One of the most delightful and unique places in Florida, or the south, is the city of Pensacola. Even Tallahassee and St. Augustine cannot excel it in the beauty of its gardens and streets. The fences are covered with semi-tropical shrubbery, while gardenias and camellias grow profusely around the houses. Figs and pomegranates are at home here, the bright red fruit of the latter contrasting finely with its dark green foliage; and there seems to be no limit to the growth of the Scuppernong grape. The fruit of this vine is ripe at this time of the year, and is sold at the railroad station by the little "piccaninies" at five cents a quart. The althaeas, Hibiscus grandiflorus and H coccineus are blooming profusely, and a few flowers of the gardenias may still be seen. Roses are as common as the dandelion in the north - teas, hybrid per-petuals, polyanthas and climbing roses - the favorites, of course, being Chromatella and Marechal Niel. Of the trees, the most conspicuous are the magnolia and live oak, while the rare little holly, Ilex myrtifolia, is not wanting. The barberry, Berberis vulgaris, and Olea cla-vata, an exotic evergreen, may also be seen. The air is everywhere laden with the fragrance of the tuberose, jasmine (Jasminum revolutum), and many other fragrant flowers.

Every porch is covered with some kind of vine or creeper, Antigorton leptopus, honeysuckle and clematis being most numerous. In fact, the characteristic feature of Pensacola during the summer is the abundant growth of her vegetation. The trees almost hide the harbor from view. The small, old-fashioned houses are almost buried in rank growths of vines and creepers, and the lawns of Bermuda grass are everywhere dotted with the flowers of cultivated plants and shrubs. "The Land of Flowers" is a term particularly appropriate to Pensacola and the vicinity. - P. W. Rbasoner.