Field notebook, 1940-1943
Page 39
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Night of Session. The actual display of azaleas was somewhat disappointing, but the grounds are pleasantly laid out, the following features being outstanding: 1. The location, a rising terraced elevation with view of bendy rivers and salt-marsh, much like New England, in Newburyport is special. 2. The garden walls [illegible] of gray brick. 3. The middleton oak, and the adjacent live-oaks. 4. The granite moss and cypress trees, although this display is not so good as on the adjacent roads. 5. The terraces sloping to the river. 6. The large magnolia trees. The one poor feature is the area of formal jobs at the base of the terraces. Visited also the Charleston Museum, where I met Mr. [illegible] the director. The museum is larger than one would anticipate with a surprising amount of paleontological and an- thropolical material as well as mineral and zoological exhibits, including some animal groups. The reptile collection is exceptionally good, especially that of live snakes. In deep woodlands around Charleston, I noticed Zephyranthes but did not collect any. Stayed overnight in Charleston. April 17 (Friday) On route to Augusta, Ga., collected in wet pine barrens N. of Walterboro: Sarcochilus flava; S. rubra (noted, but not collected); Leucothrix nitida;