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of fire in each), field work of the vvriter by months, list of plants, 

 noteworthy features of the list, economic features and illustralions. 

 Following this plan, 20 geographical divisions are described in 

 detail, as follows: Marianna Red Lands, Apalachicola River Bluffs, 

 Knox Hill Country, Holmes Valley, Tallachassee Red Hills, Middle 

 Florida Hammock Belt, West Florida Pine Hills, West Florida 

 Coast Strip, East Coast Strip, West Florida Cypress Pond Region, 

 Wakulla Hammock Country, Belliar Sand Region, Peninsular Lime- 

 sink Region, West Florida Lake Region, Peninsular Lake Region, 

 Panacea Count}', Gulf Hammock Region, Apalachicola Fiatwoods, 

 Middle Florida Fiatwoods and East Florida Fiatwoods. Copious foot 

 notes accompany the report, and the arrangement of the plants in 

 the various lists into trees. small trees or large shrubs, woody 

 vines, shrubs and herbs with a mention of their common names, 

 conditions of their habitats and relative abundance, add value to 

 the scientific side of the investigation. Harshberger. 



Harper, R. M., The Aquatic Vegetation of Square 

 Shoals, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. (Torreya. XIV. p. 

 149-155. 4 tigs. Sept. 1914.) 



The plants found on the shale and sandstone of these shools of 

 the Warrior River about 3 miles long and 1,000 feet wide are 

 described under the heads of trees shrubs and herbs with mention 

 of the rarer species, such as: Hyinenocallis coroiiaria, Harperella 

 ßiiviatilis and Eleocharis nintata. Harshberger. 



Harper, R. M., The Coniferous Forests ofEastern North 

 America. (Pop. Sei. Month. p. 338—361. 16 figs. Oct. 1914.) 



A general description of the following types of coniferous forests 

 is given: boreal, or spruce tj'pe [Pinus hanksiana, Larix laricina, 

 Picea, 3 species, Ahies balsamea, Thuja occidentalts) , white pine 

 {Pinus Strobus), red, or Norwy pine (P. resinosa), hemlock {Tsuga 

 canadensis), pitch pine (P. rigida), red cedar {Juniperus virgiiiiana) , 

 southern white cedar {Chaniaecyparis thyoides), scrub pine (P. vir- 

 giniana), short-leaf pines (P. echinata, P. Taeda), black pine (P. 

 serotiua), cypress {Taxodium distichum), long-leaf pine (P. palustris), 

 pond cypress (J. ascendens), southern spruce pine (P, glabra), slash 

 pine (P. Elliottii) spruce pine (P. clausa), bubar pine (P. caribaea). 



Harshberger. 



Harshberger, J. W., The Vegetation of South Florida 

 south of 27° 30' North, exclusive ofthe Florida Kevs. 

 (Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sei. Phila. VII. p. 49 — 189. 10 pl. 3 figs. 

 1 folded map. Dec. 1914.) 



The author in this monograph describes the geography, physio- 

 graphy, geology and phytogeography of ths extreme southern end 

 of the peninsula of Florida, which centers about Lake Okee- 

 chobee south of 27° 30' North, and excluding the Florida Keys. 

 The following phytogeographic formations have been distinguished, 

 as the principal ones of this region, the sea beach plant formation, 

 dune formation, thicket formation, mangrove formation, salt marsh 

 formation, sand-pine formation, slash-pine formation, long-leaf pine 

 formation, banana hole associations, hammock formations, cypress 



