PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT.

NORTON, C. L. A handbook of Florida (third edition). xxxii+392 pp., 49 maps.
I6mo. New York, 1892.
A valuable compendium of information, impartial and for the most part accurate. Descriptions of the counties, with map of each, on pages 1-102.
PARKER, E. W. Florida. (In:- Condition of the coal-briquetting industry of
the United States). U. S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 316: 481. 1907.
RANSON, R. Some Florida peat plants. Jour. Am. Peat SoC. 3: 53-57. 1910
RICE, T. D., & GEIB, W. J. Soil survey of the Gainesville area, Florida. Field
Operations U. S. Bureau of Soils 1904: 269-289, f. io & folded colored
map. 1905. (Also issued in advance as a 25-page separate).
SANFORD, S. The -topography and geology ot southern Florida. Fla. State
Geol. Surv. Ann. Rep. 2: 177-231, f. 3, pl. 9, 10. 1909.
Notes on Everglades peat on pages 193 and 228.
SELLARDS, E. H. Mineral industries (of Florida). Fla. State Geol. Surv. Ann.
Rep. 1: 26-45. i9o8.
Peat and diatoma-ceous earth discussed on pages 37-39.
SELIARDS, E.H. Mineral industries (of Florida). Fla. State Geol. Surv. Ann.
Rep. 2: 235-25I. 1909.
Peat and diatomaceous earth discussed on pages 243-245.
SHALER, N. S. The topography of Florida. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. H'trv. Coll.
I6: 139-156. March, I89o.
SMITH, E. A. Report on the cotton production of the State of Florida, with
an account of the general agricultural features of the State. Tenth
Census U. S. 6: 175-257, with 3 maps. 1884.
This is in many ways the best geographical description of Florida vcr published. The geology and soils of the *whole State are described in a general way, and the geographical features of each county are discussed separately. Ihe contents of the most important previous publications on Florida arc also stimmarized.
VIGNOLES, C. Observations upon the Floridas. i99 pp. and map. New 'York.
1823.
Contains a great deal of interesting geographical information, surprisingly accurate for that early date. Includes a classification of soils and vegetation, with the following divisions '-:-Flat pine lands, undulating pine lands, low hammock, high hammock, oak and hickory lands, scrub lands, pine land savannas, hammock savannas, river swamps, cypress swamps, fresh marshes and salt marshes. (This is more complete than some which have been published during the present century.)
WEBBER, H. J. The water-hyacinth and its relation to navigation in Florida.
U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Botany, Bull. I8. 20 pp., 4 figs., I plate. 1897.
WILDER, H. J., DRAKE, J. A., JONES, G. B., & GEIB, W.J. Soil survey of Leon
County, Flurida. wield Operations U. S. Bureau of Soils 1905: 363-388, f. 14 & folded colored map. 1907. (Also issued in advance as a
30-page separate).

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