, 1877-06-09

bo common TO Florida, large proportion nre
found IN tho North. and, with the exception Of
perhaps 200 species, the character Of the veRetA1 7
tfon IL similar 10 that Of GcorRta and aouth !.
Carolina These 200 species bear striking re-
scmbInnce to West Indian OF Bahama form, and !;
aro most prevafont, A. we'll as prolific, ID tho !;
southern half Of the State. Of their West +
Indtan origin there Is no doubt at all. Tho :!
long chain OF cotni-rtes Keys, extending from j
KcY f3tscnyne, on tho Atlantic coast, Ia Tortu- :
gas, IN the Gulf OF Mexico, all OK recent origin
have . fora almost entirely tropical. At kcY
falis below Is ii tic eo11c.t Winter, dowcts ars
constantly In bloom, ard tho 9appudi1lh, ~ wnE
q the Coco Nucffcta Il fn1l Of fruit In February
The !sttef = seinaskah.e for beng n constant
of Kcy West pulIlug up mid throwing Into tho
street f.antat1ad aud other flowers which VIC of :.
The North raise With tender care In grecn,aouaes.
reaa al I' ts aging, ah so and aa 10 % desr mo Ut
lot them remember that every ruse has It's
thorn, even In that favored cline. l should say
5ate s1 s s,s'} e. ea For X, H. 9 W. e T.
nnd a perfect wilderness Of Saw. Palmetto,
biaugrovcs, etc, oVcrrun with tho Ccreus
Of at least two species: It is ntnus::
S "a from aS IS m ssssa for ...s os sa'os .s ss
cics by florists. Mono Ut tho species common
TO the Keys arr Indigenous. The Brsophvllunl
calyclnun',. which grows very large, anil has .
q. our Dcilwort, Il = t!attve Of Africa Tho
ManGrorcs arc tho first representatives Of tho
plant~world on a new Key, ard the Seeding
stems, Of about tho same Rizc md atapc ~ n
and quickly roofing On the frst pl'sttaetion.
Along the shores nashcd by The nulf Stream
there arc many curious mcmcntuea of tho
tropical iiora brought over from ths West In
IL. 11u6 uAn ..Au $txA
| common. The smaller black snd brown otet,
used l1cro as cl,arine, nre the alucuns ursns p.
G., knewn, n Jasna!ca rs "4orse,EYss." T!,c
.g' 1sa' s,dfo, Snys a1S caea at'1., " Il T tbo
West. Indies cali them the ..Anttdots Co,
coon," from the fact that tho kcr11el hteeped
In rum is used In eaacs Of poison. Then tiers
s psssst .2e t5e kn slss Nsksr ~
These arr alao very han1.-of gray end yellow
| tuloss. Their botanical na1no fs GulaudIna
| bonduc. Al! of tho foregoing gror on vines,
In tho locality mentioned. So fat "a knnnn,
none hoYe become natutaa!xcl In Florida.
A stroll along shore will rewat. tho seeker after
knowledge .tth numbers Of them.
| When we leave tb7 keys and ytaft tho n1alu-
land, We encountcr : ilora In. which arc inter-
| mingled both Northern AMI Eouthcrn forms.
| Many of tho Inter hare an evergreen foliage
throughout the year. The Live OaIs, fcatooncd
with long black or gray moss Criliandsial, IS
bears nu foliage except at the extreme tup: One
| may travel thirty miles and see hundreds OF
thousands Of tbis peculiar trcc. When young,
the !utcF part is used by many natives for fool
Having surveyed the prpEltncut features Of
tho floral nnd vegetable world as exhibited In
tho examples mentioned, tho observer turna
With greater Interest to the smaller species that
nit up the background ot Florida forest.
have only time and space to ueutlun a few OF
striking Interest at the time va SAW them,-
from December. 1S16, to February, tsn,-all Of
whirl, afe represented In my leThari1,m: Col
abund9nt on salt ;, mars1ss, In ,, iitsx:
ccrtfcra, Magnolia Etanca; Houstonla rotundt
fo1,n, III aowcr; Lycium Cnru}inianu,n-the Int
ter at Matanzas. On aalt-mnrsbes. At Cctias
Keys, on the Gulf Coast: Yellow Jcssamfne, u
Gefte'nIun, scmpervtrcns, most beautiful
climber; Bo,saago sernpervircns, Vnrhe''i. Fay
Ia nt1d lutea; Crotasfla oyalla, ot, sandy storea
Borrtchia frltcsccns, on salt-ularst near the 6ea
Ceratinia e1icoi,les, A'uus tr1u.atat Eatnia In
tegriio'a or Arrowroot.-Aft In 1ower: Al
Gainesville tho following wefe collected: Oi
Fcrns-Ptert. aoutltna. variety eandasaM; t. AZ.
wariia nuglstlsolia and plrglnica; also, Vac
cfnium nyrsinttcs, urpuxfs efecta; eafraccni
! variolarls, the famous catntYorous p1ant; Cornu
Flortia, Prlnus Carotnnna, Ac.r rntrnnl
ryrns arbutifolta, Chhptaita tosnentoas; Vloaas,
two species; Attraeulus obcordatus, rare
Aacyraus ampfcxlcaulc, uypcricun fascsculstutn
Utr1cnlarta suhulata- ...
Tho rolypollum itcanum grows cycrywher
on roofs Of houscs; and the curious Fittatl
lInca4A on Pa1mcttts. In February the maEDlf
cent yellow Jessn1nlne blooms ty mh,,oua h
the pine-barscns. The iorcgolng liss te sufnc!en
to anoW the richness Of the winte ..hoEa. hu
there are many others which might be added: