Mexican Clover.—Photo by E. R. Root.

Mexican Clover.—Photo by E. R. Root.

A bad freeze in 1951 destroyed the citrus orchards in Texas.

PALM, Cabbage (Sabal Palmetto). Also called PALMETTO and SWAMP CABBAGE. Tall trees up to 60 feet with trunks usually with persistent leaf bases and a single cluster of palmate leaves at the top, the whitish flowers in great compound clusters. Distributed from North Carolina south to Florida especially abundant along the coast and widely planted for ornament