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a winter resident of New Smyrna and a well-known authority 
(Mitchella), was in full flower in th 
myrna for orna- 
: saw its leaves used on tables and in churches for 
decoration. Thi the plant in whi ber discovered 
is 
ies sperm cells, following the investigations of Ikeno 
De is not far from New Smyrna and the vegetation is 
very similar. Between the beautiful old town of St. Aug 
ustine 
and Jacksonville, I saw blue flags in bloom in the swamps 
Cherokee ro: azal in the St. Johns River 
below Jacksonville, still has a little of the water hyacinth which 
obstructed navigation in years gone by because of its prolific 
growth. 
At Charleston, South Carolina, I stopped to see the famous 
S 
e 
an immense old live-oak in Magnolia Cemetery, which w: 
covered with Florida moss and the resurrection ne ‘Polypodium 
genie 
A for I t the celebrated Magnolia Garden, 
on the ae ot the Fee River, seventeen miles from Charles- 
Drayton long ago brought together a wonder- 
saan of ee southern paradise pppeined in a Charlestown 
newspap 
Far uy up ate Ashley, where the waters from the Atlantic only 
ebb and flow languorously, where either bank is lined for miles 
