The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-10-27
FLORIDIANA A.
Geographical Divisions of Florida.

Geographical Divisions of Florida.
EASTERN FLORIDA-Is composed of the
counties of Suwannee, Columbia. Alachua,
Levy, Baker, Nassau, Duval, Bradford
Clay, st. Johns, Putnam and Marion.
WEsTFLORIDA-Is composed of the coun-
ties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Washing t0n.
Walton. Holmes, jackson and Calhoun.
MIDDLE FLoRIDA-Is composed of the
counties of Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin,
Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor,
Lafayette and Hamilton.
SOUTH FLORIDA-Is composed of the
counties of fernando, Sumter. Orange,
Volnsia, Brevard, Polk, Hillsborough Man
aztec. Monroe and Dsde-
The St. Johns and Lake Eustis
railroad is doing thriving business.
Large quantities of cedar, oranges,
etc., are brought to the river by it
every trip.-Reporter.
On Thursday our barbor presented
an animated sight. The steamer
Flora left for St. Mary's river; the
St. Johns arrived from Charleston,
the David Clark from Savannah, the
H. B. Plant from Brunswick, and
twelve large sailing vessels were in
the harbor.--Fermdudin0 MSrror.
Colonel Fremont and Lieutenant
Fisk, of the United States Engineer
Corps, are here for the purpose of
looking after the work on the st.
Johns bar, and the inside passage.
Gustave Jaenecke will leave here to.
day on the dredge boat Chester, to
commence work at the Sisters chan.
nel.-Sa0o and Press.
1t is understood that the fast side.
wheel steamer James A. Stevens, will
before long, put in appearance here
and run on the route between Green
Cove Springs and the bar. The Ste
vens formerly belonged to Captain
Thomas Paine, is los feet in length,
has lately been built over, and also
has an ne boiler and cylinder. She
is now owned by Captain Parsons
and Captain John Stewart.-Sas,s
and Press.
Mr.D.S.Place, immigration Agent,
returned from Indiana on the 9th
inst. Mr.. Place was accompanied
by small party of settlers who have
determined to locate on the line OF
the A., G. 6 w. l. Z. Railroad.
Among the number was a gentleman
who will erect a saw mill near Wal.
do. Using the canal by which to
bring his supply of timber from the
neighboring lakes.-Fena0aaoli,ad E'r.
press.
We are indebted to Mr.. T. Haines
Deputy Collector, for specimens OF
bananas grown on his premises on
Government street. They are gol.
den ri pc, and larger than any i'm
ported bananas that we have seen
for a long time. In every year a
considerable proportion OF banana
plants growing in this city ripen
their fruit, though in most instances
they are located without care not al.
lowed sufficient room, and receive
little or no attention in culture
They sprout up from the old roots
and grow as they please-ornamen>
tai always, but not always fruitful as
they might be if cared for. The
plants of Mr.. Haines are an unusually
fine variety, bear heavily and are
worthy propagation.-Pe'asocola Ga
Sette.
During recent visit at the resi-.
dence of Captain Pat Houstoun,
President OF the Fair Association
and one of our mos: progressive
planters, we had the pleasure of a
peep at his latest pet in the way OF
fine blooded stock, lof which by the
way he is one of our most enterpris-
ing importers), his fine Morgan stall
lion "Red Bird" raised and pre-.
sented to him by his uncle, Captain
George Houstonn. of Marion county.
"Red Bird" is magnificent fellow,
standing about sixteen hands high,
OF rich, dark.red color all over, and
splendid shape, presenting all the
desirable points of model horse.
His pedigreeg reaches back to the
famous Morgan blood OF Western
New York, and his advent in our
midst will be hailed with delight by
every lover of fine stock. -FLOyidinj,