The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-14

Editorial Correspondence Fernandina Mirrorl
TAIIAuAssrr March IA

| Editorial Correspondence Fernandlns Mirror.l
TALLAHASSEE, March 6, 1882
| If our winter visitors would lake a run up
to Tallahassee, they would be much de-
lighted with the green fields of grain, the vege-
table gardens and the profusion d choice flow
ers, and would realize how well entitled Florida
is to the name of the Land of Flowers The
orange blossoms of the east are supplemented
here by the fragrance of the rose, the honey
suckle the jasmine and the pansies. When the
elegant new hotel, now near completion, is
opened it will be wise for the railroad managers
to institute excursions to Tallahassee at rates
which will induce pleasure travel to visit the
Floral City.
l was surprised to learn that hardly any but
ter was now imported here, and very abundant
supply was furnished of home. made butter of
excellent quality and at much less cost than the
Northern butter, much of which is suspected To
be oleOmargerne. There would be no difficulty
in having good butter anywhere in Florida if
pastures were provided for the cattle and whole
some food given them when required. As long
as cattle run on the impoverished ranges, barely
supporting life, neither butter nor milk can be
expected from such miserable, starved low grade
stock There are families all over Florida who
have an abundant supply of rich milk and good
butter by obtaining good stock and providing
good pasturage.
Although the orange cannot be as successfully
cultivated in this part of the country in East
Florida, yet the LeConte pear, the grape, the
strawberry, the ounce and all the garden vege-
tables are produced of better quality than in the
sander parts of of the Stale, and probably could
be made as profitable the orange.
/ have seen at Colonel Boards place, near Tai
lahassee, a two year old native colt, which is of
the size of full grown horse, and in appearance
and style will compare favorable with any i'm
ported stock. l have no doubt that horses,
mules and neat cattle can be probably raised in
Middle Florida.
In another class of business there seems to me
to be peculiar advantage here ! refer to nurs-
cry gardens for furnishing fruit trees, shrubbery
and flowers. There are thousands of dollars sent
out OF the State to pay for fruit trees and shrub
berry TO the nursery men of Rochester, Columbus,
Ohio, New Jersey and elsewhere. II Is un-
doubleday true that most of the fine shrubbery
plants, the roses, lilies and Towering shrubs are
natives of the South, and can be pTopagaied in
much greater perfection in the South. Why
shall not Tallahassee enable us all to have such
fine flowers as she exhibited in such wealth of
prOiu>iOn at the State Fair. Let the fair hands
which have produced the brilliant display estab-
lish nursery gardens and direct the attention of
our people 10 the opportunity of obtaining fine
flowers and plants at home, and thus set on foot
q new industry. The nursery men in East Flor
ida can hardly supply the demand for their or
ange nursery stock. The wives and daughters
of our new settlers would be greatly interested,
and soon become enthusiastic over the flowers
of Florida If they could conveniently obtain
plants.
The new hotel is a very neat well built well
flushed and attractive house, and will do much
To attract visitors 10 Tallahassee.
The vegetable crop. especially 10 Irish pota-
toes, sent to market from here, will he quite large
thus season, and we hope will encourage greater
attention to this description Of agriculture. There
is marked change IN the attention given to i'm
proved varieties OF stock and diversified crops.
The old rul Of cotton planning year in and year
Out Is no longer the rule, although Il Is, of course
the leading agFicullura raj pursuit. F.