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civilization within a few years was here particularly striking. 
en we first explored this region, less than ten years ago, 
Camp Longview like other similar survey stations, and even less 
remote points, was in the midst of a wilderness, and several days 
distant from Miami, only accessible by obscure trails through 
water and over rocks in the forests broken here and there by 
narrow arms of the Everglades. Today these points are nearly 
all under cultivation and easily accessible within a few hours 
time by both the main line of the Florida East Coast Railway 
and the finest roads in the wor 
The last day of Professor de Vries’ sojourn in the Miami region, 
the weather being somewhat favorable, was spent in examining 
the phenomena and life at Cape Florida and on and about 
Soldier Key. There we first found coral growing in position, 
although the sea was too rough to permit of an examination of 
the more ee is coral-beds on the outside of the reef. 
apie aus also prevented a good view of the so-called 
“‘sea- err ee Bay Biscayne Key, ae on ave Professor 
de ’ departure, on a calm day, did we find the patches of 
Besutfully ae corals growing outside of Baer’s Cut below 
Miami. 
About the middle of November I accompanied Professor de 
Vries to Key West. Observations, and collections of plants, 
were made at various points toward the eastern end of that 
island. Among the specimens collected there are many repre- 
sentatives of the same species found on the island in the early 
t of the last century by Dr. Blodgett who then resided on 
Key West. Dr. Blodgett was . pioneer botainst of that region 
and the most thorough collector of the flora of Key West. The 
aaa Dr. Blodgett collected eae ie which are preserved 
the herbarium at the Garden, form the foundation of our 
ae of the flora of Key West. ene it, our knowledge 
of the native plants of the island would be rather incomplete, 
for subsequent destruction of many of the original hammocks 
seems to have obliterated all traces of some of the more interest- 
ing West Indian plants that grew there. However, our recent 
collections on the island indicate that there are interesting 
discoveries awaiting a more detailed research. 
