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lecting grounds at Cutler, nan Creek, and elsewhere; while 
Dr. Fairchild and Mr. Wyatt also helped me with their cars. 
The result was that I got a all the fungi that were then in 
season in southern Florida, and a very good idea of the country 
nd the general vegetation as well. 
The highways are lea and often shaded with pines, 
mer, when the humidity and the insects make life there quite 
ue able. 
My journey northward, after a busy and profitable week at 
apes Droyes was peed) ey ue in from Miami. From 
, Lenjoyed the view from 
the car window, noting with interest the gradual change from 
the unique vegetation of the Everglade region to that of northern 
p h 
dominant elements. North of Hollywood, we passed great 
fields of pineapples, which seemed to be almost the ae crop 
anos in be! region. South of Palm Beach, we skirted the 
western s. of Lake Worth, with its beautiful Tens and 
prosperous ane where the Dixie Highway was shaded with 
Australian pines and honeysuckle vines. If possible, one should 
select the site of his future home in Florida on or near a lake, 
where the soil is rich and moist. 
Arriving at Fort Pierce at ten o'clock at night, I went out to 
find a hotel and to inquire about getting over to Okeechobee 
City the next morning to collect in the magnificent virgin forests 
of bald cypress at the a of ene Okeechobee; ae hee arned 
that the roads were tor and no vehicles were run See 
a the train I had teft still ee at the station, Tl eae 
th bag and baggage to my Pullman and eas a vacant eee 
atic I at once occupied, leaving a call for myn 
Arriving there at daybreak, I looke aon the town a little 
da 
before. He had been there several days and had visited the 
woodlands in the vicinity with my friend, Prof. H. C. Beardslee, 
