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Sarasota News Leader January 17, 2014 Page 97 approaching "tempests." Once he amazed his host when he arrived at Berresford, a plantation on Lake George, just after a hurricane had passed through. Plants were his first love. He collected hundreds of different species, noted them in his journal and made drawings that he sent off to his benefactor. Many of these plants can still be found today. Around here climbing aster appears in late summer on shrubs along the banks of the Myakka River. Passionflower vine blooms in spring at Sleeping Turtles Preserve. Saw palmetto grows just about everywhere. Dr. Mark Deyrup, an entomologist at the Archbold Biological Research Station, calls it the "most amazing plant in Florida" because it attracts more than 300 species of insects. A zebra longwing relishes the nectar of beggar ticks. The Santa Fe River charms a visitor with the beauty of its surroundings. All photos by Fran Palmeri