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By means of these fine roads in | place of the old surveyor’s 
early a of exploration, we found scores of plants, ae new 
on the Gop Blonde heeiee and le amie that these islands in 
d the Everglade Keys are 
the Everglades wl 
heir ee is concerned: a portion of the West 
on the Florid hough 
of destruction in the unique pineland hammocks, and already 
some of the rare plants have apparently disappeared from th 
re 
“Fortunately, oie civilization has not yet claimed all 
nd the vi u 
in extent to that now oy or partly devastated. The excep- 
extent, if not wholly, i will prove both valuable aa 
interesting. 
With your permission J spent portions of February and March, 
and June and July in further exploration of this region e 
nd trip 
son, George mall, who participated in all the field-work. 
Our collecting eens were, as usual, in the laboratory 
