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Listen: The FolkFolk ProgramClose-up view of historical marker at the Torreya State Park in Liberty County.
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, M87- 27, Box 10
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Note marker reads, "In this vicinity on the Apalachicola River, Hardy Bryan Croom, pioneer Florida planter and botanist, discovered one of the rarest of coniferous trees, Torreya taxifolia circa 1835, and named it for Dr. John Torrey, prominent American botanist. Only four other species exist, but they are in the widely separated areas of China, Japan, and California. Croom's promising botanical career ended in 1837 when he perished in the wreck of the steamship 'Home' off Cape Hatteras."
Accompanying note: "TALE OF A TREE - This marker at Torreya State Park along the Apalachicola River in Liberty County tells the story of discovery of a rare treet more than a century ago by a chance passerby whose hobby was botany."
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