The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-02-04

be hoed and cultivated and kept clear ofgrass
and weeds. They also have to be washed and
| syringed with solution of whale oil soap
and potash. This is done two or three times
ayear, to kill the insects. An orange tree, II
attended to, will bear for centuries. There is
one in Paris, in the garden of the Tuilleries
450 years old. They will stand considcra-
BILE amount of rough usage, and are as hardy
as our apple trees.
| There are other fruits almost as profitable
as oranges, grown in Florida. Lemons are
receiving more attention of late years, and
are very fine. Mr. Sanford, of Sanford, Fla,
has so acres in lemons and lines. Pine APP
| pies are grown extensively in the southern
part of the State, and heard of 81, 900 per
acre being realized from them. They are
| planted about the same distance apart as we
| plant tobacco. | saw some that weighed
| lbs.
/ was not favorably impressed with the APP
pearance ofthe country. No one going from
our own beautiful Deer Greek valley could
be. 1t is a low pine woods country, with no
pretty views like the one | see nearly every
morning from the hill below Mrs. Jackson's,
but was pleased with the opportunities and
advantages the country possesses over this
region for poor men. Those who can gather
together one or two thousand dollars, by go
ihS 'hSiO 5ettliHS III IL ntditDS ItCullt1
land / would rather live on the st. Johns
| river than on the Susquehanna, as far as
health is concerned) and by the time his or
ange grove comes into bearing he will be
worth just as many thousand dollars as he
has acres in orange trees. Four or five acres
well cared Tor is better than 90 acres neglect
ed. 1t will be no picnic but will require
much labor, cheerful, patient waiting and n
man without adhesiyeness had better not
go there, as success attends only those who
go there and stick, despite hindrances and
obstacles. If a tree dies, dig it up, and set
out another and in few ye;, rs success will
crown his efforts. There are some, perhaps
who.will deride what have written and say
am Florida-struck, or crazy. To these
say, go there, and my word for it they will
find | have told no lies. 1t only costs $22
from Baltimore to Jacksonville, fare and berth
included.
A writer in Picturesque America describes
Florida as once being an immense sand bar,
stretching into the Gulf of Mexico and pro-
badly as barren as can be conceived But in
the semi tropical climate, under which it ex-
lists, in the course of ages the seeds carried to
its shores by the sea and winds and the N.Y.
RAIDS of birds which find it resting place,
have clothed it with luxuriant vegetation
This may be so-but its main features illus
trate the absuylty of the common notion
that the landscapes of tropical ATTITUDES are
superior in luXuriance of vegetable produc-
tions to those of the temperate zones The
truth is, that in the hot regions it liz only
where there is constant moisture that there
is a strong and rank growth ofplants. Gener-
ally, avidity prevails. The hill sides are be.
reft of vegetation, and an air of parched up
and suffering nature characterizes all that is
seen. In the tropical landscape the album
dance of flowers, which are supposed to be
peculiar to warm climates, are exceptional
phases. They exist but it is in the recesses
of the swamp, where the burning sun is
checked in its efulgency. In these places,
favored by springs of water, you see them in
the widest effects. There are flowers and
vines and strange leafngs, as nowhere else to
be seen; but they are always in hidden
places. The open landscape is arid and des-
olate. was disappointed in this, as my i'm
preston was different, gathered from ac-
counts that | had read of the State Roses
and flowers of all kinds can be planted and
grown, but the wild flowers are only seen as
stated above. Since / commenced writing
DR.. Whiteford has returned and will zorro
borate, have no doubt, all / have written.
The Orange Judd Co., of New York, pub
fish small book called "Plain Facts about
Florida" in which will be found all the in
formation necessary to those intending to
settle in Florida, and costs but twenty-five
cents. There is also published at DeLand,
Fla, the Florida Agricultural, devoted to
farming and fruit interests. 1t can be had for
$3.50 per year, from which much valuable
information can be had regarding the orange
and fruit culture. E. l.. MILLER.
Darlington