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from a man in Jacksonville, stating that he owned a large body 

 of juniper in Liberty County, six miles south of Bristol. Further 

 correspondence elicited a little more information about it, but 

 I did not have an opportunity to visit the place until the 7th 

 of July. 



On that date I arrived in Bristol shortly before noon, and 

 planned to spend the afternoon walking out to the cedar swamp 

 and back. I found it accessible enough, with a good road lead- 

 ing past it, but it was eight miles from town instead of six, so 

 that my time for exploring it was very limited. Very likely I 

 did not see the best part of it ( and the owner assures me that 

 such is the casej, but as it is now for sale, and may soon be 

 subject to destructive exploitation, it seems desirable to put on 

 record at least an imperfect description of the place. 



The swamp, known locally as "Johnson's Juniper," borders a 

 small creek just about on the line between the pine hills and the 

 flatwoods, on the road from Bristol to Estiffanulga. The sur- 

 rounding soil is pretty sandy, and decidedly non-calcareous, 

 but has clay subsoil within a few feet of the surface. Long- 

 leaf pine is the commonest tree on the neighboring uplands. 

 At the point where I entered the swamp, through a thick fringe 

 of bushes (much of which had been recently burned, to the 

 annoyance of the would-be explorer), Chamaecyparis is not the 

 largest or most abundant tree, and it is scarcely visible from 

 outside the swamp, at least in summer. (There is also a little 

 of it in some smaller swamps near by, though.) Inside the 

 swamp the ground was covered with peat, and fallen logs in 

 all stages of decay, and it was fairly dry at the time of my visit, 

 though probably wet enough in rainier seasons. The trees 

 make a very dense shade, and there is almost no herbaceous 

 undergrowth. 



The accompanying illustration is from a photograph made 

 with a 15-minute exposure; but the afternoon was cloudy and 

 late, and in the middle of a bright day possibly one minute would 

 have sufficed. 



The composition of the vegetation of the swamp, as nearly 

 as could be determined from my brief visit, is indicated by the 

 following list, in which the plants are divided first into trees, 

 shrubs, etc., and then arranged in approximate order of abund- 

 ance. Evergreens are indicated by heavy type. 



