376 The Mangrove and Palmetto. 
idly growing in favor as a shade tree, and is incomparable 
for posts. It lasts for a great many years when imbedded 
inthe earth. But “the noblest Roman of them all” is the 
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True Mangrove, 
cabbage palmetto, Chameerops palmetto (Fi 
¢ g.179). As Mr, 
Hart, of Florida, says, this is the ian of Pi ined It 
yields abundant honey, which, as all who saw and tasted it 
