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[[underlined]] May 2 [[/underlined]] 1901 [[underlined]] Washington [[/underlined]] - 3.45 PM B & O for Marathon, Tex. Cottonwoods & Sycamores green Oak leaves small, apple blossoms out. Warm. [[underlined]] Cumberland [[/underlined]]. dark. [[underlined]] May 3 [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Cincinnati [[/underlined]] 8 - 9 AM Vegetation as at Washington, trees green. Redbud, plum & fruit trees in flower [[underlined]] St. Louis [[/underlined]] - 7 P.M. to 8:15 From M. St. L. & S. [[underlined]] May 4 [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Little Rock [[/underlined]] 7 AM Taxiodium along streams Liquidamber Quercus phelos ? Magnolia - in yards Pinus teda ? [[end page]] [[start page]] Cornus florida in flower Cottonfields Sandy soil - mostly Ungnadia Baptisia leucantha Spider lily in flower Blackberry in flower Tradescantia " [[Ditto for: in flower]] Geomys hills at intervals [[underlined]] Malvern [[/underlined]] Wisteria [[underlined]] Arkadelphia [[/underlined]] Acres of spider lilies [[underlined]] Gurdon [[/underlined]] Palmetto aArundinaria [[underlined]] Texarcana [[/underlined]] - 12:30 More oaks, less pine Mounds larger Geomys some.
Transcription Notes:
Googled species names, kept Vernon's original spelling. Anything I'm unsure of is in [[?]]
Taxiodium = Taxodium
Quercus phelos = Quercus phellos
Pinus teda = Pinus taeda