The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-07-21
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Even II boy is always whistling
Il want 10 he Mango, saituis just asa.
well to keep the preserved pears on
tire top shelf.
@The-str0ngest heart will faint some.
times under the feeling that enemies
ale bitter and that friends only know
half the sorrow. ~ az Wv fis 80 4
Zeno, of all virtues, made his choice
OF silence; /" for by 1t, said he, 81
hear other mems imperfections, and
conceal my own" n seh.qt 4if>t
"Ah!" yawned bachelor, "this
world is nothing but gloomy pris-
on" ITO those in solitary confne.
ment," added witty young lady. 4.p
People who wonder why mems
hair turns gray before their whiskers,
should reflect that there is about
twenty years difference in their ages.
Grace: 81 am, going to see Clara to.f
day. Have you any message 2" Char
lotte: Il wonder how you can visit
that dreadful, girl. Give her my
love" ~ -t,. d ,.e{,,, vrV -.,.r7 =.
''Women," quoth Jones g are the
salad otilite, at once a boon and ia, 4
blessing ''In one way they're salad ,,dl
indeed, n1replied Brown "theytakel !
SO much time in theirdressing.''o .ua95
Mamma Shook, ,Cissy, here is the
dear doctoricoming. ,siWhat aIfavof-gn Il
lite he is !riSee, even tResiittle chick. Y
ems run. to- meebn him A. Cissy::a {
"Y es, ma 3laudnthe little ducks cry u
fquack, quackNrj Il Il .oig.tas.' fl'oa'|
Awealthf mannfac tdpeerr ofUoonnnse,cs: &C. I
aticut having built an elegant mansion. !
and Wishing to take a second wife
said to his architeet: 4 (which agrees S. 4
best with bfick and brown stone, an a.
brunette or a blonde 2" 45''-' ,, l.'3l' ..
~ They were A. a, dinner party, and,dI
he remarked that he supposed she,mI
was fond Of efhnologyI she said she,ie|
was, but she vas not very welbuand I'd
the doctor had told her not, to, eat. 4
anything fer desert except orapges.bt
"Major, how did, gees liver lose is|
that leg "HWhys Pat, lone ofny aa41
cestorss was an Irishmani oand allsmy 4
blood, that game tfram.i him settled in :.
that leg; SO i bad itleut lot.auf By theg3l
[powers," said Pail SIt'sslao pity 1ita4
hadn't settled inyeFhead.0 % t5eml
A fond motherIo wants TO learn 4
some way to tell how her son will 4
which you will percefve the condi.
ton the seed has arrived here. 8 They
were packed in ordinary canvas bags
and came by patternepost via Brin~
drisi iniltaly- On one 0,of my conf
munications-I think / to your paper
treating on this, or tropical fruits, Il
IL remarked that quiteDa number OF. y
the seeds Of fruits in the tropics 90
not retain their negotiating qualities y
for many days when, exposed TO The
atmosphere, and unless in contact or /
buried in the earth, the, chances areod
| against their growing 9ANow .rthe00
Litchee is one of these as yop will az
see by the specimenssent.s When (.
fresh the albumen is white and carti- h..
lignirous in texture and the embryo a
is protruding and the cotyledons are
very apparent, even when the fruit
is scarcely ripe. In .over-ripei fruit "
this development is, still further ob4ed
servable and the tiny plant appears ii
in miniature as aseedling. Now: in "A
the specimens of seeds sent every j.
part of their, structure is, extinct.
While on this subject it may not be ]
amiss to remind those who have the !
privilege of foreign exchanges of
seeds, that quite number of kinds q
are OF this nature, while it will not do
to transmit them by the. facilities of
the postal union, limited as it is, to ii
half pound in weight, more bulky
packages can be sent with almost
certainty of growing, treated as folio
lows: Use tight jointed box that
will not allow the exit OF sand. The \
seed to be packed should on gather
ing be Invested of their Ifeshly
covering and made what is techni-
cally called ''clean seed.n A layer 4
of sand about as deep as the Thick
ness of the seed to be packed should u
be placed at the bottom of the box,isj
the seed is. then placed evenly in I'd
layer upon this and the intersticesi u
filed in with sand, the SECOND and ,,i
proceeding layers of sand may not be -
as deep, but every layer of seed as i
filed In should be firmly settled 4
with sand-the top layer. to, be sand !
and should be Of the same depth as
the lower one. The. sand should " |
neither be too dry nor too moist
earth will answer if sand cannot be i
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