PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT. 
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Norton,, C. L. A handbook of Florida (third edition), xxxii+392 pp., 49 maps. 
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A valuable compendium of information, impartial and for the most part 
accurate. Descriptions of the counties, with map of each, on pages 1-102. 
Parker, E. W. Florida. (In:— Condition of the coal-briquetting industry of 
the United States). U. S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 316: 481. 1907. 
Ranson, R. Some Florida peat plants. Jour. Am. Peat Soc. 3: 53-57. 1910. 
Rice, T. D., & Geib, W. J. Soil survey of the Gainesville area, Florida. Field 
Operations U. S. Bureau of Soils 1904: 269-289, f. 10 & folded colored 
map. 1905. (Also issued in advance as a 25-page separate). 
Sanford, S. The topography and geology ot southern Florida. Fla. State 
Geol. Surv. Ann. Rep. 2: 177-231, f. 3, pi. 9, 10. 1909. 
Notes on Everglades peat on pages 193 and 228. 
Sellards, E. H. Mineral industries (of Florida). Fla. State Geol. Surv. Ann. 
Rep. 1: 26-45. 1908. 
Peat and diatomaceous earth discussed' on pages 37-39. 
Sellards, E. H. Mineral industries (of Florida). Fla. State Geol. Surv. Ann. 
Rep. 2: 235-251. 1909. 
Peat and diatomaceous earth discussed on pages 243-245. 
Shaler, N. S. The topography of Florida. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Coll. 
16: 139-156. March, 1890. 
Smith, E. A. Report on the cotton production of the State of Florida, with 
an account of the general agricultural features of the State. Tenth 
Census U. S. 6: 175-257, with 3 maps. 1884. 
This is in many ways the best geographical description of Florida ever pub¬ 
lished. The geology and soils of the whole State are described in. a general 
way, and the geographical features of each county are discussed separately. The 
contents of the most important previous publications on Florida arc also sum¬ 
marized. 
Vignoles, C Observations upon the Floridas. 199 pp. and map. New York. 
1823. 
Contains a great deal of interesting geographical information, surprisingly 
accurate for that early date. Includes a classification of soils and vegetation, 
with the following divisions:—Flat pine lands, undulating pine lands, low ham¬ 
mock, high hammock, oak and hickory lands, scrub lands, pine land savannas, 
hammock savannas, river swamps, cypress swamps, fresh marshes and salt 
marshes. (This is more complete than some which have been published during 
the present century.) 
Webber, H. J. The water-hyacinth and its relation to navigation in Florida. 
U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Botany, Bull. 18. 20 pp., 4 figs., 1 plate. 1897. 
Wilder, H. J., D'rAke, J. A., Jones, G. B., & Geib, W. J. Soil survey of Leon 
County, Florida. Field Operations U. S. Bureau of Soils 1905: 363-388, 
^ f. 14 & folded colored map. 1907. (Also issued in advance as a 
30-page separate). 
