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[[left margin vertical]] Mr J. M. [[red underlined]] Monroe [[/red underlined]] 2924 Jefferson st, Coconut Grove, Dade County tax assessment came to [[strikethrough]] survey [[/strikethrough]] examine the Anchorage. [[red underlined]] Pleasant meeting [[/red underlined]] [[/left margin vertical]]
June 14. [[strikethrough]] Finished [[/strikethrough]] [[?]] visited, [[red underlined]] R. W. Harrison. [[/red underlined]] Afternoon while [[strikethough]] svimm [[/strikethrough]] swimming, [[red underlined]] Tax assessor assistant Moore [[/red underlined]] visited me.  Afterwards visit of Dr & Mrs. [[red underlined]] Fairchild [[/red underlined]] and their son. At 8 P.M took another swim while listening to concert over Radio, and finished my packing.
[[underlined]] June 15 [[/underlined]] Left at 9 A.M. from [[red underlined]] Atlantic Coast Line. [[/red underlined]] Moderate pleasant temperature with occasional showers prevented dust. Took purposely this day train to see at least once, changes in vegetation when going North. Only 2 passengers in N.Y car.
Cocopalms gradually become scarcer and less developed and fruit smaller, while large Palmetto type become more apparent going northerly. The latter seem to thrive well in white silica sandy soil so different from our lime rich soil.  
[[left margin vertical in red]] Pineapples [[/left margin vertical in red]]
This [[red underlined]] sand soil seems very well [[/red underlined]] adapted to [[red underlined] Pine apple culture [[/red underlined]] as shown abundantly on the towns along Indian River. This country I had never seen except from the water side when I was cruising in the [[red underlined]] Cygnet or ION [[/red underlined]] in my trips to Florida. Soil in [[red underlined]] Fort Pierce seems well adapted for Oranges [[/red underlined]] and less tropical
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[[left margin vertical in red]] Fort Pierce [[\left margin vertical in red]]
vegetation than in Coconut Grove. [[red underlined]] Mangoes are of the small variety [[/red underlined]] while Coconut [[strikethrough]] tree [[/strikethrough]] Palms are stunted in size and fruit seems sterile. On the other hand the Silk oak here seems to feel well at home and grows abundantly. - Also forests of the [[red underlined]] cabbage palm [[/red underlined]] (palmetto) grown close together and by no means comparable to the more graceful Cocopalms or Royal Palms give characteristic aspect of this section. [[red underlined]] St. Augustine and even more Jacksonville [[/red underlined]] look rather Northerly by their vegetation.
[[underlined]] June 16. [[/underlined]] This morning in the observation car, met [[red underlined]] Dr. James Zetek, [[/red underlined]] director of the U.S. Panama botanical station, (whom I had met a few days ago at Fairchilds) was on the same train and is going to Washington. - A very interesting man born in U.S. from [[red underlined]] Czeko-slovak origin. [[/red underlined]] Altho' only 48 years old has wide and interesting experience in tropical botany and zoology and has been there during all the beginnings of the Panama Canal building, and entrusted by [[red underlined]] Dr. Gorgas of the Mosquito [[/red underlined]] eradication etc.  
[[left margin vertical in red]] Goethals & Gorgas [[\left margin vertical in red]] Also witnessed the quarrels between [[strikethrough]] Dr. Goet [[/strikethrough]] [[red underlined]] Dr. Gorgas [[/red underlined]] and his staff [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] and [[red underlined]] Goethals [[/red underlined]] and his staff. - He could write a very interesting story about all he told me.  [[red underlined]] Like usually [[/red underlined]] in our army or naval ports, [[red underlined]] the wives [[/red underlined]]