INTRODUCTION 
Due to geographical location and the climate-modifying 
effect of surrounding waters, conditions in Florida vary so 
creatly that recommendations as to planting must be given by 
zones, The zones adopted (Fig. 2, p. 2) are those used by the 
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station in its publications on 
ornamental plants. The author of those publications, Professor 
Harold Mowry, has kindly criticized the tables included in this 
leaflet and assisted in other ways. Cooperation of W. M 
Buswell, of Fort Myers, and of H. Harold Hume, of Glen Saint 
Mary, also is acknowledged. 
Table 1 shows groups of fleshy fruits most attractive 
to birds throughout the United States and lists desirable kinds 
Ot Dadssmost Pond of the fruit. No barberries, currants, or 
buckthorns are listed, because they harbor rusts destructive to 
plants of economic importance. Junipers ere in almost the same 
category, as they serve as alternate hosts for apple rust, but 
there is no reason why they cannot be used in districts where 
apples are not commercially gsroim, as they are among the most 
valuable plants for wildlife. Omitted also are plants poison- 
ous to man on contact, as poison ivy and poison sumac, as well 
2S various kinds dangerously poisonous to domestic animals, as 
yews, wild cherries, and nightshades, in spite of the fact that 
wild cherries are greatly relished by birds. Browsing animals 
are knowm to have been killed by feeding on the leaves of wild 
cherries but do not seem to be so seriously affected by those 
of plums. Certain plants included among fleshy fruit bearers 
in previous publications have been transferred to the list of 
seed producers, hence do not appear in the present series of 
leaflets. These include magnolia (Magnolia), bittersweet 
(Celastrus), and burningbush (Euonymus). 
It should be noted that the fruit-bearing seasons re- 
corded, being collected from varied sources, tend to-ve maxima. 
As a rule they are not likely to be realized or even approached 
in a single locality unless numerous specimens of a ziven 
species are present and so distributed in sun and shade as to 
favor both early and late fruiting. 
Reg. 10 Sree 
