5 
seed dispersal was na evident in the case of the mistletoe. It 
is a well-known fact that birds are fond of the white berries of 
this bbs parasite, ee that birds usually perch high. Conse- 
quently } istlet 
ng P 
Technically, the season was autumn, but for some plants it 
T ess trees, e of the river cypress (Taxo- 
fain distichum) and particularly those of the press (T. 
ascendens) were in full blo The ping, often clustered, 
were frequently copious and conspicuous in the otherwise barren 
tree tops 
On aparouching and entering Florida, marshes formed a 
prominent element in the landscape. These, first in order, were 
ma: ite 
n ion with the sout. 
in the region neni consideration, F. André Ac chaux,? referring 
say: 
When unincumbered in the sand, as in thé middle of the 
islands an a on the borders of the narrow sounds that flow be- 
tween them and the main, it is bs or 50 feet in height and 12 or 
13 inches in diameter; but it would be difficult at present to 
find stocks of this size aes d of sce river St. Mar 
within the ancient limits of the United States.” 
1 Sabina silicicola Small. setae barbadensis C. Mohr, not L. Sabin 
pao Small, in pa art. Disting mn ed from the nort! ale ae virgin- 
a by the he small ovoid c es. 
rare yr \ 
ee 2, author of the Flora boreali-americana) to America in 1785, 
Sous aie fifteen years old at that time, and remained here for five 
: i i is h 
Kent mi 
extensively in the a United Sed eo Mai o Georgia, and west 
to the Ohio, from 1806 t He was Seeley: peal: in American 
Foes trees, and is bee ae for his Elaporay te publications tg to 
— e was one of the t Albany to Ne th 
fi ip of the first Ful ise Hendley Gerahere 
2 The North American Sylva 2: 554 a oe 819 
