Spring time in Florida is not a matter of peeping violets or bursting buds merely. It is a riot of color in nature--glistening green leaves, pink, blue, purple, yellow blossoms that fairly stagger the visitor from the north.
 
The miles of hyacinths are like an undulating carpet on the surface of the river and divide reluctantly when the slow-moving alligators push their way log-like across.
 
The nights are white nights as the moon shines with dazzling splendor, or in the absence of that goddess, the soft darkness creeps down laden with innumerable scents. The heavy fragrance of magnolias mingled with the delicate sweetness of jasmine and wild roses.