Floral Calendar of Middle Florida. 



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Art, VII. — Botanical Communications ; by H. B. Croom. 



I. Floral Calendar of Middle Florida, during a -portion of the 



year 1833. 



Observation. — By Middle Florida is understood that tract of coun- 

 try which lies between the Suwanee River on the east, and the Appa- 

 lachicola on the west ; but the neighborhood in which these observa- 

 tions were chiefly made lies about twenty miles west of Tallahassee, 

 about thirty miles from the Gulf of Mexico, in latitude about 80° 30', 

 and is more tardy in its vegetation than the country lying east of 

 Tallahassee. The country between the Suwanee and the St. John's 

 is still warmer than that between the former river and the Appalachi- 

 cola or the Escambia. The wild orange, so plentiful on the St. John's 

 and in the Allachua, is unknown to the west of the Suwanee. At 

 St. Augustine, the sweet orange is cultivated with success, but the 

 attempts to raise it in the interior of Middle Florida have failed. 

 On the sea coast and islands they might be successful. 



Abbreviations. — b. for "in bloom." b. b. for "beginning to 

 1833. bloom." Ph. for Pursh. Nutt. Nuttall. El. Elliott. 



Jan. 1-5. Heliotropium indicum b. (at Aspalaga.) 

 ." Rudbeckia hirta b. Pine woods. 

 " Houstonia rotundifolia b. Much diffused. 

 " Gentiana alba (White flowered Gentian) b. 



Wet pine woods. 

 " Gerardia (aphylla, Nutt.?) b. 

 " Some species of Aster in bloom. 

 " Eriogonum lomentosum b. Dry sandy soils. 

 " Some species of Chrysopsis in bloom. 



Ohs. Some of these flowers are to be con- 

 sidered as occasional, and not in their regu- 

 lar times of appearing. 

 " Some species of Viola begin to bloom. 

 " Nicotiana Tabacum (Tobacco) b. Occa- 

 sional. 

 6. Helianthus annuus (sun-flower) b. Occa- 

 sional. 

 " Garden peas in bloom. 



Ohs. On the 9th rain occurred, and a violent 

 change of weather ensued. On the morn- 



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