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the name of Sabal) do equally as well as the species of Phoenix. 
I have tried with perfect success I. umbraculifera, I. havanensis, 
I. megacarpa, I. mexicana and everyone knows that our native 
cabbage palmetto, J. palmetto, is perfectly at home in all kinds 
of marsh. So are the varieties of the saw palmetto, Serenoa 
serrulata, some forms of which assume almost tree-like propor- 
tions in such conditions. 
Cocos nucifera, the common coconut, is a moisture and salt 
loving tree and I have seen specimens flourishing in locations 
where their roots were bathed by tolerably salt tides; it is prob- 
able that other species of this genus will do well in marshes. 
The Florida royal palm, Oreodoxa floridana, usually grows in 
swamps and often those which are brackish. The Cuban species, 
O. regia, and the palmiste of the Caribbean islands, Oreodoxa 
oleracea, also do well in our low lands. Two comparatively 
new Florida palms, Acoelorraphe wrighti and A. arborescens, both 
well worthy of cultivation, grow in swamps which are sometimes 
brackish. All the Thrinax do finely, so far as I have tried them, 
in low, brackish soil. Pritchardia pacifica is doing finely in a 
brackish swamp at Coconut Grove, and the two dwarf palms 
which inhabit the northern half of the state, Rhapidophyllum 
hystrix and Sabal adansoni are moisture loving species. | 
Coccolobis uvifera, or Shore grape, a most beautiful, broad 
leafed tree, grows everywhere along the shores of South Florida 
and does finely on high ground as well as in low lands. Most of 
the bananas do well in low land but should have partial drainage. 
Rough lemons, limes and sour oranges will grow in quite moist 
land, so will the calabash, Crescentia cujete; while C. cucurbitana, 
our native species and a handsome tree, will flourish where it is 
often surrounded by tide. It also inhabits high hammocks. 
There are believed to be two species of cocoa plums native here, 
Chrysobalanus icaco and C. pellocarpus; both grow in wet land and 
are quite ornamental, and are fine for forming masses. Several 
of the Eucalyptus do well in even brackish swamps which are 
not too low, such.as E. globulus, E. robusta, E. rudis and others. 
Paritium elatum, a beautiful Cuban tree which probably grows 
on our coasts, blooms the year through and is at home in salt 
or fresh swamps; so are P. tiliaceum and P. abutiloides, also 
natives. All these do well on high ground. 
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