Photographs of plants approximately 1913-1934 / collected and captioned by Gifford.
Gifford introduced the cajupet melaleuca to Florida in 1906, when he planted seeds from Cuba at Davie (The tree is native to Australia). Melaleucas were intended to help reclaim lands by absorbing water and drying wetlands.
1934
John Gifford inspecting a melaleuca branch, Davie, June 4, 1938.
Gifford introduced melaleucas to South Florida, to drain Everglades wetlands; (Funding) Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photograph at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.
1938
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