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patches.  The leaves of this tree are in 3's; they average 5 to 6 in.
in length.  The third pine found, different from these two, had
many of the characteristics of P. [virtis, Mich]. The Yellow Pine.

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Feb. 12. 1901.  About 3 P.M., I took a trip out to Clifton Park.
I took this trip to see the beautiful specimen of Bald Cypress --
Taxodium distichum, growing there.  The tree grows in a little
swampy place close to the greenhouses.  It is about 80 ft. high
and probably 3 ft. in diameter at the base.  What interested me most
were the knees, those peculiar aerial projections from the root.
These were pretty numerous and arose at various distances  from the
trunk from a few feet to a distance fully equal to ½ the height
of the tree.  The height of these projections varried too, some were
just visible, whereas others were from 12-20 inches above the
surface.  One thing noticed was the greater nunber of these 
projections on the south side, where it is somewhat <s>now wetter</s> damper.
The <s>plant</s> tree being a swamp growing plant no doubt has produced
these knees <s>to</s>be a means of aerating its roots.

The afternoon was beautiful overhead, but a cold piercing wind
made a long stay rather undesireable, I therefore glanced only
hurriedly at the numerous other rareties and left the park, determined
        