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missing in the Pine Barrens included Spanish oak, shingle 

 oak, persimmon, Asclepias rubra, Sclerolepis uniflora, and 

 Aletris farinosa. The unusual orchids of these bogs were not in 

 flower. Some species of Polygala were in flower as were Spiran- 

 thes, Rhexia virginica, Proserpinaca pectinata and Eriophorum. 

 This was the only place where we saw Tripsacum dactyloides . 

 After a short time on the beach at Cape May Point, collecting 

 "Cape May Diamonds," we drove to Hammonton. Before re- 

 tiring we saw some moving pictures of charcoal burning and a 

 reel of kodachrome pictures of plants of the sand bars. 



On Monday morning Mr. James Bassett showed us through 

 his nursery and warehouses where many species of pine barrens 

 and coastal plants are propagated or otherwise put to com- 

 mercial use. Next we were the guests of Dr. Darrow, of the 

 U.S.D.A., at his experimental plots near Weymouth. The newly 

 developed varieties of cultivated blueberries were just about at 

 their height and it was a pleasure to pass judgment on the 

 quality and flavor of the various selections. From Weymouth 

 we crossed through Batsto, and Washington to Martha. We 

 examined the ruins of the old furnace and saw the display of 

 bog plants again but in greater abundance and on a much larger 

 scale than before. At the upper bog we crossed through a large 

 savanna of several acres where Narthecium americanum was 

 abundant. Sahatia lanceolata was common. We saw Utricularia 

 cornuta, U. fibrosa, U. subulata, and U. resupinata. Around the 

 furnace there was an abundance of ebony spleenwort and 

 Opuntia. Back in the dry barrens we observed more dwarf 

 chestnut oak than we had seen elsewhere. 



John A. Small 



