igo PRACTICAL ARBORICULTURE 



In Florida there are numerous "cypress ponds," which contain water during 

 the wet seasons, owing to the presence of an impervious "hard pan" stratum of 

 dense clay, or of stone. The cypress roots cannot penetrate this stratum and are 

 dwarfed, while in Louisiana and elsewhere in the permanent swamps, with deep, 

 alluvial soil beneath, the trees grow to immense size. 



Being in the swamps, the trees are removed with great difficulty, the negro 

 workmen standing in the water all day while chopping and making ties, which 

 are floated or towed through intricate channels to the railway or higher land. 

 These workmen are short-lived, their lives being entirely spent in the miasmatic 

 swamps. 



CYPRESS IN ALABAMA 



