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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Frost usually occurs in four or five months of every year, but snow 

 is rare. The maximum temperature here, as nearly everywhere in the 

 eastern United States outside of the mountains, is about 100°. It is 

 noteworthy that nearly two fifths of the total annual rainfall comes in 

 the three summer months, as seems to be the case all over the southern 

 half of Georgia. August is the wettest month, with about 7 inches of 

 rain, and November the driest, with a little less than 3. The total an- 

 nual amount happens to be a little less than the average for either 

 Georgia, Florida or Alabama. 



Vegetation of the Swamp 

 The various aspects of different parts of Okefinokee Swamp 

 seem to depend almost entirely on the distance of the sandy bottom 



Bugaboo Island. 



below or above the water level. Areas where the sand rises above the 

 water constitute the islands. There are about half a dozen of these, 

 Floyd's Billy's, Mitchell's, Black Jack, Honey and Bugaboo, with areas 

 ranging from about one to ten square miles. The largest islands are 

 naturally highest and driest, and are said to bear a fine growth of long- 

 leaf pine {Pinus palustris), and perhaps some oaks and hickories. The 

 only island which Mr. Eicker and the writer were able to reach (on 

 account of the low stage of water prevailing at the time of our visit, 



