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source. Black tupelo probably comes second, although it is a 

 question which of the two yields the better quality honey. 

 Black mangrove is a very important honey plant in southern 

 Florida and is gradually assuming the importance throughout 

 the greater part of the lowlands and coast that it had before 

 the big freeze of 1 894, which destroyed the trees throughout the 

 state. Orange honey is somewhat important in Florida, es- 

 pecially in the locality near Orlando, but is not often gotten in 

 its purity. Gallberry is found growing throughout a great por- 

 tion of Florida and increases in value as a honey plant as one goes 

 toward Georgia. It does not seem to yield so well further south. 

 Pennyroyal, a low growing plant, is an important source of spring 

 stimulation throughout tropical Florida, particularly back from 

 the coast. It is like the fruit bloom of the North and in some 



Fig. 27. SeiTiitropical conditions prevail in Florida and in the lower Rio 



Grande Valley. 



