4 PREFACE. 



toward Florida, and questioning as to what manner of life, 

 what measure of comfort and success await those who 

 elect to cast in their lot with hers. 



To answer these eager questioners, to cast a clear, honest 

 light upon the paths they will be called upon to tread, to 

 reveal the truths and possibilities of home life in Florida, 

 this is the task we have set our pen to perform ; and if, as 

 the reader closes the following pages, he is not satisfied that 

 an honest, industrious man or ^voman need have no fear of 

 not " making a living" and a comfortable home in Florida, 

 with less outlay of capital and hardship than elsewhere, 

 then has this volume been written in vain. 



Profiting by the experience of a former work (Florida 

 Fruits and How to Raise Them) in which several articles 

 valuable to settlers were referred to, but no address given 

 where they might be procured, an omision which called 

 forth numerous inquiries from readers, the present volume 

 will be found to contain all the information relative to each 

 article mentioned which is necessary to enable the reader 

 to procure it direct, thereby immensely enhancing its prac- 

 tical value to the settler whose interests it seeks to serve. 



That this humble work, which may at least claim to be 

 honest and candid, may be the means of winning many to 

 test the peaceful content and comfort of home life in Flor- 

 ida is the earnest hope of 



THE AUTHOK. 



