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Instead of going on to Miami, I got off at Coconut Grove, 
five miles awav, and visited Dr. David Fairchild, chief of the 
r to h foreign p 
F aera economic value to us for food, medicine, clothin 
ornament, etc. 
The problems of soil, water, and climate are peculiar ae dif- 
ficult. oe ock does not appear to the casual observer to be 
a ee desirable substratum for aie and many ae 
flime. It 
ars i oO ac eee anything of great ee a ut a begin- 
and an ne ee of water already available, which were 
used by the aviator. 
After ee over Chapman Field with Dr. Fairchild, we 
drove on to Cutler to see Mr arles Deering, who is doing so 
to erve the original Florida vegetation in the vicinity 
f i seemed particularly disturbed at the time abou 
re common all over the state during my visit. The 
am. 
FE lorida are tall and picturesque, like th e fam s pines of Italy. 
alm hammock, one of the largest ana finest hammocks 
in the state, is now a park controlled by the Federation of 
may be protected from fires through digging a canal entirely 
around it. I spent a day there collecting fungi, with the per- 
mission of Mr. Wheelock, who isin charge. The trails are very 
attractive, aes. and a few of the important trees are labeled. 
r. Deering not only arranged for me ro visit Royal Palm 
hammock, a sent Mr. John DeWinkici with me to good col- 
