John warts to are in bloom. One shreds is fine 28 grows 6 ft high and is a mass of greeny white. I see many things like those Mrs. T. has sent. The first palmetto was 2 miles from Savannah, in a swamp live-owls their gnarled branches festooned with moss, are now a con- spicuous feature. The times are still the long- leaf. They do beyond what whiskers, as we are no humid, flat, after swampy begin. The times that I saw in S. Carolina in the night were not so large. When young they have an elavrent top. As they