This exhaustively researched yet simply written book includes the sabal palm's life history, its relationship with man and place within natural systems. With an introduction by Marjory Stoneman Douglas and a chapter by James Billie, Chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida as well as contributions by other prominent botanists and conservationists, the book also includes delightful miscellany such as first-person accounts of 18th-century botanists of the tree, how hummingbirds construct nests using the trees, instructions on how to grow the trees from seed and transplant them and how to build a flutter mill of the fronds.
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A fascinating tale of the Sabal palmetto, the state tree of Florida and South Carolina. Unlike horticultural writers who get bogged down in scientific names and esoterica, Oehlbeck has made the sabal come alive. -- Orlando Sun-Sentinel, Nov. 1, 1997
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Barbara Oehlbeck is a well-known, award-winning Florida horticultural writer. With this book, she branches into history and ethnography with great success, maintining her folksy, easy-to-read style.
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