j'oiid :ippl(' tii'cs, and watiT iiyarinlliN set with tln'ir beaiililul sitikcs ol' blue ilowyrs, tlotlii'd 

 the margin of Pelican Lake for a distance of many miles in 1913. Water hyacinth attained here 

 a most extraordinary growth, sometimes three or four feet in height, a size greater than ever re- 

 corded elsewhere. Whether the species is native in Lake Okeechobee or an introduction from South 

 America, can probably never be decided 



Cypress trees (Taxodiuia) tliat fringe the liammock, tlieir gray trunks and light green foli- 

 age outlined against a background of various broad-leaved trees. This is on the crest of the 

 sand ridge just above the wide beach of the eastern shore. Land and vegetation are quite differ- 

 ent here from farther south. Only a few small grasses and sedges grow on the sandy shore. 

 Indeed, from certain plants found, it is thought that this was once a seacoast 



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