Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-12-15
PRODUCTS OF FLORIDA.
AUGUsTA, Mls,Is.IFFl.
November 18th, 1915.

November l2,h 1915. I
To tie Editors of the HMg.
Conference.-The liberty ! tsko in addressing YOU 1
ruSi will be looked upon with leniency when explain the
OBJECT VI the address rum article in the Vicks-
burg Whg, that Mr.. n. Pickett j. 10 exhibit 4, the
Agricultural fsu TO DC holden your county this month,
specimen OF native grown Tea Knowing tina; you will
81 course take deep interest everything that tend. TO
me advancement and improve OF agricultural
well as socal and political interests and condition. request
OF the favor of Mr. Ps address that NAV obtain the
seed Of the Tea Plant Ny intention H. am successful
III obtaining them, to excessively into the TEA TkApI.
RAISING THE ARTICLE rHE PENis.rLA OF FLORIDA. |
think the climate If the Peninsula adapted 10 lie prodc
ton IN the highest degree Of excellence Its pine barens
ai0Td sn inexhaustihe range for cattle aud hocs being
covered with grass, Wild nee and wild oats Its
hammoeks are Of sSuberari fertility, producing from $500
to 4OcO lbs OF TO the This 10 from $50 to
iOO per cent more than 10 grown in LJusana) An acre
Will yield 1900 to 1909 bushels OF Jerusalem
suitable food for mich cows or fatteninV hogs Viii, the
top greedy deyoued by h0re hsy or 25 10 30 tons
OF Egi pan Nlet hay aud yet hundreds Of Of hay
are brought annually TO Mobile New Ohesns &c from
the North. Sea leland, Mastodon Nankin and Chinese
silk coons grow TO great Perfection all other species
Ut cotton; Sweet Potatoes ls do under ground and on
the UiDe; Melons Oranges figs penrhes few ya,oties Of
apple and lines and traits Of tropical cline
IN endless prciusion. Among the vegetable curioses M.
the bonnet squash, which eatable IL grow, ,ome
two iCei long and about large mans arm and the
ihsides resemble the rchesia lace gorgeous caps are sn
idc'ured Of them, bcsufu hornets also for children and
seTUt6ing brushes! There also the vegetable snake
hdsous looking reptile that grows upon vine hanging by
it, tongue ia strait line or three feet long and
a. largo as an ordinary snake OF that length or II support
ed coinz ts hthy, eeenish looking self several folds.
It's head eyes, &c well developed aud il. scent 81.
pecaly on being rubbed, eaiin1 and horrible The
climate OF this American Italy delightful, the ropics
hest being tempered by brsezes from AIsntc and the
Gun me ws';r OF which there Is plenty cool. spark
na and delicious gUshed the bosom o. Mother
Eab ITS beautiful streams and clear blue lakes abound
WIN hsh aud turtle OF the largest and most 1quisite
iVo it, forests are hedorowded with :er tur-
sIes &e-a "seuler" cannot "lyeate" more than forty
miles from navigation; and the alubriy oi its cline IL
nnequaled Even among the U. 8 Soldiers whose desc
lutte manners and prOhgnte habits proyerba the nor
hv only one third Of per snnusy one ia
hundred ~ every three years The great objection to The
country - us Loeoioeoisn, which - easily accounted for
hoy have scarcely any schoo Perhaps this may appear
less Objectionable 10 others than who has had ts
Of political sulie with the thief gang oi Mississippi RE
pudo'"s' one who IN tainted phete on Locooco
corruption and iascsy has fought the good fight Of faith
Continually as became bond paying Clay Wbig
| Very respectfully,
| Your otsdt servi
W. A. TERRELL