14- PANACEA COUNTRY. 3OI 



Florida. Practically all of them grow in the high pine land, and probably the 

 best explanation of their abundance is that the high pine land, with its lack 

 of humus (which these plants seem to have little use for, as already pointed 

 out) covers nearly the whole area. 



Economic Features — This region is sparsely settled and little 

 cultivated. Turpentining and grazing seem to be the principal in- 

 dustries. Panacea Springs, on the shore of Dickson's Bay, is a 

 watering-place of considerable repute, with the additional attrac- 

 tions of boating and fishing, and has a hotel open all the year. 

 Before automobiles became so common it was connected with 

 Sopchoppy, the nearest railroad station, by a horse-car line nearly 

 seven miles long. 



