namely, Florida. He has, indeed, accomplished enough, by his 
zeal and researches, to secure to himself a lasting name through- 
out the botanical world: yet it is impossible not deeply to regret 
the loss, both as concerns our favorite science and his friends. 
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science to which he was so ardently alin and in the pursuit 
of which, he has thus fallen a sacrifice. 
The word ‘‘frequent”’ in the above quotation is italicized in the 
original. Although Dr. Hooker did not intend to use it as fore- 
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has been filly justified by pee collections made in that 
state, and particularly by recent exploration carried on there by 
the Garden and by others. 
One might be tempted to believe that Mr. Drummond intro- 
duced re plants as he passed through Apalachicola on wey 
to Cuba, were it not for the fact that Dr. Ch 
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justly become very popular. They are widely cultivated and 
extensively naturalized in the eastern United States. 
Among the naturalized shrubs a South American species, the 
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time before my visit. Most interesting among the native trees 
was a species of hickory. This tree may be without a botanical 
name or it may have rather recently been given a name, a point 
