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Wednesday, July 11, 1951

Started the morning with a flat tire — last, I hope, of the
rim rubbed tubes! North on the Bryson City rd. to Coweee
Bald. Gathered orange azalea past bloom but that was all.
Back via Franklin & over N.C. 28 to Highlands for the
night. Collecting here very good. Had lunch on Satulah
Mtn & collected pretty steadily from then on. The Mtn, from
elevation of Highlands (3800 ft) up is smothered in a mixture
of arborescens & late red—orange though strangely without
too much obvious hybridization. Probably the new territory
was not available, as at Gregory, for hybridization to show up
Then too viscosum is all around, though somewhat hard to
find in bloom. It may have an off season. With the
help of Mr Henry Wright, however, found several specimens at
his place where there also grow, quite naturally, a bush
of viscosum — arborescens hybrids. One of these, a very large
pink, is an extremely beautiful thing. Cabins were scarce as
hens teeth & had to end in paying the double rate,
unfortunately necessary with so many specimens to get in
press & dried.