i66 IN LOWER FLORIDA WILDS 



So it is with nature's planting. Millions of seeds 

 of dry-land plants are washed into swamps and 

 other millions of those of marsh plants are trans- 

 pof ted to dry ground. Others are thrown on rocks 

 or upon salty sand dunes only to die, while count- 

 less others perish from cold, insects, and number- 

 less causes. But those of the noble pines, the saw 

 palmettos, and of the trees in the glorious ham- 

 mocks have certainly fallen into good ground and 

 have brought forth thirty, sixty, and even an hun- 

 dred fold. 



