PREFACE. 



Hfn-ing l)een requested since the last three years by Botanists in 

 this and foreign countries to publish a hst of our phtenogamous idants, 

 and having heard so often the complaints of a great many ^•isitors, 

 that, vdiile they spend the winter months in Florida, they could not 

 find as many flowers as they expected, I thought it necessary l)y pub- 

 hshing this Floral Almanac to satisfy all of them at once. It has been 

 condensed into the smallest compass in such an order and form as to 

 facilitate as much as possible the collection of plants in their proper 

 flowering season, thus enabling every botanist, agi-iculturist, florist and 

 dendrolo-;i4 to make a satisfactory selection for personal use and ol;- 

 servation, and to prove to every visitor that nature has provided for 

 us flowers all the year round. This Almanac- will be not only a guide 

 to any scientific visitor in the State, but may Ije used at the same time 

 as a (die(dv-list. 



If the arduous labor bestowed for years upon this work should 

 render efficient aid to those who are earnestly interested in the Flora 

 of Florida the author will Ite richly repaid for all his exertions. 



Dr. a. Schaffranek. 

 Palatka, Florida. 



