What to see in America . ^m A Trappers Home Florida 185. Old City Gates, St. Augustine Large areas are cov-ered with dense growthsof the saw palmetto, sonamed because of itsspiny-toothed leaf-stalks. It is also calledpalmetto scrub, whichindicates its size andnature. Its relative, thecabbage pahnetto, is abeautiful tree with acolumnar trunk, thatlifts a fan crown fiftyor sixty feet in theair. The soft enfoldingleaves that surroundthe central bud somewhat resemble a cabbage in quality,whence comes the trees name. Palmettos are found asfar north as Cape Hatteras, but you do not see them at their
What to see in America . ^m A Trappers Home Florida 185. Old City Gates, St. Augustine Large areas are cov-ered with dense growthsof the saw palmetto, sonamed because of itsspiny-toothed leaf-stalks. It is also calledpalmetto scrub, whichindicates its size andnature. Its relative, thecabbage pahnetto, is abeautiful tree with acolumnar trunk, thatlifts a fan crown fiftyor sixty feet in theair. The soft enfoldingleaves that surroundthe central bud somewhat resemble a cabbage in quality,whence comes the trees name. Palmettos are found asfar north as Cape Hatteras, but you do not see them at theirbest until you get down to Palatka in Florida. There theygive the jungle a touch of stateliness and a real tropicalpicturesqueness. Florida was discovered by Ponce de Leon. He came fromSpain to seek a spring whose waters were said to conferimmortal youth on whoever bathed in it. On March 27,1513, his three vessels arrived within sight of a coast w^hichhe called Terra de Pasciia Florida, Land of Easter name is supposed to refer in part, to t
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