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the forest, even to the extent of individual trees, wherever man 
a nature nave jately: destroyed ite ature ea be assisted 
he forest and 
aise helped to restore the aacural growth as fast as ae and 
then to maintai: tt pong the ony sueeestion> for ee ee evelor: 
of exotic plants. This, however, should be vetoed as far as 
Royal Palm Hammock itself is concerned. If m of the 
map egion is correct, there is a Sens ell but 
Deane hammock island ie one Dee nds of the park area. 
ofa th d of Royal 
Palm Hamme on the line between the two sections in which 
the park is located. It has several royal palms in its jungle, one 
of which towers acs the aioe of the ot! geet trees so that it may 
e seen for ma If it is considered 
advisable to ie ipa antl other foreign features 
into the scheme of Royal Palm State Park, let them be confine 
to this neighbor of Royal eae Hamm 
Joun K. SMALL 
A “CONVENTION GARDEN” 
annual convention of the Society of American Florists 
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and Ornamental Horticulturists for 1917, will be hel Ww 
York next summer, and a large attendance is expected from all 
over United States and Can ventions of this 
Bea include the reading of nee penne visits to 
special garden ae as come to be known 
“ Conventi ie wherein memb he society 
exhibit, collections of novelties and other plants of interest, the 
society meetin e expenses involve ie a ge against the 
i ew 
and officers of the New York Botanical Garden were consulted 
last spring by Mr. John Young, Secretary of the New Yor 
