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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 



