brilliant yellow of a Saint John's-wort (Hypericum aspala- 



presented such a striking yellow that it was almost painful to 

 the eyes. Steady traveling soon brought us to Okeechobee 



woods west of Okeechobee City. Palmetto hammocks appear, 

 of a stiff grass (Sparlina Bakeri) and peculiar circular patches 



southwest for the Caloosahatchee. There were no made roads 

 as far as Fisheating Creek, so we were able to make good speed. 



the traffic of horses, oxen, wagons, anc 



1, of late, automobiles, 



over a trail never seems to impair it 





but when it is disturbed so as to make 





comes practically impassable, until it 



is surfaced with some 



^racrosV the great palmetto praii 



ie we presently pene- 



trated probably the most remarkable g 



rowth of cabbage-trees 



(Sabal Palmetto) in existence. This pa 















1 often most beautiful. 





he hammocks in blind 



curves, and as we took one of these y 



,e nearly collided with 











we averted a head-on collision. We ev 









at the same time explaining to us how t 



o find it by leaving the 



ing to the Caloosahatchee. When 



