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Pinus rigida, constitute practically all the coniferous timber of that 

 district, although in the swampy plains a little further south one 

 finds great areas covered with Pitch Pine and Deciduous Cypress. 

 An attractive feature of the forests of the mountains of the south-east 

 United States is the undergrowth of Rhododendron and Kalmia ; but 

 I was not fortunate enough to see them in flower. 



