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there fit for cultivation, with the use of more or less fertilizers, 

 low hammock, wet and covered with timber and thick under- 

 growth ; high hammock, rich, drier soil and less undergrowth ; 

 flat pine, with low palmetto growth but no undergrowth ; more 

 elevated pine land, with clay sub-soil. 



A peculiarity of the State is its springs, which gush out of 

 the earth through the coral formation and form rivers at once. 

 The great abundance of water is everywhere noticeable in the 

 numerous rivers and lakes. 



Mr. Ware believed the country to afford good facilities for 

 dairying. Crab grass, Texas blue grass and Bermuda grass 

 grows in abundance and make good feed ; while beggar weed 

 (a species of clover growing eight feet high) and cow peas may 

 be added. Vegetables are grown successfully, except cabbages 

 which are Ions; in growing- and small in size. 



There are about a hundred and fifty different varieties of 

 oranges grown in Florida. Mr. Ware then gave detailed de- 

 scriptions of man} 7 of the orange groves and their productions; 

 he estimated there was 400,000 acres devoted to their culture 

 not more than one-thirtieth of the trees in bearing condition. 

 At least 3,000,000 boxes of the fruit have been shipped from 

 Florida this year and about the same number has been imported 

 into this country from abroad. 



Other crops ma}' also be raised beside oranges and when the 

 trees are young it is of advantage to plant vegetables among 

 them as the ground has to be thoroughly cultivated. 

 Strawberries have brought Si and $2 per quart this winter, and 

 the vines continue to bear for four months. 



In regard to its being healthy, yellow fever has prevailed 

 there lately and is liable to occur again. Malaria is said to 

 exist only where rotten coral abounds in the soil. Consumptives 

 go there and are restored to health, but it is useless for a man 

 to go there with one foot in the grave. Some have gone there 

 as invalids recovered and have gathered about them settlements 



