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come and talk of breaking down our Sabbath
for the benefit of the working classes, we de-
clare it bare-faced imposture."
For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
FLORIDA: HER PRESENT AND FUTURE
BY L. H. P. c.
No. 4.

In regard to dwellings, $500 to 81, 500 will
build one as good as the climate demands.
Houses are frequently built on posts or BRICK
pillars, from four to six feet above the ground,
SO as to ensure perfect ventilation. This is
often latticed prettily, and utilized as eel
lar. Many of limited means have built, and
still are building, houses of from one, two, to
three rooms, at cost averaging from $3.50,
5000 to $3.50. These simple dwellings they
make as home for the time being-liye COM
fortably, and as contentedly as may be, until
their orange groves come into bearing. Then,
having the command of the needful, comes
the handsome and substantial home-pro
the mansion-house.
Labor is scarce; but emigration is fast
lessening the demand.
Insects, reptiles, ETC., are about as numer-
Gus here as elsewhere. Mosquitoes, those
plaques of the South chiefly infest ham
mocks, situations contiguous thereto, and
along the low banks of rivers and lake mar
gins. But the sea and lake breezes gener-
ally keep them a. bay. Fleas and SAID flies
reign during brief season. But the truth
is, there is no more vermin here, than in
other southern climes in all parts of the world.
A sultry night is an occurrence rarely ever
known in Florida. Even in summer, | have
at night, found blanket comfortable
Grapes yield abundantly; will yield, GER
tain varieties, from one to two thousand gal
Ions of wine per acre. The "Scuppernong'
will thus yield, without failure; but it must
have an harbor-support, and rich ground
Black-berries, whortle- berries, rasp-berries,
strawberries, figs, nectarines, etc., luxuriate
in this famed cline. HoVey'S Seeding straw.
berry yields all summer and autumn. The
pineapple attains perfection here. Those
from the Indies cannot compare with them
in flavor they are delicious. Surely the juice
of these Florida pine.apples entered into the
composition of that famed nectar of the gods
They are paying crop, and induce but little
cultivation and expense. Each pineapple
throws out from eight to ten shoots.
Guavas are, many assert, more valuable
than the orange. They will commence to
bear the second year from cuttings. There
| IL, db pEeeouV3 StoaIel ueudnu Guan ouPPiJ
for this fruit. have seen jelly, equal to
the famous Havana Guava jelly, made from
the Florida Guava. Jam made from it is
excellent, and it is fine eaten for dessert with
sugar and cream-quite equal to soft peach
es and cream! Bananas yield well, and pay
well. Lemons produce well in three years,
if grown on pine lands. They are more
rapid in growth than the orange. Lines are
specially adapted to pine lands: they equal
some say surpass-the lemon; are one of the
most profitable crops. Figs do remarkably
we'll when properly cultivated. The Brown
Turkey, Black Naples, or Genoa, and the
Alicante, are nice varieties; the latter varie
ty is as large as goose egg; crops easily
and heavily, and ripens well. Cuttings
twelve inches long, put in the ground in Jan
uary, will make good bearing trees next year
Melons attain high state of perfection
These fruits, and many more not mentioned,
all do well, and better, pay well.
What better land under the sun will one
find for the recuperation of health and for
tune?