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Joint Bulletin 6 



straw-colored blossoms, gi'owing on slender, upright branches and wav- 

 ing like fairy wands to the passersby, and clambering among and over 

 the scrub, the dainty, sensitive brier, Morongia uncinata. sheds beauty 

 around by its fluffy pink balls of bloom with their golden stamens. 



As we neared the coast vegetation becomes more abundant, cab- 

 bage palms, Sabal Palmetto, of splendid growth with vines like smilax,' 

 (Bona-nox) , and trumpet flower, Bignonia crucigera, add to the jungle 

 effect where oaks with wonderful festoons of Spanish moss, Tillandsia 

 usneoides, lend enchantment to truly tropical vistas. Here quantities 

 of blue salvia, (lyrata), border the way, as well as occasional patches of 

 the red, (cocciyiea), while wild verbena, {Lamhertii) , and brilliant orange 

 or purple lantana, (Camara and SeUoiciaiva) , gladden the eye. By the 

 Halifax River was found the wild heliotrope, Heliotropium Cut'a^saviciim. 

 There also were the great oyster beds, and there various water birds 

 were wading and fishing, among them the Louisiana heron, a noticeably 

 beautiful species with contrasted blues, chestnut and white. In the 

 grasses, sparrows new to me were singing and fluttering (probably 

 Scott's seaside), but I could not be sure of its identity. 



Between Daytona and Sea Breeze, as we approach the ocean, masses 

 of spiderwort, Tradescantia j-effexa, with their brilliant blues, showy 

 white poppies, Argemone alba, Spanish bayonets. Yucca aloifoUa, and 

 Cherokee roses, R. laevigata, make a fairyland of beauty. Here, as 

 elsewhere, phlox, escaped from cultivation and of every hue, covers acres 

 of waste ground, and on the sand cliffs above the shining beach, gay 

 gaillardias grow. Sandpipers, gulls and pelicans add interest to this 

 charming scene. As we speed over the white sand of the motorists' 

 Paradise towards Ormond, the wide stretches bordering the sea, mag- 

 nify Nature's greatness. With the declining day we are facing toward 

 home when we are to experience one of the most thrilling sights of 

 the day in the V-shaped evening flight of the white herons. Over the 

 tops of the great pines they circle in two squads with from 50 to 75 

 birds in each, winging their way to their rookeries across mysterious 

 marshes and beyond our vision. What better ending for a spring 

 dav in Florida? 



BOTANIZING AT THE FAIRBANKS MUSEUM IN 1919 



Inez Addie Howe 



Last summer was an especially interesting season from a botanist's 



