. A guide to Florida for tourists, sportsmen and settlers . fcJ3 u,PQ o. (73 o u 3 > i tJ3 MIAMI TO KEY WEST 197 of the keys are simply mangrove islands; othershave central growths of jungle, tree and vinelushly growing, while others have jungle, openplantations, and even lakes or salt-lagoons inland. There are hundreds of these Keys, all seem-ingly upgrowth on an underlying reef. On theocean side is a similar reef, submerged, betweenwhich is the waterway to Key West from Bis-cayne Bay (see p. 378). The vegetation on the Keys does not attain aheight of any importance because of the summerst
. A guide to Florida for tourists, sportsmen and settlers . fcJ3 u,PQ o. (73 o u 3 > i tJ3 MIAMI TO KEY WEST 197 of the keys are simply mangrove islands; othershave central growths of jungle, tree and vinelushly growing, while others have jungle, openplantations, and even lakes or salt-lagoons inland. There are hundreds of these Keys, all seem-ingly upgrowth on an underlying reef. On theocean side is a similar reef, submerged, betweenwhich is the waterway to Key West from Bis-cayne Bay (see p. 378). The vegetation on the Keys does not attain aheight of any importance because of the summerstorms and very high winds. The native treesare all tropical, and the jungles are of the great-est interest to the naturalist. There is romanceand story attached to each wood that mahogany abounds, but not of sufficientsize to be valuable commercially; dogwood andbuttonwood; gumbolimbo, which, when cut andused as fence posts takes root and grows intoa line of vigorous trees. There are also poison-v^ood, with its alluring foliage and bright trunk;satinwood, fi
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