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all of which h b introduced and b lized tt I 
the cultivation of vegetables. 
e next day was devoted to Royal Palm Hammock. In con- 
trast to the former methods of penetrating the jungle, we had 
older ones which are gradually dying, is encouraging as it assures 
the maintenance of the most characteristic element in the vege- 
tation of the island. 
A half dozen gigantic live-oaks were aérial gardens, heavily 
laden with various orchids and bromeliads, and particu pas 
beautiful were the immense streamers ol the Florida-moss (Den 
dropogon) which in many cases were not less than ner ie 
feet in length. One of the live-oaks leans at an angle of about 
forty-five degrees, and contrary to the usual development of the 
crown where a trunk is not erect, nearly or quite all of the 
spread out on the rock floor of the hammock beneath about a 
foot of soft light humus, maintains its semi-erect position seems 
inexplicable. The custodian pointed out young royal- 
palms ranging all the way from a year or two old to trees nearly 
b 
for a while; later the readjusted root-system gave enough nour- 
ishment to continue the growth at the gradually curving upward 
and finally erect apex. 
m another day an attempt to ae aie ee in the 
Everglades, for the purpose o d collections, 
was defeated by a rise of the waters in the oa prairies. 
* For detailed aaa concerning Royal Palm eee see Journal of 
The New York Botanical Garden 17: 16§~172. 1916 and 18: 98-111. 1917. 
{ For an account of a former accu of this hammock, see Journal of The 
New York Botanical Garden 18: 98- I9I7. 
