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[[underline]]June 26[[/underline]]. Took photographs, wrote letters and worked on getting outfit together. Collected specimens of the cypress along the river as I suspect it is a good subspecies. It has no knees, the base of the trees spread low near the ground with gnarled old roots, the bark is whitish gray instead of red. The trees have wide tops & very long branches which probably is the result of this isolation. The fruit is usually small, but varies greatly in size. Some of the trees are 6 to 8 feet near the ground & 4-5 feet through above the bulge,- 10 feet up, & 70 or 80 feet high. Many small as well as large trees grow along the river. The flood last year tore down some of the largest trees as well as small ones & left logs lodged in the branches 40 feet from the ground.

The photographs will show the general form and manner of growth of the trees.

A warm day, but fresh & breezy. Thermometer on cool side of P.O. stood at 100° all the afternoon -- was 99 at 6 oclock.

Transcription Notes:
I changed "the back is whitish" to "the bark is whitish" in the 1st paragraph--thomasc