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a level hilltop. The soil was mainly Orangeburg Sand, which is a 
transitional type between the Orangeburg and Norfolk Fine Sandy 
Loams, and which, as stated in the soil survey, is occasionally found 
in small isolated patches within the Orangeburg Loam areas, occu- 
pying slight elevations which have not suffered from erosion. 
The evaporimeter was placed in the portion of the woods freest 
from shrubs or undergrowth of any kind, there being comparatively 
few herbs in the vicinity, those noted being mainly the same as 
those of the open pine wood, except that the fireweed (Erechtites 
hieracifolia) was common. This station suffered several interrup- 
tions during the 18 months of its operation, owing to the pasturing 
animals and other causes. 
The four stations described were all on the hills or elevations 
over 100 ft. above sea level, and none of them suffered from frost. 
Station no. 5 was established in September 1912, about 5 miles 
southwest of Tallahassee, on low sandhill soil, a strip of gently 
rolling yellowish sand, covered with a dense growth of: scrub 
oaks, only an insignificant part being under cultivation. It has 
doubtless been a shoal, extending east and west parallel with the 
edges of the abrupt upland to the north which once formed the 
shore line. This sandhill area is characterized everywhere by 4 
very definite as well as limited tree flora. There are 3 scrub oaks 
and 2 pines, the latter being scattered. Quercus catesbaea, Q. marga- 
retta,Q. cinerea, and the long-leaved pines, Pinus palustris and P. car- 
ibaea, are the species. The chief undershrubs near the station were 
Asimina pygmaea, Vaccinium arboreum, and V. corymbosum. 
Ascyrum hypericoides was also noted at this station and appears 
to be generally ubiquitous, although frequent rather than abundant. 
The herbs were Asclepias tuberosa, Scutellaria integrifolia, Gerardia 
purpurea, Eupatorium aromaticum, and Liatris laevigatus. 
Although the sandhill region is very sparsely inhabited, the records 
from this station happened to be frequently interrupted by meddle- 
some hunters as well as by fire, frost, and a cyclone. In the effort 
to keep the apparatus hidden it was twice moved. The cup was 
broken by frost on November 28, 1913. 
Station no. 6 was in a long-leaved pine forest on Norfolk Sand, 
4 miles southwest of Tallahassee and a quarter of a mile north of 
