Jacksonville, Fla.,
March 15, 1864.
Dear Sister L.:—
I send you a copy of an army paper containing some interesting matter about Olustee. I enclose a specimen of the gray moss that covers these trees. It grows in locks six, eight and even ten feet long and a foot thick hanging all over the branches, yet it has no root. It is an inextricable snarl. It seems to feed on the air, for it can get life no other way. It is the most singular vegetable I ever saw. I will try to send you some orange flowers when I write next.
