j" TORTUGAS KEYS - 
(Florida) 
Mar. 11, 1924.1 
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Warden Ludwig Bethel reports under date 
j of March 1, 1924, that cocoa nut plants 
• can he purchased at 25/ per plant (from 
3 to 8 inches in size), plus the freight 
from the farm where th^jr are for sale, 
which would he hut a trifle. Larger plants 
would cost according to size. As large as 
should he transplanted,range from the 
price above mentioned to $1.50 per plant. 
Mr. Bethel believes that a 50/ plant would 
he the proper size. 
Australian pine plants can he obtained, 
already rooted, in small pot3, 1 foot high, 
at 30/ per plant. 
Mr. Bethel recommends that the purchase 
and planting of these plants he deferred 
until after the nesting season as, he 
states, the birds and hot weather would 
greatly interfere with the work and the 
growth of the plants. 
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(From letter of Warden Bethel, 
dated March 1, 1924.) 
