The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-06-30
The Connection Between Agricul-
ture and Civilization.

The Connection Between Agricul-
ture and Civilization.
Essay read before the Lake George Fruit Gro,c-
erS' association, by Mrs. Judge II. B. Bartlett,
Of Georgetown, Fla.
Ladies and Gentlemen Of the Lake
. George Agricultural and E1uit
Groaoers' Association
feel most sensibly the honor OF
the compliment paid me by your
honorable body, i'll requesting me to
deliver an essay before you at your
monthly meeting; and especially ap-
preciate your courtesy in allowing me
to choose my own subject, after hav-
ing been informed by your vice-pre
ident OF my abject ignorance of prac-
tical agriculture.
Notwithstanding this melancholy
fact, which I acknowledge, in all its
depth OF meaning, nevertheless, can
proudly claim an acquaintance with
the results OF agriculture, even from
my earliest infancy; and in the course
OF varied and somewhat eventtul
life, L have seldom found myself
where agriculture was not visible all
around and never have l been en-
tirely destitute OF all agricultural
provisions.
Hence, though l never planted
corn, never pulled fodder, never dug
potatoes, never pruned an orange
tree, but seldom even have watered
50 much as a banana, do not mis-
take corn tor potatoes, even in the
field; ] would not expect to find or
auges by digging, nor to pluck tur-
mps from trees; SO, after all, l claim
10 know something Of this great sub
ject OF agriculture, in which we, OF
Florida, all take SO great an interest.
Hence, the subject l have chosen
for few minutes talk, this after
snkv 1.-The Connection Between
ie and Civilization The
- ~ Z! 80 - - our pap
you advocated growing lines where
protection could be had against cold.
and said you thought it would be
more profitable than orange growing,
but said nothing of the best kind to
sesfow. We have, in our county now,
: three kinds: The Florida, Persian
and Imperial. The latter was i'm
ported by General Sanford. The Ia
bel being lost it got to be named eta
hiti," since which it has been called
Imperial" and well it deserves
its name, for it surpasses anything
in the lime order that have seen.
1t is as large as small Sicily lemon,
aromatic, seedless, very tough peel,
acid OF the very strongest, bears
nearly all the year, bears heavily and
In one or two years from the budding,
according to the attention it gets.
1t grows best on Florida lemon
stocks. think if was going to de-
vote my attention to growing the
lemon | should grow mostly this
Imperial lime.
The grass spoken of by your cor
respondent Is generally called John
son grass, from the name of the man
on whose place it was found on the
~ avn III 1AldUdLIld 1uS ldTIl6TS
there are growing it in places for for
age, and like it; but when it once gets
on piece OF land it is there forever.
There was bushel of seed of it
presented to the Orange County
Fruit Growers Association some
years ago, and got a small package
OF 1t, but would not sow it until
made inquiry about it; when care.
fully put it In the fire. A friend
planted some near his house and he
has been fighting it ever since. He
:ound some of the roots three feet
under ground ; and a plant would
8 send out these Underground shoots
which would CONE up and make
plants five and six feet off. Can you
inform me it the Bermuda grass can
be killed out on our pine lands We
need pretty, green lawns, yet we are
afraid OF the Bermuda. Will one of
your Federal Point correspondents
inform your readers how close to wa
ter have they successfully grown the
orange tree. $.
AItanaonte, Eia., June %, 1880.
1.-THE Bermuda grass is not nui.
sance in this State, it is easily eradi-
Gated by shading doacn. To make a
lawn 1T should be kept close clipped