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"There is a plant [drawing of plant and leaf?] called by some Spanish needles -- Bear Grass but a Gardener at Park says its right name is Spanish Bayonet. The blade is some 2 in broad and often grows from bottom to top again <there is> only the body until reaching the top – it is a dark Green + I was told the bloom was in spikes I saw the fruit about 1 ¼ in[ch] in diam + some 4 in l[on]g hanging from a stem of some 2 ft. long there were a great many – On opening one there was but little odor – the meat purple + the seed flat and black nearly round about ¼ in Diam and packed in some rows closely from end to end [drawing of "cut seed off" and "seed row"] he gave me one but I fear it will not <keep> so I cannot take it home…” - Travel Diary, Jacksonville, Florida dated December 21, 1895
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