Since I grew up in an area of the country where much of the economy was based on the raising of ornamental trees and shrubs, I am always interested in the trees which grow in other parts of the country and which do not grow in Tennessee.

While visiting Florida, I was totally amazed at the palm trees. Besides the small tuff of leaves at the top of the trees reminding me of umbrellas, I was most amazed at what I thought was weaving of the bark on the trees. After further observation, I realized that no one had actually weaved the bark, but that the weaving appearance was the ruminants of dead leaves that had not fallen off the trunk.