88 FLOKIDA 



acres of morning-glories and moon-flowers all 

 about, roses and marigolds in the gardens, birds 

 in every bush (not an English sparrow among 

 them), airs gratefully cool from the sea, and 

 bright summer weather. For a winter-kiUed 

 Yankee, this is what old Omar would have 

 called "Paradise enow." 



