The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-07-14
The Flowers and Vines of Florida.
An Essay read before the Norralk Fruit and Tint
Clet6, By a lady member.

The Flowers. and Vines Of Florida.
an Essay read before the Noracalk Fruit and ZINE
Cleo, By a lady member.
Of all the stories that have been
Told about Florida, there has never
been half enough said about the
really rare and beautiful plants grow
ing wild in this State. We find them
everywhere, around the ponds, about
the fat-woods, and in the hammocks,
yes, even our cart wheels crush
lovely delicate blossoms right in the
road. Truely God put them here tor
some purpose-to make brighter and
better the world. So let us gather
them about us, around our homes and
in our hearts, these beautiful messen-
gers OF heaven. Let us remember
there is something besides hard work
in this world-a mere grubbing tor
an existence. Yes, even something
besides orange trees, important an
they may be. Let US never miss an
opportunity to transplants anything
beautiful 10 our homes, thereby max
ing them not only more attractive,
but really more valuable. For who
would not give more for place sur.
rounded by blooming flowers and
shaded by graceful vines. So TO the
merely practical would say that
your property will be much benefited
financially by the presence ot the
purely ornamental. l find it very
important i'll training vines about
porch to arrange them 50 as not to
interrupt the breeze, but TO shade the
upper part and leave the lower halt
tree, that is, not to train them straight
up from the ground, but up "a pillar.
and then across the upper porllon of
the porch. The bamboo is lovely
evergreen with a very delicate and
fragrant blossom, growing very rap
idly and ~ pretty as the ivy SO much
prlzediS e twhe North. The coral
honey Nh ws9g ws9g woodbine 1.--L..ll11s! y~-.r mn
II from peace and pleasure and
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places. "Wednesday night it was
the prayer meeting; Sunday, the
church service ard Saturday night
invariably the post-offices and as "a
late variation, an after pause at the
house. Of Mrs. Betsey Hill, the town,
milliner, who for quarter OF CEN
tury had supplied the women OF New
Bethany with head gear fearfully.
and wonderfully made. ( i...
The moment the deacon stepped
inside the office he knew, from tine
unusual buzz of conversation, that
something extraordinary had hap
pened. un3llsI euoI J..
Heard the news-eh, deacon ?"
asked one OF the village loungers. aol
The deacon looked up inquiringly.
"Miss. Kezia's had an amazin,
streak Of luck ~st
'It's been nothin' but an amazin'
streak OF luck ever since she was
born," returned the deacon. eff
ownin' the best farm in town and
havin' money at interest isn't luck,
I'd like to know what u.s."
"Yes, but this is something out of
common. You used to know her
brother, who died years ago and left
his only child for Miss Kezia to
bring up? Wa'al when old man
Mead died Miss Kezia took the farm
as her share of the property, and her
brother bein' of rovin' turn of mind
took the few thousands of personal
property as his'n and invested 'em.in
western lands, which turned out
wuthless, and he lost every cent he
put in. Folks always had blamed
him tor beih2 foolish and hasty, and
they say grief and modification like
hastened his death. sWa'al it turns
out now they hav' put railroad
square thro' the lands, and it's sent
real estate way up, nobody knows
where. Miss Kezia's bin offered
nigh onto $4,000 for the lands,s and
they say she'll get ever so much more
if she onlylholds out" rs is
"You don't mean 1t ?n ASIA ..nsr st
81 dew; it's true as scripter.' g
"She'll hold out, never tear," SAID
the deacon; f'aLd l hold it to be- our
bounden duty as neighbors to advise
her to thatend." 1satsevr0 ai6 ! sirI
Instead ot lingering as usual for
tile village gossip-for the New
Bethany post-ofice on Saturday
night answered the purpose of a
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