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forms here, one having much more finely dissected leaves than 
the other. Both grow on dry pine land. 
Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal Flower. Probably there is no 
more vivid red in nature than the color of the flower of this 
plant. It grows in wet places and has a wide distribution in the 
Eastern United States. It will do well in cultivation in rich, 
not too dry soil. It will do finely in partial shade. 
There are many other native Floridian plants that might be 
mentioned in this list which are worthy of cultivation. This 
long list shows, however, how rich our state is in attractive things 
wherewith to decorate our grounds and homes. 
Exotic ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 
In a general way plants which are designated as coming from 
tropical regions will not prove hardy in Florida north of the 
extreme lower part of the state, though there are some notable 
exceptions. It sometimes happens that a plant whose home is 
within the tropics may there grow well up on the sides of moun- 
tains where it is exposed to sharp frost during the winter months. 
And it is quite often true that plants from warm temperate or 
even temperate countries will do well even down into the Tor- 
rid Zone. I have endeavored in these lists to point out such 
exceptions as far as I knew of them. Usually the vegetation of 
temperate regions does not succeed in tropical countries. 
In the following lists I have for the most part mentioned such 
things as have either come under my actual notice or that of 
competent observers and cultivators in Florida. Of course there’ 
are many plants grown in the state that it was impossible to 
obtain any record of, and I have listed some things that, so far 
as I know, have not been introduced here, things that seemed to 
me were especially important or desirable. 
PINNATE-LEAVED PALMS. 
Acrocomia. A genus of palms having the rachides and trunks 
more or less covered with spines; the stems sometimes bulging. 
They are all American and the distinctions between some of the 
species are not very decided. So far as my experience goes they 
are strong, rapid growers and do well in Florida. A. sclerocarpa 
