1/2 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SUR\'EY SIxTH AXXUAL REPORT. 



have been full}' described in other easily accessible publications are 

 not dwelt on at length.* 



This report discusses not only the more striking natural fea- 

 tures of each region, but also certain economic features, in order 

 to illustrate the manner in which and the extent to which the natural 

 resources (other than minerals and underground waters, which ha\e 

 been treated in considerable detail in previous publications of the 

 Survey) have been utilized. This sort of information really belongs 

 more to the domain of a census or statistical bureau, but it is given 

 here because it seems appropriate, and because such data have here- 

 tofore been given only for counties and other political divisions, 

 instead of natural divisions. In this way some very interesting dif- 

 ferences between neighboring regions in density of population, 

 status of the lumber industry, leading crops, etc., are brought out, 

 and many geographical corrections can be made l)etween these fea- 

 tures and soil, topography and vegetation. 



As in all scientific reports, the use of some technical terms is 

 unavoidable, but these are explained as far as possible, and most of 

 the matter which, although necessary to the proper exposition of the 

 subject, will interest scientists more than any other class of readers 

 is printed in smaller type, which the average reader can avoid if 

 he desires. The writer will always be grateful for having his at- 

 tention called to errors and serious omissions, or statements which 

 could be improved upon without undulv increasing the length of 

 the report ; and all such criticisms will be taken advantage of in 

 future publications. 



*In many ways the best description of the natural and agricultural features 

 of Florida ever published is the report on cotton production by Dr. Eug.ene 

 A. Smith in the sixth volume of the Tenth Census, covering about 80 quarto 

 pages, with three maps. Its accuracy is rcm.arkable, considering the fact that 

 the author spent only about six weeks in Florida, and that in the rainy season 

 (summer) and at a time (1880) when there were no railroads in the State 

 south of latitude 28° and only a few north of there. Tn preparing this report 

 he had the advantage of long experience in an adjoining state, and he 

 was unusually successful in extracting rehal)le information from the writings 

 of some of his predecessors in Florida. He also brought out many new facts, 

 especially in relation to the geology. The descriptive matter in Dr. Smith's re- 

 port, as in most of the other state descriptions in the same series, is arranged 

 both In natural divisions and bv counties. 



