and cycads in plenty. Along the better streets palms are fre- 

 quently planted between the walk and roadway. As for the 

 palmetto, there is no need of planting that, for it comes up of 

 itself along fences and in waste grounds, while in the swamps and 

 on the outskirts it forms extensive thickets and holds its dark 

 green fans aloft as if they were of as much consequence as their 

 more exclusive relatives of the gardens. Notwithstanding all I 

 have said about the plants in cultivation it seems to me that a 

 much greater variety could be grown with very little trouble. Al- 

 though the climate is moist and warm, just meeting the require- 

 ments of the ferns, these plants are rarely seen. There is less than 

 half a dozen native species in the vicinity, but many more from 

 the Tropics could be made to grow here. The same might be said 

 of palms and palm-like plants, but I desist for fear of being con- 

 sidered ungrateful for those that are present. 



It strikes the casual observer as curious that a city beaten upon 

 by the Summer sun so mercilessly, should not have more shade 

 trees, especially along the streets. The china-berry tree nestles 

 close to the low houses and spreads its protecting umbrella lov- 

 ingly over the gray roofs, and here and there magnificent live 

 oaks, draped in festoons of "gray moss" and bearing colonies of 

 the resurrection fern ( Polypodium incanum) stretch their long 

 level branches across the way. but there are very few streets 

 shaded by a continuous line of trees as Northern streets are. 

 Probably the principal shade tree is the magnolia. Its dark glossy 

 foliage and compact head is seen on every hand. At this season 

 the crimson seeds peeping from the rough cones give a very pleas- 

 ing appearance to the tree, as if it were blooming again in a dif- 

 ferent color. There are many trees in the South, such as the 

 .sween gum ( Liquidambar stymciflua), cypress, mulberry and 

 oak that seem admirably adapted for shade trees, but they are 

 comparatively rare in cultivation. An occasional poplar, cedar 



