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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
FLORIDA CLIMATOLOGY IN RELATION TO 
PLANTING 
Area i. This includes all western and 
peninsular Florida as far south, roughly 
speaking, as Hernando, Marion and 
northern Volusia counties as shown in ac¬ 
companying map. The few southern 
counties of this area—those just men¬ 
tioned—practically mark the northern 
limit of the citrus industry. There are 
scattered groves north and west, of the 
hardier types on hardier stocks, but they 
do not figure conspicuously in the indus¬ 
try. This region is especially adapted 
to the deciduous fruits that are suited to 
Florida planting as the. Persimmon, Fig, 
Pecan, Peach, Plum, Pear, etc. It is true 
that most of the varieties commonly 
grown in Florida do splendidly even in 
south Florida, but generally speaking 
they reach their perfection in the north¬ 
ern sections of the State. You will note 
on going over the remarks on hardiness 
at the head of each department, to which 
we call your especial attention, that the 
* is used to indicate this relative hardi¬ 
ness. 
Area 2.—This is really more than 
“central Florida,” as it covers all of the 
southern half of the State with the ex¬ 
ception of a narrow strip of better pro¬ 
tected territory on both coasts from Pi¬ 
nellas County around to Brevard, which 
widens out at the southern extreme to in¬ 
clude Dade and Monroe counties, and a 
large portion of Lee and Palm Beach 
counties, all of which constitute Area 3. 
We leave the larger portion of the Ever¬ 
glade country in the second area as com¬ 
paratively little is known as to just what 
its climatic conditions may be and at some 
points there it has been colder on occa¬ 
sion than at many points farther north. 
Area 2 includes the bulk of the citrus ter¬ 
ritory as now understood, and also the 
most celebrated trucking centers of the 
State. Because of its unusual location, 
most of the plants we list can be grown 
successfully with the exception of some 
of the more tender tropical sorts, though 
even of these many shrubs may be grown, 
for even if the tops are killed down, they 
come right up and flower and fruit again. 
Area 3.—Includes the more strictly 
sub-tropical area in which all plants are 
as near hardy as at any point in the 
United States. At the points farthest 
north, along bays and rivers where water 
modifies the temperature in cold weather 
very perceptibly, this area of compara¬ 
tively safe planting of tropical material 
extends back from the water one or two 
miles, the strip widening as it extends 
southward. 
On the information contained in this 
table, and on considerably less in some in¬ 
stances, most of the landscape work of 
the State has been done. It was in the 
effort to broaden this information, that 
this article was conceived, and the fol¬ 
lowing paragraphs given. 
Taking up the subjects in the same or¬ 
der as given in the table, first of all come 
the Palms. As will be shown in a later 
paragraph, the palm is one of the primary 
motifs in the tropical landscape, and cer¬ 
tainly the one on which our northern 
friends lay the most emphasis. It be¬ 
hooves us therefore to pay particular at- 
