University of Virginia Library

Friday, March 23, 1951

Breakfast at White Springs. Photographed Azaleas against the
Suwanee River & visited the new Stephen Foster museum — a
very pleasing job.

Travelled NE on US 41, S on U.S. 129; collected at the
Suwanee river. Then to Live Oak. Mailed plants to M.A. &
on via F. 51, U.S. 27 to Perry, F 55 to Ga line & a
collection. No Azaleas to be seen at all in Suwanee,
Lafayette or Taylor cos in spite of many apparently ideal
locations. In the state boundary region they reappeared
very conspicuously with dogwoods on crossing the fall
line. The dogwoods stopped exactly with the drop in
ground level. One collection in Madison Co on a dirt
road E from Ashville. Retraced steps & followed
146 to Monticello for the night. Saw Azaleas just
outside Monticello but did not collect. It is becoming
evident that the Florida occurrence is in very localized
pockets which are often widely separated. If they are
not seen from the main roads there seems little use in
extensive search as was made on the southern loop of
the Suwanee R in Suwanee Co. Again the situation
seemed ideal but they were not there. It is perhaps
generally a little drier than the Ga boundary.