A Miami Palm Garden 



There are agents at work selling 

 this land in every state in the Union. 

 Men of wealth and influence are be- 

 hind this project. If any one doubts 

 its feasibility, he should come to Flor- 

 ida and see with his own eyes. Much 

 praise is due ex-Governor Broward for 

 his work in this line, and in the years 

 to come he will shine forth as the 

 governor who really did something to 

 add to the productivity and worth of 

 his state. The man who makes two 

 blades of grass grow where only one 

 grew before is the proverbial public 

 benefactor ; but the man who, by his 

 energy and foresight, inaugurates a 

 movement to render 3,000,000 acres of 

 waste land highly productive deserves 

 endless commendation in this day. when 

 we talk so much about the conservation 

 of nature's resources. Mr. Broward is 

 a masterful promoter ; the keynote of 

 his campaign was drainage ; he worked 

 at it incessantly while in office, and he 

 has been working at it ever since, and 

 has made good. 



We must not forget that this recla- 



mation is in a land of perpetual sum- 

 mer in the only part of the mainland of 

 the United States which is truly trop- 

 ical, and where the productive capacity 

 of the land is many times greater than 

 in northern climes ; where not only a 

 greater quantity, but a much greater 

 variety of crops can be produced than 

 elsewhere in this country. 



This may be far-fetched, but I can 

 picture in my mind's eye long avenues 

 of Eucalyptus, Australian pine, and 

 Royal palms along these canals ; great 

 masses of Hibiscus, Allamanda, Ole- 

 ander, Bouganvillea, Poinciana, and 

 countless other resplendent ornamentals 

 around thousands of neat homes sur- 

 rounded by fields of peppers, tomatoes, 

 eggplants, celery, onions, okra, arrow- 

 root, tobacco, etc. ; also, no doubt, 

 orange and grapefruit groves, as well 

 as choice mangoes, avocados, and other 

 tropical fruits. The canals filled with 

 boats will lead to Miami and Biscayne 

 Bay, the Arcachon and Biscay of 

 Florida. 



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