It has a very wide range, almost throughout the world. Unlike many 

 of the sodges it is reasonably drought resistant and is an undoubted 

 coil binder. Don't plant it in your garden, however, Cladi um 

 jamaice nsis is quite rare in our region though common in swamps in 

 the east and south. It is one of the interesting plants around the 

 edges of several, of the Bottomless Lakes in Hew Hexico, where it 

 forms dense stands of the tall stems which droop over the edge of 

 the water. The seeds are abundant and doubtless supply much food 

 for water fowl, Scirpus occidental is is our common bulrush found 

 in the edges of lakes and ponds. It has round, thick pithy stems 

 which are leafless. It is worthless for forage and as it grows 

 only in still water, has no soil-binding value. It is a godsend to 

 the duck hunter, especially the one who can't hit them on the wing, 



*Wa s h in g t on i a filifera. This beautiful palm has been called 

 TTashir.gtonia arizonica, Arizona .Pain, since some think that It is 

 distinct fro:: 1 , the true 'vYashingtonia f ili fera which grows at • Palm 

 Springs, California, Be that as it may, the palm, we have reference 

 to here is found only in the hofa fountains northeast of Yuma. These 

 mountains arc exceedingly dry, the rainfall being not more than three 

 or four inches per annum. They are very .jagged and cut by deep, 

 narrow canyons. There is no running water to be found in the moun- 

 tains. The palms are found only in the very steep cuts opening into 

 the larger canyons. Frequently these palms are thirty feet high or 

 more and constitute a sight worth going many miles tc sec. The 

 range in which they are located is about ten miles off the highway 

 between Yuma and Quartzito, Arizona, This ten miles is extremely 

 rocky and the road is hard to negotiate, "-hen ,r ou visit the palms, 

 plan tc spend at least one hour to travel this last ten miles, I any 

 naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts feel that the Kofa mountains 

 should be set aside as a National monument, first, to preserve the 

 palms; and second, as a refuge for mountain sheep. In contrast to 

 many of the southwestern ranges in which mountain sheep live, these 

 mountains seem to be a permanent refuge. In most other ranges the 

 sheep are there today and perhaps fifty miles away in a very short 

 time. But even in the Kofa "bunt a iris occasionally the water supply 

 is very short. This should be corrected and artificial water holes 

 for the summer rains provided, -deferring once more to the palms, 

 it is strange that anyone should care to destroy something as 

 beautiful and unusual as these palms, yet you will find that many 

 of the trunks are bare of the old leaf sheaths because fire bugs 

 have set fire to thorn to en .joy seeing them, burn. If the mountains 

 wero set aside as a '.rational monument and a minimum, amount of 

 policing done, the future of the palms and. the mountain sheep could 

 be assured. These palms are easily propagated ir. the nurseries and 



