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pUniversity of Florida Grounds. In- 

 cluding typical 'high hammock.'' A 

 portion of the climax forest of the region. 



Gainesvillet, Fla. 1.5 mi. W. 



Streamside Flood-Plain Forest. (C3.) 

 (b). Along Hogtown Creek. Atypical 

 flood-plain forest of the region, of 

 ashes, gums, catalpa, tupelo, magnolias, 

 short-leaved pine, dogwood, holly. 



Gainesvillet, 2 mi. W (w) (a). 



pGidf Hammock. (D4.) A savanna 

 country occupied by saw grass areas 

 alternating with shallow ponds and 

 dense cypress swamps, and heavy, low 

 hammocks of magnolia. All stages of 

 the succession to the climax forest of 

 the region. The haunts of bear, wild 

 turkey, many birds, etc. Levy County. 



Otter Creek, t, on the Seaboard Rail- 

 way, and Gulf Hammock (a), (h)§. 



pPineola Fernery. (B4.) A broad- 

 leaved evergreen forest in lime rock 

 region in Citrus County, Fla. 



Invernesst; Pineola, 2 mi. S., or 

 Istachatta 2 mi. N. Atl. Coast Line Ry. 

 (w), (a). 



The Jungle. Miami. (B4.) A tract 

 of Tropical hammock (1200 acres) in 

 Dade County. 



Miami J, Fla. East Coast Ry. 3 mi. 

 S. (a), (w). 



Arboretum of Chas. Deering. A pri- 

 vate collection of sub-tropical plants 

 amid native vegetation open for the 

 benefit of students and the public. 

 Miami. 



Royal Palm Parkt. (B3.) A state 

 park in Dade County. Belongs to 

 Florida Federation of Women's Clubs. 

 It is on Paradise Key in the Everglades. 

 It has a wonderful growth of Royal 

 Plams and a rich development of "fan- 

 nick trees," and other sub-tropical 

 vegetation — both forest, savanna and 

 swamp. This is an excellent place to 

 study sub-tropical vegetation and ani- 

 mal life as there is a good lodge on the 

 grounds, and driveways and paths make 

 all parts easily accessible. There is 

 some complaint that it is being "parki- 

 fied." 



Royal Palm Beach I (a). 



Torreya and Taxus Floridana Preserve. 



(B4.) 



River Junctionf, (w), (h). 



pSilver Springs and River]. (C2.) At 

 the head of the Silver River, a branch of 

 the Oklawaha. A spring so large and 

 powerful that good sized steamboats 

 come into it regularly. The river is 

 lined by a dense growth of trees, cypress, 

 live- and water-oaks, cabbage palmet- 

 toes, bays, etc. 



OcalaJ, Seaboard and A. C. L. Ry. 6 

 mi. east, but commonly and best reached 

 by a line of excursion steamers up the 



St. Johns and Oklawaha Rivers, (a), 

 (c). 



Thousand Islands. (A2.) South of 

 Marco, in Lee, Collier and Munroe 

 Counties (see page 000). 



Reached only (c) from Marco|, Cax- 

 ambas. Everglade, or Chokuluskee (c) 11 . 



pTurnhull Hammock. (C3.) A mag- 

 nolia hammock in Volusia and Brevard 

 Counties. Vines and epiphytes grow 

 here in profusion. In the tree tops grow 

 ferns as well as air plants in especial 

 abundance. 



The Florida East Coast runs through 

 it from New Smyrna to near to Titus- 

 ville (a)|. 



Peace River Hammock. (C3.) In the 

 southwest corner of DeSoto County. 

 Extends along the Peace River. 



Ft. OgdenJ, on A. C. L., and Charlotte 

 Harbor and Northern Ry. 3 mi. west 

 (w), (c).— F. M. 0' Byrne. 



*Florida National Forest, Ocala Divi- 

 sion. A large tract in eastern Marion 

 County has been set aside as a forest 

 reserve. The vegetation is largely 

 spruce pine, high pine, and flat woods. 



Ocala 12 mi. east (h)§. Choctaw- 

 hatchee Division. See "National For- 

 ests of the Eastern District." 



REFERENCES 



Stork, Willis 



1765 An account of East Florida with 

 Journal kept by John Bart- 

 ram. 

 Chapman, A. W. 

 Flora of the Southern States. 

 1885 Torreya Tacifolia, Aruatt. A 

 reminiscence. Bot. Gazette 

 (10-251-254). 

 Bartram, William 



1792 Travels. 

 Blatchley, W. S. 

 1902 A Nature Wooing at Ormond by 



the Sea. 

 1914 Can Ent., pp. 62-63. A brief 

 description of the Kissim- 

 mee Region. 



1917 Can Ent., p. 137. A_ brief 



description of the vicinity 

 of Dunedin. 



1918 Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc. The 



same. Pp. 155-162. 



1920 Orthoptera of N. E. America. 

 (Nature Publishing Co., Indi- 

 anapolis.) 



1920 Can Ent., pp. 42-43. A brief 

 description of the Cape Sable 

 region. 



1922 Can Ent., pp. 9-11. A brief 



description of the vicinity of 

 Ft. Myers and Chokoluskee. 



1923 Can Ent., pp. 13-14. A brief 



description of Moor Haven 

 and Lake Okeeschobee. 



