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landscape. William H. Emory, 1 who was in charge of the expedi- 

 tion referred to in the foot-note below, recorded that : 



"A few miles from the spring called Ojo Grande, at the head 

 of the creek, several scattered objects were seen projected against 

 the cliffs, hailed by the Florida campaigners, some of whom were 

 along, as old friends. They were cabbage-trees, and marked the 

 locale of a spring and a small patch of grass." 2 



A few years later in an account of exploration for a railroad 

 route to the Pacific coast, William P. Blake, 3 the geologist of the 

 expedition, records in the three following paragraphs : 



" A growth of rushes forms a narrow margin of green vegeta- 

 tion around the spring and its outlet. Willows and mezquite- 

 bushes grow there also ; and I found a young palm tree spreading 

 its broad, fan-like leaves among them. The surrounding desert, 

 and this palm tree, gave the scene an Oriental aspect ; and the 



1 William Hemsley Emory was born in Queen Anne County, Mary- 

 land, 9 September, 1811. Upon graduation from the United States 

 Military Academy he entered the United States Army, in which he 

 served for more than forty years, retiring with the rank of brigadier- 

 general in 1876. His earlier years in the army were spent at various 

 stations in the eastern states, but from 1848 to 1861 he was engaged in 

 exploration and topographical work and border duty, chiefly along the 

 United States and Mexican boundary. It was during this period, and 

 especially while he was in charge of the Mexican boundary commis- 

 sion, 1848-53, that he made important scientific observations and col- 

 lections, especially botanical ones. During the Civil War he was a 

 general in the volunteer forces, returning to the regular army in 1868. 

 He died at Washington, D. C, 1 December, 1887. — John Hendley 

 Barn hart. 



2 Notes on a military reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth in 

 Missouri to San Diego in California 103. 1848. 



3 William Phipps Blake was born in New York City, 1 June, 1826. 

 He was a member of the first class of the Sheffield Scientific School, 

 receiving the degree of Ph.B. from Yale in 1852. From 1854 to 1856 

 he was geologist for the Pacific Railroad surveys, and added much to 

 the knowledge of the flora of the parts of California then visited by 

 him, through his observations and collections of plants. In later years 

 his geological work took him to North Carolina, Georgia, Japan, China, 

 Alaska, and Santo Domingo; and he was long professor of geology at 

 the University of Arizona. He died at Berkeley, California, 21 May, 

 1910 — J. H. B. 



