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http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/JG00010001/00001
Material Information
Title:
Photographs of plants approximately 1913-1934 / collected and captioned by Gifford.
Creator:
Gifford, John Clayton, 1870-1949.
Publication Date:
1934
Language:
English
Physical Description:
9 photos. on 7 sheets : black and white.
Subjects
Subjects / Keywords:
Cajeput (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
Dugout canoes--Florida--Everglades.
Melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
Plant introduction--Florida.
Pond apple.
Davie (Fla.)
Elliott Key (Fla.)
Everglades (Fla.)--Photographs.
Miami Canal (Fla.)
Okeechobee, Lake (Fla.)
Notes
Abstract:
1. [Dr. Gifford inspecting] a natural growth of cajeputs near Davie / by Claude C. Matlack. ca. 1934. -- 2. The first cajeputs planted in Florida [at Davie], ca. 1920. -- 3. Miami Canal, 1913? -- 4. Elliott Key : men standing under sea grape and drinking from coconut / by John Craig. ca. 1915. -- 5. Seminoles in dugout canoes. -- 6-7. Top view: moonvines covering custard apples on the south shore of Lake Okeechobee. Bottom view: sawgrass marsh and small tree islands. -- 8. Buttonwood (left) and red mangrove, ca. 1920. -- 9. Custard apple [pond apple] in the Everglades / by Claude C. Matlack. Matlack no. 669-50.
General Note:
Gifford introduced the cajupet melaleuca to Florida in 1906, when he planted seeds from Cuba at Davie (The tree is native to Australia). Melaleucas were intended to help reclaim lands by absorbing water and drying wetlands.
Record Information
Source Institution:
Florida International University
Holding Location:
HistoryMiami
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Resource Identifier:
JG00010001
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Everglades Digital Library: Reclaiming the Everglades
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