YOU SAY IN YOUR LAST LETTER THAT YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT TO FIND THE 

 SHRUBBY AND THE ARBORESCENT VARIETIES IN THE SAME LOCALITY* NOW THIS 

 IS TRUE OF Q. AGR. IF YOU RESTRICT THE IDEA OF LOCALITY TO A VERY SMALL 

 SPACE; BUT YOU CAN FIND THE TWO WITHIN A HUNDRED YARDS OF EACH OTHER, ALL 

 THE DIFFERENCE BEING, PERHAPS, AN INTERVEN NG HILLOCK, THAT PROTECTS 

 THE LARGE TRE E FROM THE WIND. IT DOES NOT HOLD GOOD AT ALL OF 9. OBTUSf- 

 LOBA, THE "POST OAK WITH RUNNERS * * OF THE GULF STATES. THE SHRUBBY 

 OAK THERE FORMS A LOW THICKET, IN WHICH THE LARGE TREES STAND 20 OR 30 

 FCCT APART. AND WHEN THE LARGE TREE HAPPENS TO DIE, SOME OTHER INDIVI- 

 DUAL SOON ASSUMES I TE R OLE, THE REST REMAINING DWARF AS BEFORE. PRECISE- 

 LY THE SAME THING IS TRUE OF THE MAGNOLIA GLAUCjfi}. YOU WILL SOMETIMES 

 FIND A SOLITARY FLOWER TERMINATING A NUMBER OF DWARFS FROM SIX TO E I GHTEB 

 INCHES HIGH, WHILE IN THE MIDDLE STANDS A GOOD-SIZED TREE OF NORMAL 

 FORM & HABIT. NAY, SOMETIMES A SINGLE FLOWER APPEARS TO COME RIGHT OUT 

 OF THE GROUND, STEMLESS. THIS OCCURS ONLY ON A CERTAIN KIND OF SOIL, 

 JUST AS IS THE CASE WITH THE POST OAK. 



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