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may thence be gradually transplanted aud acclimated throughout the 
Territory; and thus be ultimately extended over the adjoining States on 
the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean. 
iDhe memorialist enumerates, among the exotics which may be intro- / 
duce,(l and naturalized in this couritry successfully, the beautiful and ex¬ 
tensively useful family of the Palms, the Agaves, the shrubs for Chocolate, 
Coffee, and Tea; the Logwood, Fustic, Cochineal, and other Dyes of Mexico, 
Guatemala,and Brazil; the Cinnamon, Pimento, Ginger,and other Spices 
of the East and West Indies ; the Mahogany, Cedar, Ebony, and other 
precious Woods of all parts of the world; the Bananas, Anonas, Mangoes, 
and other delicious Fruits; the Peruvian Bark,Sarsaparilla, Canella,and 
innumerable salutary Medicines for the removal of disease, ^nd that 
the extensive cultivation of a single species of Agave Sisalana will 
alone furnish a profitable staple to the planters of the South, and a 
cheap material to the manufacturers of the North ; which will supply 
many wants of our merchant vessels, of our navy, and of our citizens 
in general. 
From some specimens of these plants and vegetables which were ex~ \ 
kibited to the committee by the memorialist, they entertain the opinion \ 
that, if proper encouragement be given io their introduction and cultiva¬ 
tion, they may conduce greatly to promote the agricultural and manu¬ 
facturing interests of the United States, and the welfare of the people. 
The memorialist represents that a tropical climate extends into Southern 
Florida—^which opinion seems to be well established by the annexed Me¬ 
teorological Table of Observations made at Indian Key, during the year 
1836 ; that many valuable vegetables of the tropics do actually propa¬ 
gate themselves in the worst soils and situations in the sun and in the 
shade of every tropical region, where they arrive either by accident or 
by design ; and that for other profitable plants of the tropics, which require 
human skill and care, moisture is the equivalent to manure ; and that 
tropical cultivation essentially consists in appropriate irrigation, which, 
in such a climate, goes far to counterbalance the sterility of the soil. 
The memorialist being a man of science and untiring industry, and 
having familiarized himself with botanical studies, and devoted much of 
his time and pecuniary resources for the last ten or twelve years to the 
accomplishment of his favorite object, as stated in his memorial, afford, 
ill the estimation of the committee, a sufficient guaranty of his faithful 
compliance with the terms of the proposed grant of land. 
The committee also are induced to believe that the lands asked for 
% the memorialist are of but little value, and, if applied and im¬ 
proved as by him proposed, the public lands in their vicinity might be 
enhanced in value, and thereby no pecuniary loss would be sustained 
by the Government. They have, /Aereybre, unanimously agreed tore- • 
port a hill setting apart, for this object, 07 ie township of the public ) 
land south of the twenty-sixth degree of north latitude, in East Florida, 
npon condition of its occupancy and successful cultivation within a 
limited period, and under Certain resh'ictions and conditions, as set 
forth in said bill. 
The committee also annex a copy of a report of the Committee on Ag¬ 
riculture in this case, made during the first session of the twenty-second 
Congress, and the accompanying documents, as a part of this report ; • 
which bill and report were not then acted on. 
