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palms because all of them are well worthy of cultivation and it 

 is probable that all of them may be successfully grown. The 

 cabbage palmetto, the porcupine palm, the saw palmetto and 

 Sabal will prove hardy without doubt throughout most of the 

 state; the other species will, most likely, only succeed in the 

 lower part of it. It is probable that the species which grow in 

 swamps will, with liberal feeding, do well on high ground. 



NATIVE ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



Florida is rich in native trees and undoubtedly has a consider- 

 ably larger number of such species than any other state in the 

 Union. In the northern part are many species belonging in the 

 colder part of the eastern United States, such as the oaks, hick- 

 ories, ashes, maples and walnuts. Then a number of warm 

 temperate forms occur, and in the southern part of the state 

 there are considerably over one hundred species whose metrop- 

 olis is in the American Tropics, or which have been derived 

 from tropical forms. Many of our trees are quite ornamental 

 and a considerable number of them have been cultivated. 



Both the Georgia Pine (Pinus palustris) and the Caribbean 

 pine (P. caribaea) are striking trees, quite ornamental, and good 

 specimens should be left for ornament when ground is being 

 cleared. 



Tumi on taxifolium, better known as Torreya taxifolia or 

 Stinking Cedar, is a handsome tree related to the yews and has 

 proved to be hardy much farther north than its native locality, 

 the left bank of the Appalachicola River. It has been suggested 

 that it be grown in a half shaded, somewhat moist location. 



Juniperus barbadensis, the red cedar of Florida, also found in 

 the Bahamas and several of the West Indies, is often planted in 

 cemeteries in the state and is the most attractive of the Junipers. 



Casuarina eqidsetifolia, Australian Pine, is not a pine at all nor 

 any near relation thereto. It is a native of the Oriental Tropics 

 but is now quite generally distributed throughout the warmer 

 parts of the world. It is an exceedingly rapid grower with hard, 

 durable wood of a reddish color and is often called Beefwood on 

 this account. It has become completely naturalized on the 

 lower keys and mainland and will flourish on any kind of soil, 



