TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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Preface ..205-207 
General discussion .209-214 
Peat defined, and distinguished from muck and humus.209-211 
Conditions necessary for peat formation...... 211-212 
General distribution of peat.:..212-214 
Peat in Florida .215-305 
Natural divisions of the State...216-229 
Principles of classification..216-218 
1. West Florida coast region. 218 
2. West Florida pine hills .218-219 
3. West Florida limestone region . 219 
4. Middle Florida hammock belt.219-221 
5. Lime-sink region . 221 
6- Middle Florida flatwoods . 221-222 
7. Gulf hammock region .. 222-223 
8. Lake region .....223-224 
9. East Florida flatwoods .224-225 
10. East coast strip . 226 
11. South Florida flatwoods .226-227 
12. Miami limestone region .227-228 
13. Coast prairie. 228-229 
14. Keys (upper and lower). 229 
Classification of Florida peat deposits (for more minute details see 
table on page 231) ...230-293 
General principles ...230-232 
Salt water ..232-233 
Muddy water ...234-238 
Calcareous water .239-240 
Swamp water and calcareous soil.241-245 
Swamp water, non-calcareous.246-278 
Alluvial .246-247 
Estuarine .....248-251 
Seeping .251-260 
Stagnant .......261-278 
Shallow . .261-265 
Deep ... 266-273 
Filled with vegetation.274-278 
Localities of special interest...279-291 
Lake Panasoffkee and vicinity...279-281 
Helena Run ..281-282 
Slough west of Lake Iamonia........282-283 
Southern part of the Everglades.....284-286 
Tributaries of lower St- Johns.287-290 
Julington Creek . 287-288 
Crescent Lake .288-289 
Edge of river-swamp near Palatka. 289-290 
“Infusorial earth” bog.290-291 
Water-hyacinth peat ...292-293 
Fossil peat ...294-297 
