loves music and social life, 107; medical benefactor, 107, 108; much pain saved by medical progress, 108; Mr. Plant’s share in alleviating suffering, 109; testimony of physicians to healthfulness of Florida for invalids, 110; Mr. Plant facilitates travel, and provides hotels healthful and luxurious, 111-113; furnishes comfortable transit from Florida to Cuba and Jamaica; press notices of Mr. Plant and his philanthropic work for the South in railroads, steamship lines, hotels, etc., 121, 122; promoted orange-growing by the facilities afforded for getting the fruit soon and safe to market, 123; railroads induced many people to settle in the South, 124; various railroads bought, built, and combined in the Plant System, 126; steamer _Mascotte_, elegant and comfortable, 127; railroad topics; notes, characteristics, and success of his life, 128; largely a pioneer in his work of opening up the South, 131; the Plant Investment Company’s president, 132; his palatial residence in New York City, 132; never speculates in Wall Street, 133; analysis of his disposition, temper, spirit, and pleasant manner, 133, 134; _Home Journal_; Ocala _Evening Star_; similar descriptions, 134-140; his close and constant contact with the Plant System, 141; notes of his voyage from New York to Key West, 142-146; also from Port Tampa to Jamaica; attentions of distinguished people, 146; Lady Blake’s garden party at King’s House on February 1st, 146, 147; entertainment and enjoyment at Jamaica, 147-149; his economical management of the Plant System, 150; riding in a baggage-car saw expressman handle carelessly a box marked “glass,” etc.; gentle rebuke; saved the man from discharge by superior officer, 152, 153; generous treatment of an honored employee, 153; horrors of strikes contrasted with “Plant Day” at Atlanta Exposition in 1896, 153; spent over forty years of his life in developing the South, 166; eulogies on his character and work, 166-168; “Loving Cup” and other presentations, 169-178; Mr. Plant’s response, 178-181; programme of “Plant Day” at Atlanta Exposition, 204, 205; ringing of the “Liberty Bell,” 206; services at the Auditorium; enthusiastic reception, 207; music and speeches, 208-210; Mayor King and others, 210-212; Mr. Plant’s response, 212-217; resolutions, complimentary, 217-220; Judge Falligant’s speech, 220-221 Profanity and drunkenness lessened, 275