FLORIDA.


sea were enjoyed. Oranges were b
section where the frost had not dam
the out-door attractions were fishing
ing, and yachting. Open doors and
versal rule, the evenings were usua
verandas, and fresh garden-vegetab
By reference to the files of the "S
I find that on the 22d of January
of Sanford, started for the State Fa
an exhibit of oranges, lemons, li
lemon and banana blooms, cabbag
turnips, radishes, and carrots, all ju
air.
 In the matter of healthfulness,
equally great. Probably not two
died during that February in all
died from the effects of cold, or f
demics that are the terror of the No
known in Florida; so are diphtheri
the summers are remarkably health]
ous fevers which are due to local c
recognized and guarded against. 1
a case of sunstroke or of hydrophol
fever has been known to occur in
five localities that have acquired th
inflicted upon a place that has been
epidemic; but in each place, on eac


sing gathered in every
aged them, and among
;, hunting, riding, boat-
windows were the uni-
lly spent on the broad
les were on the tables.
iouth Florida Journal,"
Mr. George E. Sawyer,
ir at Jacksonville, with
mes, guavas, bananas,
es, cauliflowers, lettuce,
st plucked in the open


the contrast was


people in the thousand
Florida; certainly none
rom those frightful epi-
irth. Pneumonia is un-
a and small-pox. Even
r, except for the malari-
)nditions that are easily
'here was never known
ia in Florida. Yellow
the State, and there are
e bad reputation always
visited by this terrible
h occasion, the disease


was brought there by infected vessels in no case was it
of local or spontaneous origin.
 The question of climate and health, however, is pecul-
iarly one in which the opinions of specialists are all-impor-
tant; and, having now offered my own testimony in the
matter, I propose to cite the confirmatory evidence of those
whd have given most attention to the matter, and whose
conclusions are most entitled to respect. Dr. Joseph P.