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WOOD AND FOREST. 



Florida the forest is tropical, Fig. 47, like that of the West Indies, 

 and in southern Texas it partakes of the character of the Mexican 

 forest. 



(3) Between these north and south coniferous belts, lay the great 

 broad-leaf or hardwood forest, Fig. 48, which constituted the greater 



Fig-. 4?. Broad-leaf Forest, Protected from Cattle and Fire. Hancock Co., Indiana. 

 U. S. Forest Service. 



