
western Georgia, where I spent the first week of August. Here 
the cities and even the villages have an unexpectedly prosperous 
appearance, with up-to-date stores and hotels. Of outstanding 
interest in the vegetation were the great beds of pitcher plants 
(Sarracenia) occupying low places in the pine woods, and inter- 
mingled with them were the brilliant magenta flowers of Rhexia 
glabella, vellow-eved grasses (Xyris), white button-like heads of 
FEriocaulon, and pink Marshallias. The thicket-margins were oc- 
cupied by bright vellow Hypericum bushes. 
There is a decided contrast between the burning heat of the pine 
woods of Georgia and the chilly air of the Great Smoky Moun- 
tains of Tennessee and North Carolina, which was my next stop. 
Through the kindness and cooperation of Dr. H. M. Jennison anc 
his associates of the University of Tennessee, I spent a week at 
EIkmont, with access to the new mountain roads still unavailable 
to the public. At this season of the year the greatest display 1s 
seen on the high summits-—masses of scarlet bee-balm (J/Zenarda 
didyma) and dwarf Rudbeckia (R. laciniata var. humilis), the 
pink turtle-head (Chelone Lyont), Aster acuminatus, and turk’s- 
cap lily (Lillian superbum). The magnificent displays of /tho- 
dodendron and Trillium come earlier in the season. Dr. Jennison 
is now engaged in building up a museum as part of the National 
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