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dees ‘chee not complain if we place great value on our 
sts cae the a between River Junction and Apala- 
chicola by rail. Even at this late date there is no highway 
aie oe eee and - north, and the only 
way to reach the town by wagon or by motor car is to go south 
from herons . oe Saint Joe, ie eastward to Apala- 
chicola. 
The woods of the irregularly eroded, often steep hills south of 
River Junction, were well covered with both foliage and flowers. 
There were tender hues of green almost equal in number to the 
different kinds of shrubs and hea and they were all lively 
en 
ry ago. 
The streams meandering al ases of the hills were lined 
with thickets ot haw mes a plums (Prunus), both with 
white flower 
Seneie a away from the river and the hills, we entered the flat 
It was this region similar ones both east and west of Apala- 
chicola ate oe hes planters from the Atlantic States 
ver Here and there, there remained a 
screen ee pines, ree most of ne former pine th had long 
ago been cut away to make vast fields. t is there now may 
be second growth. The herbaceous flora was nearly if not just 
Ss scant as 1 a conspicuous plants, such as 
f 
ae aan (Kregia) and violets (Viola), were in evi- 
ye ation was je in the night, and we were now near 
the main object of o ursion, namely, Rhododendron Chap- 
manii, the Pisdudecaven ae nctatum of the Chapman letters 
quoted on a preceding page. 
The next morning we sought the cooperation of Miss Winifred 
Kimball, who was an associate of the discoverer of the Rhodo- 
driver was willing to devote a day to botanical exploration and 
! Journal of The New York Botanical Garden 21: 164 and 165. 1920. 
