. The standard guide . the strange and apparently awkward-lookingpelicans may be seen feeding in the lake, and flamingoes ranged in line on thesandbars. The Standard Guide. 79 On a strip of sand, one mile wide, between tlie lake and the ocean for about fivemiles of its length, are located the extensive tropical gardens, costly mansions andtasteful cottages of the Northerners, come hither to enjoy six winter months of idealout-of-door existence. Tropical plants and trees from all parts of the world are gathered here. Walksshaded by groves of cocoanut palms are laid out in geometrical patterns,
. The standard guide . the strange and apparently awkward-lookingpelicans may be seen feeding in the lake, and flamingoes ranged in line on thesandbars. The Standard Guide. 79 On a strip of sand, one mile wide, between tlie lake and the ocean for about fivemiles of its length, are located the extensive tropical gardens, costly mansions andtasteful cottages of the Northerners, come hither to enjoy six winter months of idealout-of-door existence. Tropical plants and trees from all parts of the world are gathered here. Walksshaded by groves of cocoanut palms are laid out in geometrical patterns, borderedwith concrete curbs, and with lawns protected by curved sea walls of concrete andcoquina on the lake front. Oleanders, hybiscus and passion flowers are in , guavas, limes, lemons, oranges, figs, sappadillas, date palms, bananas, pine-apples and early vegetables are common in all the gardens ; some have strawberriesripe in February, and tomatoes in abundance in March. Rubber trees, royal poinciana,. A MEMORY OF TllK EASF COAST LAND. paradise, coffee, travelers and numbers of curious trees ornameiit the gardens, andthe gnarled straggling arms of great live oaks, covered with knobs and bunches oftwo varieties of orchids and hanging moss, by weird contrast add to the beauties. Walks 20 feet wide and one mile long, bordered with cocoanut palms, oleandersand azaleas, lead from the lake front, where are located all the residences and hotels,to the ocean front, which is almost a perpendicular bluff from 10 to 15 feet in height,with a steep and narrow beach of crushed shells and little sand, upon which with amagnificent surf the ocean breaks, in color a clear, bright, ultramarine blue, entirelydifferent from the dull green color of the ocean on the New Jersey coast. On the western shore of the lake are large pineapple plantations, each yearincreasing in numbers and in production. Thirty miles to the west is Lake Okecho-bee and settlements of the Seminole Indians, wh
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