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Friday, March 30, 1951

Discovered loss of my gasoline credit card &
telegraphed the station at Van Cleave & have it sent on
to Silsbee, Texas. Hope it turns up! Ran back
into New Orleans for one or two pictures of the old
town — then on via U.S. 61 to Baton Rouge. Claire
Brown of the Botany Dept att the State University was
away for the day. Their herbarium is poor.

On via U.S. 190 with sundry deviations
via Melville, Lebeau to Opelousas & Eunice,
Chataignier & Mamou to Basile but no Azaleas.
This country is bad — very flat & when not
swampy is cultivated or closely grazed. Proper
situations seem just non existent. The change
came, however, at the E branch of the Calcasieu
River when the first small hills appeared &, almost
immediately afterwards, Azaleas. Am at De Quincy
for the night but intend retracing a bi in the
morning to collect at least in Beauregard Co where
they must be abundant. A cool night.