Florida Keys
or REEFS, in Florida, a chain of small islands, keys or reefs, and sandbanks, extending S. W. from Cape Florida, about 220 miles. They are very considerable in number, but only a few are of any importance. Among these may be mentioned Cayo Largo, Indian Key, Long island, Old and New Matacombs, Cayo de Boca, and Key West, on which the city of Key West is built. FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF, a State institution for higher education, established in 1905. It is organized into a Graduate School; College of Arts and Sciences; College of Agriculture; College of Engineering; College of Law; Teachers' College; University Extension Division; and an Agricultural Experiment Station. It has an income of over $100,- 000 a year for current expenses. In 1919 there were 43 instructors and 988 students. President, A. A. Murphree, LL.D.
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Flotsam
JETSAM, and LIGAN, in law: Flotsam, or floatsam, is derelict or shipwrecked goods floating on the sea; jetsam, goods thrown overboard which sink and remain under water; and ligan, goods sunk with a wreck or attached to a buoy, as a mark of ownership. When found such goods may be returned to the owner if he appear; if not, hot, they are the property of the crown.
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Flotsam and Jetsam
goods lost at sea. Flotsam applies to goods found floating; jetsam to articles that sink to the bottom. According to English law, goods cast on the shore belong to the finder, while flotsam and jetsam belong to the original owner. In case the owner can prove property the finder must deliver up goods recovered at sea. The finder is entitled to reasonable charges, known as salvage.
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Flounder
a flat fish that swims on one side. It is related to the halibut, sole, and turbot. It is a salt water fish. It frequents muddy shores in search of insects, worms, and small fishes. The body is oval. It is from ten to thirty inches long. A long dorsal and a ventral fin almost surround the body like a fringe. The body is so thin that "flat as a flounder" has became a proverbial comparison. The flounder is a fair table fish. It has the merit of keeping fresh a long time. Some say our verb to flounder is related to the name of the fish. There are several kinds, both British and American. The fish called the Flounder, perhaps you may know, Has one side for use and another for show; One side for the public, a delicate brown, And one that is white, which he always keeps down. A very young flounder, the flattest of flats, (And they're none of them thicker than opera hats,) etc. --Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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Flour Mill
a mill for grinding and sifting flour.
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Flower
ROSWELL PETTIBONE, an American financier; born in Jefferag. 7, 1835; began his son co., N. Y., Aug. business and political career in Watertown, N. Y., where he organized the Jefferson County Democratic Club. His success in politics attracted the attention of Samuel J. Tilden, through whose influence he was appointed chairman of the Democratic State Committee in 1847. Four years later he was elected to Congress, and in 1886 was appointed president of the Subway Commission. He was re-elected to Congress in 1888 and 1890, and in 1891 was elected governor of New York. From the close of his term till his death he applied himself to the interests of his large banking house and to a systematic course of philanthropy. He died in Eastport, Long Island, N. N. Y., May 12, 1899.
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Flower (Botany terminal bud inclosing)
in botany terminal bud inclosing the organs of re- , a developed production by seed. The earlier botanists limited it to the corolla of a plant, but Linnæus extended it to include calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil. The two last are the only essential parts. This is the modern sense of the term. The manner in which its parts are arranged is called their estivation, and the calyx, corolla, and other parts are generally believed to be transformed leaves arranged on a branchlet; but many writers consider the petals to be transformed stamens. The arrangement of flowers on a branch or stem is called INFLORES- CENCE (q. v.). The term Flower of Constantinople, or Flower Constantinople, is a translation of the old name Flos constantinopolitanus, given to the plant now called Lychnis chalcedonica. It is named also flower of Bristowe. The flower of the Axe is Lobelia urens, found in England only near Axminster in Devon; the flower of Crete is Mesembryanthemum tripolium; and flower of Jove Lychnis flos jovis; flower of four hours , Mirabilis dichotoma; flowers of heaven, a fungal, Nostoc cæruleum; and flowers of tan, Æthalium, a gasteromycetous fungal. It is so called from its growing on tan. In chemistry, flowers used to be the name given to bodies of a powdery or mealy consistence or form, e. g., flowers of sulphur, a name sometimes given to sublimed sulphur. In printing, ornamental types or blocks for borders of pages, cards, and the like.
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Flower of the Poets
a name given to Chaucer by his contemporaries. See Chaucer ; Geoffrey
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Flowers
National and State. The following are among the chief national flowers: Egypt Lotus Persia Rose Greece Blue Violet Japan Chrysanthemum Italy Lily France Iris Germany Corn-flower Switzerland Edelweis England Rose Scotland Thistle Ireland Shamrock Spain Pomegranate Mexico Prickly Pear United States Golden Rod The following are the state flowers, as adopted in most instances by the vote of the public school scholars of the respective states: Alabama Golden Rod Arkansas Apple Blossom California California Poppy (Eschscholtzia) Colorado Columbine Connecticut Mountain Laurel Delaware Peach Blossom Idaho Syringa Illinois Violet Indiana Corn Iowa Wild Rose Kansas Sunflower Louisiana Magnolia Maine Pine Cone and Tassel Maryland Golden Rod Michigan Apple Blossom Minnesota Moccasin Mississippi Magnolia Missouri Golden Rod Montana Bitter Root Nebraska Golden Rod New York Rose North Dakota Wild Rose Ohio Carnation Oklahoma Crimson Rambler Oregon Golden Rod Rhode Island Violet South Dakota Anemone Texas Blue Bonnet Utah Sego Lily Vermont Red Clover Washington Rhododendron West Virginia Rhododendron Wisconsin Violet Wyoming Gentian
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