| William Bartram, the famous botanist and
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| | pompous palms of Florida, and the
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| explorer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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| | glorious Magnolia, strikes us with the
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| was commissioned by the English
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| | sense of dignity and magnificence."
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| aristocrats to collect, identify and
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| | William Bartram in his book, Travels,
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| record the plant and animal life growing
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| | page 59, states that he left St. Simon's
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| in the English colonies. The English
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| | Island, Georgia, and vividly described on
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| colonies were acquired from Spain, after
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| | his leaving, "many curious vegetable
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| the Spanish settlements were conquered
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| | productions, particularly, Corypha
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| and abandoned to the English. John
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| | Palma", or "great Cabbage palm,. Corphya
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| Bartram, the father of William Bartram,
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| | pumila, Corypha repens......spinosis
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| accompanied his son on several early,
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| | (dwarf saw palmetto,) Corypha obliqua,
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| exploratory missions, and his father
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| | caudice arboreo adscendente", the last
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| helped to secure a financial sponsorship
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| | identification being a mystery and
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| of William Bartram on his interesting but
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| | unknown even today. Bartram used three
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| dangerous exploits into the land of the
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| | terms to identify the Sabal Palm; (Sabal
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| Indians, alligators, snakes and bears.
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| | palmetto); the "great cabbage palm"
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| Bartram lived in the wild during much of
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| | 'Corypha Palma", and "Corypha pumila".
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| the time in American jungles living
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| | Bartram identified the "Corypha repens",
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| congenially among the Indians, and even
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| | which is a saw palmetto, Serenoa
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| in the homes of settlers who found him a
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| | serrulata, and "spinosis (Dwarf Saw
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| fascinating guest. The English settlers
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| | Palmetto)," today called, Sabal minor,
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| generously opened their doors of
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| | which is also a synonym for "Corypha
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| hospitality to him===wining and dining
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| | obliqua". The Sabal palm tree is the
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| him and treating him locally and
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| | adopted, State Tree in Florida and South
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| physically with herbs and medicinal
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| | Carolina.
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| remedies, when on several occasions, he
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| | From the furtherest Southern point of St.
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| became deathly sick or injured. Bartram
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| | Simon's, William Bartram, reported seeing
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| discovered many American native, unknown
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| | a distant house and a farm and he
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| birds and exotic native plants that he
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| | reported that "This delightful habitation
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| identified for the first time in his
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| | was situated in the midst of a spacious
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| writings. William Bartram referred to
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| | grove of live oaks and palms, near the
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| "the pompous palms of Florida: in his
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| | strand of the bay". Travels, page 58.
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| book, Travels, page X. Bartram wrote "The
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