[15]. Fairbank’s History of Florida, p. 223.
[16]. A name which the children of the neighborhood have bestowed on the bloom of a water plant, suggested by its wax like stem and its yellow point, and here mentioned to suggest to our people that it is time we should have popular designations for others of our beautiful wild flowers.
[17]. Fairbanks Florida, p. 219.
[18]. Pickett, Vol. II. p. 25.
[19]. Canadian Archives B. Vol. 15, p. 267.
[20]. Id. 15 p. 195.
[21]. Id. 17 p. 267.
[22]. Canadian Archives B. Vol. 15 p. 161.
[23]. Von Elking Vol. II p. 139.
[24]. This is the product of the wild myrtle, obtained by putting the seed into hot water, when the wax liquifies and floats on the surface.