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heifers to Surf hi'-,So 4.The most conspicuous and the most prevalent vegetable prod net - o: Florida are pine and palmetto. About the r-nLire surface of the land i- covered by pine or palmetto, one or Imth, except the richer hammock's and be ^ivapijii, find welter portions. Tin [fine ot tlvi'. portion is id! pitch pine, ft is a -low growing tree, very race fnl m npp.-n ranee. with wood/is henvj Hid at. hard as northern oak. Tin lumber give-, a beautiful finish, but i: hard to work and tod heavy for com non uses, but very handsome for in •Me HnNh of rooms The loaves cl rliis tree are coarse needles six ti eight inches Inns. The heart is ver; lasting and some ot the trees seeru tr be nearly all heart. The dead trees if this kind that stand on thn ratigi ire called light wood, and they mil inly make excellent fuel but excel tint material for posts and man.' •liter purposes where dm ability is re-1 uired. The foliage of tiiisc is not 'ense, except ia tlilt;* young troiS, tior In they siniul thickly on the ground, ‘'mhfibly fifty trees :o tiieii'Tc is he ,-otid the avenge. How thick tiny night become if the perpetual burn mg of the woods si imi Id cease, I enn ml say. Probably in that event tin i)rest, over mu eh of the ground woub become fjiiite dense. Ah it is tin . oung pines a re constantly till oil of1 ■jeeept io protected situations, ermine lucky ground where by some m -■iilont fire does not extend its iin'.i res. Further northward there is , -pceics of pine, which makes '■xeeHeivt mi l ie•theiand is largeIt ishough, and is 1 on heavy and hi rd ti ic dressed and handled like I lie wbih pine of the north. There are said to ic four species of pine i:i the Stale mt f have only seen two.The Florida palmetto j; of two tindS, having close botanical rein lion •hip. but differing widely in habit n: growth. One M the K?ral or saw pir-.netto and tlic olhei’ is the tall or pi -ailed cabbage palmetto. The sac jiilme! to has a prostrate or crrcpirij r unit, seldom growing upright exec|i' i) dense a nil crowded situation’ i‘here it is compelled to grow upwa: ■ iward the light It hies termini! till other buds from which t,l:e pal mlto fans ur Iptvph take tiii row Lb, and umlciuentli the truii1 re roots rmilling deep into the eartl 'he chief work ol clem ing I lie land i rubbing the saw [inlmetlc. in be ■■liich cub Is from t-1 Ti to $510 per nc; i . machine lor doing tliis work ib wii. .1 have been invented, but it hi is m ome into general use. ifficctive m: hinei-y certainly could bo inventi-Vii1 this - work, and in cate the invei iir ‘could ficeme the proper avails t i is work lid would uiuke a rot turn n grubbing the roots are iiiii off i'i ■eetly under the trunk, which causei joLIi root and top to perish.The mil pahuctio is a beautiful trip trowing from ten tb forty feet ii teighf. with ii trunk that is perfect! j •traigbl. Lika all the palm family ii ins no branches, and the leaves an jirnt fronds growing front tlio loj if 1.1 io trunk, giving a very grncefu ippearanco to the aim ft. The tree i: very‘improperly'called the cabbagi palmetto. It, has no quality cif tin ■abbripe, except tliiit ‘ tin; imieimas-i .eiider growth is sometimes used a* m cdiblo substance, which is callct •abbage, find is found sonic thing of ; aibstilute for cabbage. II. is lender, ■iiieculent and pleasant to the lastlt;. ind ti hungry person would find :i plite fair substitute IVir eabl.Tigc-■ ml. a well-led person would not. Tin ■,i i tiber has tin I slight value, yxrepi imler the water, where it la-Is indlt; :i ill el y. If it Would resist (Teeji \ xiuallv well above Hie water line :t •vmild w easy io Jiml alnmilant un for ii, but it iloeri ant. And olhci k buls of limber, even the hanie.sl. andislru.the water line, when u*od .as p inter is which in lest both tri -mil water in I Ids climate. Th e nee of tlio tal I p. d met to i ad i riijb soil and abundant moistl fur below the surface. Both v. oil the palmetto have a large i:,wt tender (lesli. Thu: •elf. unless broken by the bog. digested, and the pulp a Ion n is lies nii'.ivnent to the rrentnri lend on the berries.After the pine and palmetto I has. thh live oak, the eyiin;nisbes exeeili'iii material for Hid shingles. It is a dt?ei(!unt uni its new foliage which itt l’elici31,1 ri beauttnionnr of r\ ihvks m tin-, part tligivni dual mure il would -oon b ,. | teume \ cry v.iluablo Furl Iter imrlb sjth.eiv :s .1 la 1-0 .unounl Ol ecd.T. I mi I'.-re wo are M-w. .he c-Lir bull Tile im.lv cedar tree in !•’ aTVa rcon III, i-o. liardb- -ix wt ul1. 1ploi.tevl tneee I rum *.e-l c;'..u U ,-]■ - I wh”iv In the VKiur.y .d f d m-• ni.utnUu lu;\dumber and rare wood's hurdle n It as yei in Finrhiit It v. ill ;,• .litierent siv.m1 day. and ill at day- i- not far olT.usually dc-st roved. Un the keys it i-smd much tine timber that or chi t-‘. be really vulliable, and would he V ii,,.. , 1 rl*h/v HS-.1 i- CTrrlv d-'st roved to make fields for plantii pineapples. A few year*, cropping with pihf-nrip’es, and the kind isex-hau -.t ed. Thu - timber i= gone and the fertility of the is gone. The time is t’jjiiiing when umber will be tin ob jocit .'.f prime im parlance in Florida Where now. nccoiding to many of I he ad vert bin c-nt.-. there are millions .if :H !■•■', ul valuable umber Lands, my l)“lir*f is. that Florida will be importing largely of co;d and lumber long before it is lmlf supplied with Llie population thi-.t will make ic compare in density with the old and well set-:led Sintes. Florida ought to be sav-ng her timber In the coui'=l of on-.tlier gf'tii'Ciitn.in it will be. n piwscs-i'Ui ol in calculable value. But it is mt customary for mn:i to look far icyond the pre.senl. A Slush supplj vr the present bhnds us to the com mg need IVhen we i nine face tu ‘.ice with the rued is the time, nnd he hr-t time niu-t ib-ecUi-nily. Ihnj v see the fully of our fiirmur prudi!L*lS of Florid! I of the entJt I he Unit'Him ul 'I it hi is. clerk nnd his eauntry fathej c: ed a rust Leu ant Sn1i.rd.oy eveu-hnil look seats at ;i inble ivlino n lelegrnjil: opera toi- aft cl ft re-I er. Tin ■ i il d 11 i cm bo wee 1 his h on deg 'T tiave beef-anti .bull be ■nils. •.!■ the ii- cirders.ed I.lie color of nlead.1 theTiilur paused in the nets beef steak and bowed t the journalist put back nd bowed bis head, and a man who heard thnl n pie prayer that did ah idcr respect fur the old it bu tin11 been the I’resi-J n i ted H tat es. — Sjjrctc iiscEnirnii Cnnoyir by some persons v. 1m ■■■xpuTiuy therefiii', imd those who can't, gi ■cuuse of high taxes anil low crops, ;u no I, wi-di Io pay some onus else i x-ense tli ere. lluruuver, wu do noi dievc that the expenso will conn vilhifi the ini-sc lit esti unite1, an: mi s than llie now L'.iptt:)! did.Oxn.-illiiig f -r : :iy ,i11 -:y Ailvc ; ;s-■:I.' '.'■lili : I. fiii; ;l.iy. AI lM . ah r i\' Slt; iis.N. * ftn p - S;lTin- fill f Milo isIJGSStih’C■ yiiiid |' jo.sft rl:an u.(of-UKy.!S SARSAPARILLA-- -Djyrrs:
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