University of Virginia Library

Tuesday, March 20, 1951

Leaving Nahunta travelled by way of Folkstone Ga
on Rt 1 to Jacksonville, then 228, 301 & 24 to
Gainesville for the night. First Azaleas were seen in
bloom just across the Florida line at St. Marys River
Plentiful from then on & several singles & 2 mass
collections were made. Some variations in size of bloom
& amount of pink color but on the whole they are
pretty uniform (canescens). Plenty of snakes & cat
briers & the swamps are very wet indeed with the
recent rains.

Mr Roberts of the Pathology Dept Univ of Fla
showed me the Herbarium & extended an invitation to
an evening meeting where I saw Miss Lilia Arnold
& John Watkins. More rain tonight — also mosquitos in
the daytime!