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the general surface, as shown in sink holes; this hammock is 
a most interesting spot both ds a landscape feature and froma 
botanical standpoint ; it is about a mile long and half a mile wide, 
completely surrounded by the grass and sedge plain (prairie). 
he noble Royal Palms, here native, tower high above the dense 
thicket of low trees and tall shrubs which form the undergrowth 
and are visible across the everglades for many miles. It is with 
Fic. 20. Bromeliads on the live oak, Miami, Florida. 
pleasure that I learned of an attempt now being made to set this 
unique tract aside as a reservation for the protection . the palms 
and of the many other interesting plants which inhal 
Returning to Miami the period from March 28 to ee I was 
given over to an expedition by boat to the northern Keys of 
Biscayne Bay. We touched at Cape Florida, the southern end 
of Biscayne Key, examined in detail the plants of the small Sol- 
diers’ Key, collected on both the bay and ocean sides of Sand’s 
