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General Botany 



U. S. Forest Service 

 Fig. 238. Semi-tropical aspect of the vegetation of southern Florida. Live oak festooned 

 with Spanish moss {TiUandsia); the cabbage palmetto; and, in the foreground, young 

 orange trees. 



The tropical forest region. Southern Florida, Mexico, Central 

 America, and the West Indies present a variety of forest and cul- 

 tivated plant products unequaled by any temperate forest re- 



