222 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-13TH ANNUAL REPORT

 Turning to smaller plants than trees, some of the vines and shrubs yield berries (muscadines, blackberries, huckleberries, etc.), and some may be. used for decorative purposes (mistletoe, holly, wild smilax, etc.). Honey comes mostly from native shrubs and small trees, such as saw palmetto, gallberry, and black mangrove. In 1909, according to the U. S. census, the central Florida counties produced 217,757 pounds of honey and 2913 pounds of beeswax, together valued at $17,185. The corresponding figures for 191314, according to the State agricultural department, were 183, 305 pounds of honey and 726 pounds of wax, with a value of $19,822. The greatest honey-producing section in our area is the east coast strip, as stated in the description of that region. The industry is one that calls for very little common labor, and it would seem to be capable of great extension.
 The Spanish moss is used in a small way for mattress making, mostly around Ocala and Leesburg, and it could be used a great deal more if there was enough cheap labor to be had. (The industry is much more extensively developed in Louisiana, which has 1no more moss than Florida, but many more illiterate unskilled laborers.) Nothing is known as to how much moss per acre can be produced annually under the most favorable conditions, but the total quantity in our hammocks and swamps is enormous, and seemingly inexhaustible.
 The proposed use of saw-grass for paper-making has been mentioned on a preceding page, and a paper mill is said to be about to begin operations at Leesburg. The deer-tongue (Trilisa odoratissinia was formerly used largely for flavoring tobacco. An old agricultural report states that 39 bales of it were shipped from Silver Springs in the fall of 1871 and some has been shipped from Volusia County within the last twenty years.
 The grasses and other herbs of the pine lands and prairies af ford pasturage practically all the year round for large herds of cattle and a few horses, sheep and goats, and grazing is still one of the big industries, particularly in the southeastern flatwoods, as indicated in the description of that region, and as will be further discussed under the head of agriculture. Many hogs of the "razorback" variety get most of their living from roots and acorns and other seeds in the woods.