FLORIDA  , the most See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern of the See also:

• UNITED

United States of See also:

• AMERICA

America, situated between 240 30' and 31° N. See also:

• LAT

lat. and 79° 48' and 87° 38' W. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . It is bounded N. by See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia and See also:

• ALABAMA

Alabama, E. by the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean, S. by the Strait of Florida, which separates it from See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba, and by the Gulf of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, and W, by Alabama and the Gulf . The Florida Keys, a See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of islands extending in a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly direction from Biscayne See also:

• BAY

Bay, are included in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state boundaries, and the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

Key See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West, on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of the same name, is the seat of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of See also:

• MONROE
• MONROE, JAMES (1758-1831)

Monroe See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county . The See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• AREA

area of the state is 58,666 sq. m., of which 3805 sq. m. are See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SURFACE

surface . The See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

• LINE

line is greater than that of any other state, extending.472 in. on the Atlantic and 674 M. on the Gulf Coast . The See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar outline of Florida gives it the name of " See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula State." The See also:

• AVERAGE

average See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of the surface of the state above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level is less than that of any other state except See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana, but there is not the monotony of unbroken level which descriptions and maps often suggest . The N.W. portion of the state is, topographically, similar to south-eastern Alabama, being a See also:

• ROLLING

rolling, hilly See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; the eastern See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section is a See also:

• PART

part of the Atlantic coastal See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain; the western coast line is less See also:

• REGULAR

regular than the eastern, being indented by a number of bays and harbours, the largest of which are See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour, See also:

• TAMPA

Tampa Bay and See also:

• PENSACOLA

Pensacola Bay . Along much of the western coast and along nearly the whole of the eastern coast extends a line of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand reefs and narrow islands, enclosing shallow and narrow bodies of water, such as See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• RIVER

river and See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

Worth—called See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, lakes, lagoons, bays and harbours . In the central part of the state there is a See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge, extending N. and S. and forming a See also:

• DIVIDE

divide, separating the streams of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east coast from those of the west . Its highest elevation above sea-level is about 300 ft . .The central region is remarkable for its large number of lakes, approximately 30,000 between See also:

• GAINESVILLE

Gainesville in Alachua county, and Lake Okeechobee . They are due largely to sinkholes or depressions caused by See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of the See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone of the region .

Many of the lakes are connected by subterranean channels, and a See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the surface of one lake is often accompanied by a change in the surface of another . By far the largest of these lakes, nearly all of them shallow, is Lake Okeechobee, a See also:

• BODY

body of water about 1250 sq. m. in area and almost uniformly shallow, its See also:

• DEPTH

depth seldom being greater than 15 ft . Caloosahatchee river, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico near Charlotte Harbour, is its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal outlet . Among the other lakes are See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange, See also:

• CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

Crescent, See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, See also:

• WEIR (from O. Eng. wer, a dam; cognate with werian, to defend, guard; cf. Ger. Wehr, defence)
• WEIR, ROBERT WALTER (1803-1889)

Weir, See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris, Eustis, Apopka, Tohopekaliga, Kissimmee and Istokpoga . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief featureof the southern portion of the state is the See also:

• EVERGLADES

Everglades (q.v.), the See also:

• TERM

term " Everglade State " being popularly applied to Florida . Within the state there are many swamps, the largest of which are the Big See also:

• CYPRESS (Cupressus)

Cypress Swamp in the S. adjoining the Everglades on the W., and Okefinokee Swamp, extending from Georgia into the N.E. part of the state . A peculiar feature of the drainage of the state is the large number of subterranean streams and of springs, always found to a greater or less extent in limestone regions . Some of them are of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SIZE

size . See also:

• SILVER

Silver See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring and See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue Spring in See also:

• MARION
• MARION, FRANCIS (1732-1795)
• MARION, HENRI FRANCOIS (1846-1896)

Marion county, Blue Spring and Orange City See also:

• MINERAL

Mineral Spring in Volusia county, Chipola Spring near Marianna in See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson county, Espiritu Santo Spring near Tampa in Hillsboro county, See also:

• MAGNOLIA

Magnolia Springs in See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

Clay county, Suwanee Springs in Suwanee county, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• SULPHUR

Sulphur Springs in See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton county, the Wekiva Springs in Orange county, and Wakulla Spring, See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport Sulphur Spring and See also:

• PANACEA (Gr. lravaKeia, all-healing, from was, all, and aueioOae, to heal)

Panacea Mineral Spring in Wakulla county are the most noteworthy . Many of the springs have curative properties, one of them, the See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green See also:

• COVE

Cove Spring in Clay county, discharging about 3000 gallons of sulphuretted water per See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute . Not far from St See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine a spring bursts through the sea itself with such force that the ocean breakers See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll back from it as from a sunken See also:

• REEF (1)

reef . The springs often See also:

• MERGE

merge into lakes, and lake systems are usually the See also:

• SOURCES

sources of the rivers, Lake George being the principal source of the St Johns, and Lake Kissimmee of the Kissimmee, while a number of smaller lakes are the source of the Oklawaha, one of the most beautiful of the Floridian rivers .

Of the rivers the most important are the St Johns, which flows N. from about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the peninsula, empties into the Atlantic a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance below See also:

• JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville; and is navigable for about 250 M. from its mouth, the Withlacoochee, flowing in a general See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-westerly direction from its source in the N.E. part of See also:

• POLK, JAMES KNOX (179 1849)
• POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-1864)

Polk county, and forming near its entrance into the Gulf of Mexico the boundary between See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

Levy and Citrus counties, and four rivers, the Escambia, the Choctawatchee, the See also:

• APALACHICOLA

Apalachicola, and the Suwanee, having their sources in other states and traversing the north-western part of Florida . On See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of its sand reefs, the east coast has not so many harbours as the west coast . The most important harbours are at See also:

• FERNANDINA

Fernandina, St Augustine, and See also:

• MIAMI

Miami on the E. coast, and at Tampa, Key West and Pensacola on the W. coast . The soils of Florida have sand as a See also:

• COMMON

common ingredient., They may be divided into three classes: the See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine lands, which often have a surface of dark See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable See also:

• MOULD

mould, under which is a sandy See also:

• LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam resting on a substratum of clay, See also:

• MARL (from O. Fr. marle, Late Lat. margila, dim. of marga; cf. Du. and Ger. Mergel)

marl or limestone—areas of such See also:

• SOIL

soil are found throughout the state; the " hammocks," which have soil of similar ingredients and are interspersed with the pine lands—large areas of this soil. occur in Levy, Alachua, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, See also:

• GADSDEN, CHRISTOPHER (1724-1805)
• GADSDEN, JAMES (1788-1858)

Gadsden, See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon, See also:

• MADISON
• MADISON, JAMES (1751–1836)

Madison, See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson and Jackson counties; and the alluvial swamp lands, chiefly in E. and S . Florida, the richest class, which require drainage to See also:

• FIT

fit them for cultivation . As regards See also:

• CLIMATE

climate Florida may be divided into three more or less distinct zones . North and west of a line passing through See also:

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

Cedar Keys and Fernandina the climate is distinctly " southern," similar to that of the Gulf states; from this line to another extending from the mouth of the Caloosahatchee to Indian river inlet the climate is semi-tropical,, and is well suited to the cultivation of oranges; S. of this the climate is sub-tropical, well adapted to the cultivation of pineapples.' ' Since , the semi-tropical and sub-tropical zones are nearer the course of the Gulf Stream, and are swept by the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade winds, their temperatures are more See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform than those of the zones of southern climate; indeed, the extremes of See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat (103° F.) and See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold (13° F.) are See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt in the region of southern climate . The mean See also:

• ANNUAL

annual temperature of the state is 70•8° F., greater in the sub-tropical than in the other climate zones, and the Atlantic coast is in general warmer than the Gulf Coast . The rainfall averages 52.09 in. per annum . On account of its warm climate, Florida has many resorts for See also:

• HEALTH

health and See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure, which are especially popular in the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season from See also:

• JANUARY

January to See also:

• APRIL

April; the more important are St Augustine, See also:

• ORMOND

Ormond, Daytona, See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

Palm See also:

• BEACH

Beach, Miami, Tampa, White Springs, See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton Springs, Worthington Springs and Orange Springs . No metals have ever been discovered in Florida . The principal minerals are See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock phosphate and (recently more important) See also:

• LAND

land and river pebble phosphate, found in scattered deposits in a See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt on the " west coast about 30 M. wide and extending from See also:

• TALLAHASSEE

Tallahassee to Lake Okeechobee .

The centre of the quarries is Dunnellon. in Marion county, and pebble phosphate is found in Hillsboro, Polk, De See also:

• SOTO, FERDINANDO [FERNANDO, Or HERNANDO] DE (1496?—1542)

Soto, See also:

• OSCEOLA (a corruption of the Seminole As-se-he-ho-lar, meaning black drink) (c. 1804—1838)

Osceola, Citrus and Hernando counties . Although the economic value of the phosphate deposits was first realized about 1889, between 1894 and . 1907 Florida produced, each See also:

• YEAR

year, more than See also:

• HALF

half of all the phosphate rock produced in the whole United States, the yield of Florida (1,357,365 long tons) in 1907 being valued at $6,577,757; that of the whole country at $10,653,558 . Florida is also the principal source in the United States for See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller's See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, a See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit of which, near See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy, was first discovered in 1893; and clay (including See also:

• KAOLIN

kaolin) is also See also:

• MINED

mined to some extent . Other minerals that have been discovered but have not been industrially See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed are See also:

• GYPSUM

gypsum, See also:

• LIGNITE (Lat. lignum, wood)

lignite and See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement rock . The lack of a thorough See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological survey has perhaps prevented the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of other minerals—certainly it is responsible for a See also:

• LATE

late recognition of the economic value of the known mineral resources . The See also:

• FLORA

flora of N . Florida is similar to that of south-eastern North America ; that of S . Florida seems to be a See also:

• LINK

link between the vegetation of North America and that of South America and the West Indies, for out of 247 See also:

• SPECIES

species of S . Florida that have been examined, 187 are common to the West Indies, Mexico and South America . The forests See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover approximately 37,700 sq. m., chiefly in the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern part of the state, including about half of the peninsula, yellow pine being predominant, except in the coastal See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh lands, where cypress, found throughout the state, particularly abounds . About half of the varieties of See also:

• FOREST

forest trees in the United States are found, and Almost everywhere limestone is the underlying rock, but siliceous sands, brought out by the Atlantic rivers to the N.E., are carried the whole length of the Florida coast by marine See also:

• ACTION

action.among the peculiar species are the red bay or Florida See also:

• MAHOGANY

Mahogany," satinwood and cachibou, and the Florida See also:

• YEW (Taxus baccata)

yew and savin, both almost See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct .

The See also:

• LUMBER

lumber See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is important : in 1905, the total factory product of lumber and See also:

• TIMBER

timber was valued at $10,901,650, and lumber and planing See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill products were valued at $1,690,455 . In 1900 this was the most valuable industry in the state; in 1905 it was second to the manufacture of See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco . The See also:

• FAUNA

fauna is similar in general to that of the southern United States . Among the animals are the See also:

• PUMA

puma, manatee (sea cow), See also:

• ALLIGATOR (Spanish el lagarto, " the lizard ")

alligator and See also:

• CROCODILE

crocodile, but the number of these has been greatly diminished by See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting . Ducks, See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild turkeys, bears and wild See also:

• CATS, JACOB (1577-1660)

cats (See also:

• LYNX (Lat. Lynx, Gr. airy, probably connected with X hovewv, to see)

lynx) are found, but in decreasing See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers . The See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries are very valuable; the total number of species of See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish in Florida See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters is about 600, and many species found on one coast are not found on the other . The See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king fish and tarpon are hunted for See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport, while See also:

• MULLET

mullet, See also:

• SHAD

shad, redsnappers, pompano, See also:

• TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout, See also:

• SHEEPSHEAD

sheepshead and See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• MACKEREL

mackerel are of great economic value . The sponge and See also:

• OYSTER

oyster fisheries are also important . The total product of the fisheries in 1902 was valued at about $2,000,000 . Industry and See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

Commerce.—The principal occupation is See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, in which 44% of the labouring See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was engaged in woo, but only 12.6% of the total land surface was enclosed in farms, of which only 34.6% was improved, and the total agricultural product for 1899. was valued at $18,309,104 .. As the number of farms increased faster than the cultivated area from 1850 to 1900, the average size of farms declined from 444 acres in 186o to 140 in 1880 and to 1o6.9 in 1900, the largest class of farms being those with an acreage varying from 20 to 50 acres . Nearly three-fourths of the farms, in 1900, were cultivated by their owners, but the See also:

• CASH

cash tenantry See also:

• SYSTEM

system showed an increase of t00% since 189o, being most extensively used in the See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton counties .

One-third of the farms were operated by negroes, but one-half of these farms were rented, and the value of See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro See also:

• FARM

farm See also:

• PROPERTY

property was only one-eighth that of the entire farm property of the state . According to the state See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census of 1905 only 1,621,362 acres were improved; of 45,984 farms, 31,233 were worked by whites . Fruits normally See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the principal See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop; the total value for 1907-8 of the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit crops of the state (including oranges, lemons, limes, See also:

• GRAPE

grape-fruit, bananas, guavas, See also:

• PEARS

pears, peaches, grapes, See also:

• FIGS

figs, pecans, &c.) was $6,160,299, according to the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report of the State See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department of Agriculture, The discovery of Florida's adaptability to the culture of oranges about 1875 may be taken as the beginning of the state's See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial development . But the unusual severity of the winters of 1887, x894 and 1899 (the report of the Twelfth Census which gives the figures for this year being therefore misleading) destroyed three-fourths of the orange trees, and caused an increased See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to stock-raising, and to various agricultural products . Orange culture has recovered much of its importance, but it is carried on in the more southern counties of the state . The cultivation of pineapples, in sub-tropical Florida, is proving successful, the product far surpassing that of See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, the only other state in the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union in which pineapples are grown . Grape-fruit, guavas and lemons are also successfully produced in this part of the state . The cultivation of strawberries and vegetables (See also:

• CABBAGE

cabbage, cauliflower, See also:

• BEETS, NIKOLAAS (1814-1903)

beets, beans, tomatoes, See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg-plant, cucumbers, water-melons, See also:

• CELERY (Apium graveolens)

celery, &c.) for northern markets, and of See also:

• ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")

orchard fruits, especially plums, pears and prunes, has likewise proved successful . In 1907-8, according to the State Department of Agriculture, the total value of vegetable and See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden products was $3,928,657 . In 1903, according to the See also:

• STATISTICS

statistics of the United States Department of Agriculture, Indian See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn ranked next to fruits (as given in the state reports), but its product as compared with that of various other states is unimportant—in 1907 it amounted to 7,017,000 bushels only; See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice is the only other cereal whose yield in 1899 was greater than that of 1889, but the Florida product was surpassed (in 1899) by that of the Carolinas, Georgia, Louisiana and See also:

• TEXAS

Texas; in, 1907 the product of rice in Florida (69,000 bushels) was less than that of Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas. and Georgia severally . Tobacco culture, which declined after 186o on account of the competition of Cuba and See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra, has revived since 1885 through the introduction of Cuban and . Sumatran See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed; the product of 1907 (6,937,500 lb) was more than six times that of 1899, the product in 1899 (1,125,600 lb) being more than twice that of 1889 (470,443 lb), which in turn was more than twenty times that for 188o (21,182 lb)—the smallest See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production recorded for many decades .

In 1907 the average farm See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price of tobacco was 45 cents per lb higher than that of any other state . In 189g, 84% of the product was raised in Gadsden county . The sweet See also:

• POTATO
• POTATO (Solanum tuberosum)

potato and See also:

• PEA (Pisum)

pea-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut crops have also become very valuable; on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand the Census of 1900 showed a decline in acreage and production of cotton . In 1907 the acreage (265,000 acres) was less than in any cotton-growing state except See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri and See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia; the crop for 1907-1908 was 49,794 See also:

• BALES [BALESIUS], PETER (1547–1610?)

bales . Sea-island cotton of very high grade is grown in Alachua county . The production of See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, begun by the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Spanish settlers, declined, but that of See also:

• SYRUP (0. Fr. ysserop, mod. sirop, Span. xarope, for axarope, Arab. al, the, and sharab, drink; cf. Sherbet " and " Shrub ")

syrup increased . Pecan nuts are a promising crop, and many groves were planted after 1905 . In 1900 there were more than 1,900,000 acres of land in the state unoccupied . The See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low lands of the South are being drained partly by the state and partly by private companies . See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

Irrigation, introduced in 1888 by the orange growers, has been adopted by other farmers, especially the tobacco-growers of Gadsden county, and so the evil effects of the droughts, so common from See also:

• FEBRUARY

February to See also:

• JUNE

June, are avoided . The value of farm property in the southern counties, which have been developed very recently, shows a steady increase, that of Hillsboro county surpassing the other counties of the state . In 1907-8, according to the state Department of Agriculture, the total value of all See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field crops (cotton, cereals, sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane, See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

hay and See also:

• FORAGE

forage, sweet potatoes, &c.) was $11,856,340, and the total value of all farm products (including live stock, $20,817,804, poultry and products, $1,688,433, and See also:

• DAIRY

dairy products, $1,728,642) was $46,371,320 .

The manufactures of Florida, as compared with those of other states, are unimportant . Their product in 1900 was more than twice the product in 189o, and the product in 1905 (from establishments under the factory system only) was $50,298,290, i.e., 47.1% greater than in 1900 . The most important See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries were those that depended upon the forests, their product amounting. to nearly 45 % of the entire manufactured product of the state . The lumber and timber products were valued in 1905 at $10,901,650, almost twice their valuation in 1890, and an increase of 1.2 % over the product of 1900 . The manufacture of See also:

• TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

turpentine and See also:

• ROSIN (a later variant of " resin," q.v.)

rosin, material for which is obtained from the pine forests, had increased greatly in importance between 1890 and 1900, the product in 18990 being valued at only $191,859, that of 1900 at $6,469,605, and from the latter sum it increased in 1905 to $9,901,905, an increase -of more than one-half . In 1900 the state ranked second and in 1905 first of all the states of the country in the value of this product; in 1905 the state's product amounted to 41.4% of that of the entire country . The manufacture of cigars and cigarettes (almost entirely of cigars, few cigarettes being manufactured), carried on chiefly by Cubans at Key West and Tampa, also increased in importance between 1890 and 1900, the products in the latter year being valued at $10,735,826, or more than one-See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter more than in 1890, and in 1905 there was a further increase of 56.2 %, the See also:

• GROSS

gross value being $16,764,276, or nearly one-third of the total factory product of the state . In 1900 Florida ranked See also:

• FOURTH

fourth in the manufacture of tobacco among the states of the Union, being surpassed by New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania and See also:

• OHIO

Ohio; in 1905 it ranked third (after New York and Pennsylvania) . Most of the tobacco used is imported from Cuba, though, as has been indicated, the production of the state has greatly, increased since 1880 . In the manufacture of fertilizers, the raw material for which is derived from the phosphate beds, Florida's aggregate product in 1900 was valued at $500,239, and in 1905 at $1,590,371, an increase of 217.9 % in five years . Florida's industrial progress has been mainly since the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, for before that conflict a large part of the state was practically undeveloped . An important See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence has been the See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways .

In 188o the total railway mileage was 518 m.; in 1890 it was 2489 m.; in 1900, 3255 m., and in January 1909, 4,004.92 M . The largest system is the Atlantic Coast Line, the lines of which in Florida were built or consolidated by H . B . Plant (1819-1899) and once formed a part of the so-called " Plant System " of railways . The Florida East Coast Railway is also the product of one See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's faith in the country, that of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry M . Flagler (b . 1830) . The Seaboard See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

Air Line, the See also:

• LOUISVILLE

Louisville & See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville, and the Georgia Southern & Florida are the other important railways . The Southern railway penetrates the state as far as Jacksonville, over the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line . A state railway See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, whose members are elected by the See also:

• PEOPLE

people, has powerto enforce its See also:

• SCHEDULE

schedule of See also:

• FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight rates except when such rates would not pay the operating expenses of the railway . In 1882 the Florida East Coast Line See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal and Transportation Co. w as organized to develop a waterway from Jacksonville to Biscayne Bay by connecting with canals the St Johns, See also:

• MATANZAS

Matanzas, and See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax rivers, See also:

• MOSQUITO (Span. mosquito, a gnat, diminutive of mosca, a fly)

Mosquito See also:

• LAGOON (Fr. lagune, Lat. lacuna, a pool)

Lagoon, Indian river, Lake Worth . Hillsboro river, New river, and Snake See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek; in 1908 this vast undertaking was completed .

The development of marine commerce has been retarded by unimproved harbours, but Fernandina and Pensacola harbours have always been See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good . Since 1890 much has been done by the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government, aided in many cases by the See also:

• LOCAL

local authorities and by private enterprise, to improve the harbours and to extend the Emits of river See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation . With the increase of trade between the United States and the West Indies following the Spanish-See also:

• AMERICAN

American War (1898), the business of the principal ports, notably of Fernandina, Tampa and Pensacola, greatly increased . Population.—The population of Florida in 188o was 269,493; in 189o, 391,422, an increase of 45.2%; and in 190o, 52g,542, or a further increase of 35% ; and in 1905, by a state census, 614,845; and in 1910, 752,619 . In 1900, 95.5 % were native See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, 43.7% were coloured (including 479 See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese, See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese and See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians), and in 1905 the percentages were little altered . The See also:

• SEMINOLE
• SEMINOLE (properly Simanoli, " renegade," " runaway," in allusion to their secession from the Creek confederacy)

Seminole Indians, whose number is not definitely known, live in and near the Everglades . The See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban population on the basis of places having a population of 4000 or more was 16.6% of the total in 19oo and 22'7% in 1905, the percentage for Florida, as for other Southern States. being small as compared with the percentage for most of the other states of the Union . In 1900 there were 92, and, in 1905, 125 incorporated cities, towns and villages; but only 14 (in 1905, 22) of these had a population of over 2000, and only 4 (in 1905, 8) a population of more than 5000 . The four in 1900 were: Jacksonville (28,429); Pensacola (17,747); Key West . (17,114); and Tampa (15,839) . The eight in 1905 were Jacksonville (35,301), Tampa (22,823), Pensacola (21,505), Key West (20,498), Live See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

Oak (7200), Lake 'City (6409), Gainesville (5413), and St Augustine(5121) . Tallahassee is the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the state .

In 1906 the See also:

• BAPTISTS

Baptists were the strongest religious See also:

• DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)

denomination; the Methodists ranked second, while the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic, Presbyterian and See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal churches were of relatively See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor importance . Government.—The See also:

• PRESENT

present constitution was framed in 1885 and was ratified by the people in 1886 . Its most important feature, when compared with the previous constitution of 1868, is its See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision for the choice of state officials other than the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor (who, was previously chosen by See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election) by elections instead of by the governor's See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, but the governor, who serves for four years and is not eligible for the next succeeding term, still appoints the See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, the state attorneys for each judicial circuit and the county commissioners; he may fill certain vacancies and may suspend, and with the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate remove See also:

• OFFICERS

officers not liable to See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment . The governor is a member of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Pardons, the other members being the See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-general, the secretary of state, the See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller and the See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of agriculture; he and the secretary of state, attorney-general, comptroller, treasurer, See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of public instruction, and commissioner of agriculture comprise a Board of Commissioners of State Institutions; he is also a member of the Board of See also:

• EDUCATION

Education . The See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-governor was abolished by the present constitution . The legislature meets biennially, the senators being chosen for four, the representatives for two years . By an See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment of 1896 the Senate consists of not more than 32, and the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives of not more than 68 members; by a two-thirds See also:

• VOTE

vote of members present the legislature maypass a See also:

• BILL

bill over the governor's See also:

• VETO (Lat. for " I forbid ")