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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 
TREES WHICH GROW ON PEAT IN FLORIDA. 
Avicennia nitida Jacq. Black Mangrove. 
Osmanthus Americanus (L.) B. & H. Wild Olive. 
Fraxinus Caroliniana, Mill., F. profunda Bush, and perhaps other species. 
Ash. 
The wood of various species of ash is used for chairs, bats, agricultural 
implements, etc., and the bark has some slight medicinal properties. 
Nyssa Ogeche, Marsh. Tupelo Gum or Ogeechce Lime 
The flowers are an important source of honey and the fruit is used in 
some places for preserves. 
Nyssa uniflo"a Wang. Tupelo Gum. 
Wood light and tough, good for baskets, crates, bowls, flooring, etc. 
Also an important honey plant. 
Nyssa biflora, Walt. Black Gum. 
Wood almost impossible to split, therefore used for bee-gums, small 
cart-weels, mauls, rollers, etc. 
Rhizopho a Mangle, L. (Red) Mangrove. 
An important protector for muddy shores. Bark used in tanning. 
Conccarpus erectus, Jacq. Buttonwood. 
The wood of this makes excellent fuel, and a good deal of it is shipped 
into Key West from the mainland for that purpose. The bark is said to 
be bitter and astringent, and to be used in medicine and in tanning. 
Persea pubescens, (Pursh) Sarg. Red or Sweet Bay. 
Wood good for cabinet-making and interior finish, but very little used. 
Gordonia Lasianthus, L. (Red or Tan) Bay. 
The wood ought to be good for cabinet-making. The bark is said to 
have formerly been used for tanning. 
Acer rubrum, L. Red Maple. 
Planted for shade in the North. Wood used for chairs, gun-stocks, 
cabinet-making, etc. 
Ilex Cassine, L. Swamp Holly. 
Ilex myrtifolia, Walt. Yaupon or Yupon. 
The wood of these two small trees is white and close-grained, and ought 
to be useful for making various small articles, but it is little known or used. 
The last is sometimes used for decorative purposes in fall and winter, when 
it is covered with berries. 
Cliftonia monophylla, (Lam.) Britton. Tyty. 
Wood somewhat similar to the preceding, and also said to make ex¬ 
cellent fuel. The flowers are an important source of honey in March. 
Cyrilla racemiflora, L., and C. parvifolia, Raf. Tyty. 
Bark astringent. The flowers yield a great deal of honey in early 
summer. 
