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the name of Sabal) do equally as well as the species of Phoenix. 

 I have tried with perfect success /. umbraculifera, I. havanensis, 

 I. megacarpa, I. mexicana and everyone knows that our native 

 cabbage palmetto, /. 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 

 w r here 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, 

 0. 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 pacified 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 adansonii 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 datum, 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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