PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT.

In shallow pools which contain water even in the dry season (known locally as 'gator-holes")' or in sloughs, there is a deposit of blackish peat which must also be highly charged with lime, as its analysis gives about the same results as that of the ashy material.

Fig. 27.-Small rocky 'gator-hole near south
end of Everglades (Dade County), with Anona, Persea, Magnolia glauca, Nymphaea macrophylla,
etc. March 28, 1909.
The following plants were observed in the Everglades within sight of Paradise Key (Royal Palm Hammock) in the latter part of March, 1909, and near the head of the Miami River early in April:
SMALL TREES OR SHRUBS

Anona glabra (custard-apple) Salix Icligipes? (willow) Cephalanthus occidentalis (button
bush)

Persea pubescens? (red bay) Magnolia glauca (bay) Chrysobalanus Icaco (cocoa plum)

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