JOURNAL 
. OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XTX January, 1918 No. 217 
COLLECTING PRICKLY-PEARS AT APALACHICOLA 
(WITH PLATE 208) 
y way north after a cruise to the Cape Sable region of 
Florida,* in April 1916, I took occasion to make a side trip to 
tus 
corded in a previousf paper, an intended visit to Aoalathco 
had been frustrated by a period of cold weather. 
At He s time, however, the weather conditions 
as could be desired. After leaving Miami there was no uncom- 
an drop in the temperature, and I duly Sue nae onville 
without incident. Late in the afte ernoon nT left there for Rive 
HI 
miles een ard. Asa result of the heavy traffic of the ce 
primarily to a prolonged drought and a dirt-ballasted track, and 
at two o'clock in the morning reached River Junction. About 
daybreak I learned that the only daily passenger train did not 
leave for Apalachicola until late in the afternoon. However, I 
by worn-out flat-cars, box-cars, a cattle-car, and a piece 
(JourNaL ae December, Aas 7 (18): -291 was issued aia 7, 1918.) 
* Jou = NEV K BOTANICAL Gari 189-2 1916. 
t ees OF THE nee ae BOTANICAL Cac 18: nage 1917. 
