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at the last convention at Cincinnati, can vouch, is unsur- 
passed in flavor. Mr. Muth well said that he wished no 
finer. This tree grows to the height of seventy feet. The 
trunk is leafless to near the top, and varies little in size 
from the earth to the top. The small, white blossoms 
nestle among the long palm leaves in profusion, and are 
tich in both nectar and pollen, from June rst till August. 
The tree is found from the Carolinas to the Gulf. 
At the same time with the above, the white blossom of 
the black mangrove, Avicennia tomentosa, and its near 
relative, Avicennia oblongifolia, come forth with their 
abundant and incomparable nectar which hangs in drops. 
Fie. 181. 
The honey from this and the cabbage palmetto is clear, and 
as fine and beautiful as that of white clover. This tree 
is confined to the Peninsula of Florida, where it is regarded 
as the best honey plant that grows in that locality. 
Here we see the danger of common names. This is not 
a mangrove at all; though the leaves resemble those of the 
true mangrove, they are more tomentose or hairy, and, like 
that tree, grows down to the very waters’ edge, so is not 
affected by drouth. This is an evergreen, and forms an 
