FLORIDA.


 classified as the Nortbern orTemperatothe Semi-trnial,
3 and theTropical.
 Northern Florida, especially the western section of it,
 in soil, productions, and general appearance, closely resem-
 bles regions much farther north. It is a land of live-stock,
 of corn, wheat, cotton, cane, jute, rice, ramie, potatoes, ap-
 ples, grapes, peaches, figs, in fact all the products of fields,
 forests, and gardens of a northern clime, with a few of the
 hardier of southern products. The tropical banana, pine-
 apple, etc., do not grow there, nor the orange or lemon, as
 a crop for profit. Its soil is excellent; its surface is rolling
 and hilly, with grand forests, rocks, springs, and streams;
 and the roads are firm and good. It is not tropical, but is
 very picturesque and home-like, and, to the Northern visit-
 or, is the most agreeable portion of the State. Better live-
 stock, or crops, can not be produced in the world, in great-
 er abundance, or with less expense and labor, than grow
 here; but they are not tropical crops. Such is Northern
 Florida, where frosts and "cold snaps" are not only possi-
 ble, but frequently occur.
 Middle Florida is that portion of the State lying be-
 tween the twenty-eighth and thirtieth parallels, and may
/ be termed Semi-tropical Florida. It is the region where
 many of the products of both the temperate and the tropi-
 cal climes may be found growing side by side; where the
 orange, lemon, fig, guava, citron, grape, and all garden-
 vegetables, may be found growing, for profit, in the open
 air, all the year round. It is where cotton, cane, rice, and
 all field-crops pay best, and where wheat, corn, and live-
 stock are noticeably less productive than a little farther
 north. The soil here is mostly of a sandy character, and
 begins to have the characteristic appearance of a tropical
 soil; while the surface is generally flat and uninteresting,
 with occasional slightly rolling tracts. There are but few
 streams or lakes, except in the central portion-known- to