Evening star., 1926-10-26
MAIN MIAMI LOSS
! IS TROP|C BEAUTY
Hurricane Damage to Lovely
Trees DiSmaying, But City
Expects RegroWth.
By Consolidated Press.

By Consolidated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, October 26.-Two days
of sunshine and n night of golden
moon Shimmering on Summer seas
have helped storm -drenched Miami
to a drier and better state of well
being. There is plenty Of the rain
water left in sections of the city and
the suburbs. but with few more
days Of sun it will all be gone.
A careful survey Of the entire situa-
ton in this section of Florida con
vinces the observer that the greatest
damage suffered has been to trees.
plants and the myriad varieties Of
foliage and vegetation which have
made subtropical Florida a garden
spot of rare exotic beauty.
One looks at the havoc in the parks,
along the boulevards and in the great
private estates with "a feeling akin
TO dismay. Royal Palm Park. in the
heart of the city and one of the show
places since Miami was founded. looks
as If forest fire had swept it clean.
Graceful Trees Stripped.
The royal and coconut palms most
graceful and picturesque of all the
tropical trees. have been stripped and
shredded and beaten until they stand
stark and naked and ashamed. In the
full glory Of their beauty there is
something feminine about these
palms. In their bedraSgled CONDITION
today the smile still holds good. They
look like old hags
But the Floridans tell YOU the
palms and other tropical vordure will
ne back again within q few months,
md they are SO convincing in their
talks you simply have TO believe
them. There are 10 starl&rds Of
comparison III the North for the rapid
plant growth in this trOpic belt.
Many of Florida s most pleasing de-
>elopments are but q few years old
and the landscaping can be restored
more quickly than it was first laid
out.
Yet there are spots where the dam
age to the foliage would seem well
nigh irreparable The lover Of ma.
ture must be sick at heart as he goes
out famed Brickell avenue and on to
toconut Grove. The latter cOmmun.
ity is the oldest in the country.
Structures Fairly Intact.
Miami materially is not seriously
hurt. There is bite out of a build.
lng here. Cornice gone from build.
1ng there and many windows blown
In or sucked out by the vacuum force
OF the September and October gales.
But on many of the city corners YOU
can stand and see no evidences Of
the storms at all. 1t is when Won
turn 10 the parks and the suburbs
that the effects Of the storms strike
home
Miami can shake off hcr material
0dhaEc. Already she is doing SO
mere has been another stoppaca Of
'le city water supply as q result of
the second storm, but that is onlv a
temporary iuconNenicncC There has
heen new damage by the torren,ial
rains, but it g. either covered by in.
surance or can he borne. The home
less have virtually all been provided
FOR. Those things are but 4 matter Of
organization and spirit
Nll'a Serena. the old BRYAN estate
WHICH now has passed out Of the hands
OF the family. was severely damaged
In It's grounds. The Deering ana James
places were all bur denudad The wind
ripped and tore away the cultiyations
Of Il score Of years. Onr ot the lost
landmarks IL Coz onut Grove Was the
little house on the F;tirChilI estate,
where Mrs. Fairchild'S father, Aiexan-
der Graham Bell, inventor nf the
telephone. resided while visiting in
Miami The roof and walls Of the rus
tic house collapsed. The Bryan Me
mortal church lost 900 worth Of
stained glass windows