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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 

 in the earth. But "the noblest Roman of them all" is the 



Fig. i8o. 



True Mangrove. 



cabbage palmetto, Chamoerops palmetto (Fig. i'tq) As Mr 

 Hart, of Florida, says, this is the linden of the South It 

 jields abundant honey, which, as all who saw and tasted it 



