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Neill (and with him, and at the Caledonian Horticultural So- 
ciety’s Garden, only, as far as’I know), in July, 1838 and 1839.” 
Notwithstanding a good description and an excellent colored 
plate eae seis it, Opuntia Drummondii was nearly or quite 
lost sight of for three quarters of a century. Apalachicola be- 
came the eee residence of Dr. A. W. Chapman, for many 
; hapma. 
ren sandy places along the coast of Florida and Georgia.” There 
is a specimen, doubtless from Apalachicola, preserved in the 
Chapman Herbarium now a 
To rediscover this plant was the abject of my visit to Apala- 
chicola. Upon reaching the town I set out in search of cacti. I 
clothing. It is evidently primarily a sand-dune plant and ap- 
parently grows only, or at least thrives best, close to the shore- 
line, 
This little prickly-pear was not the only Opuntia encountered. 
Two other interesting ones were found, the one a native ane 
growing plentifully on the banks facing the bay, and mo 
* Flora of the Southern United States. 145, 
t JourNAL oF THE NEW YorRK BOTANICAL 
A recent, visit to a Soar University greenhouse ene A fact that 
Professor R A 
sular Florida as far south as Daytona in 1916, 
