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VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE Beach & Bay Loops: Round-the-Island |
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VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE Beach & Bay Loops: Round-the-Island |
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1912 - 1930s |
| Matheson's private island was a significant tropical plant introduction facility for joint ventures with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Coconut varieties and many fruit trees and flowering plants were first tested on Key Biscayne, as reported by botanists David Fairchild and John Kunkel Small. Several specimen trees, planted as early as 1915 from South and Central America, Africa and the Pacific Basin, are survivors of the devastating hurricanes of 1926 and 1992. |
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