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the Savannah River a tew miles from the point where I crossed it^ 

 I found myself at Sisters' Ferry, where Wilham Bartram crossed 

 the river on April 25, 1776,* and Andre Michaux and his son on 

 April 26, 1787.1 



Bartram mentioned particularly the occurrence of Dirca pahis- 

 tris on the Georgia bank at this point, and Michaux noted, besides 

 the Dirca, Kalniia lattfoHay two azaleas and a few other shrubs.. 



Figure 2. Sisters' Ferry, on the Savannah River (Effingham Co., Georgia, and* 



Hampt 



June 12, 



This is the place where Bartram and Michaux crossed in the eighteenth century. 



I had no difficulty in finding the Dirca and Kalmia, and secured 

 specimens of them (nos. 18 1§, 181^). Both species are very rare- 

 so near the coast in this latitude and at so low an altitude 

 (probably not over 50 feet above sea-level). At that time I was 

 not aware of Michaux's visit, and I did not notice the azaleas- 

 (which must have been past flowering then) and other plants men- 

 tioned by him, one of which seems to have been the recently 



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*See Bartram's Travels, page 307 (of 1794 edition). The year may have been 

 1777 ; for the dates in different parts of this work contradict each other, and I have- 

 not yet determined which are correct. 



t Journal of Andr6 Michaux (edited by C. S. Sargent), page 9. On page 12 is «u 

 reference to a subsequent visit to the place on May 13 of the same year. 



