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have been treated precisely alike,
and that there are no favored, forced
or pampered ones among them. And
now the reader will naturally ask
"CuS Bono.~ and "How are these lit
tie, precocious trees produced" We
shall answer the last question first,
and tell how the Doctor propagates
his early bearing Dwarts.
Most greenhouse men, and few
"outsiders," know little, pendulous.
tortuous and dropping pot~plant Of
the orange family, called the Ota-
heite. We have had it for number
of years, sometimes in the open
ground and sometimes indoors, but
nowhere ITO do much good" and
had almost forgotten It's existence
until we visited DR.. KS garden. We
are now disposed to "alter our fig
ures" in regard to this variety, and
to give it high place among the
"stocks" OF Florida nurserymen and
amateur pomologists. In short, what
the paradise" and "Doucin" are to
the apple; the ounce, sloe and haw'
thorne to the peari and the mahaleb
to the cherry, the Otaheite will, we
believe, prove to the orange, the
lemon and their coaage1aers; and the
only question in the near future is,
how to procure these "Stocks" in suf
fcient quantities to supply the de-
mand for Dwarf Orange trees, which
is sure to spring up as soon as the
novelty>loving public see them.
Leaving this to the enterprise of our
friends, Bidwell, Manvllle, Beach,
and others, we will try to describe
the simple and easy mode by which
DIR. Kenworthy produces these little
pets of the garden and the grove.
He plants out a numDer of the
Otaheite shrubs or trees in fair
soil and, at the proper season, .. e.,
when they are making a vigorous
growth-he carefully layers lin the
usual way) every available limb or
branch. When these layers show
signs Of growth, he buds into them,
(very near the gromad,) such varieties
as he desires to propagate; and, when
the buds start, he does not cut off
the stock above, but ties ligature
OF cord or fine wire around and near
the top of the stock, retaining the
leaves to assist in nourishing and
pushing forward the young bud. If
this budding is done very early, the
bud will make several ''growths" du-
ring the first season, and the little
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-08-23
China Lemon Stock,

California. ''' ''"'' L TCl''c@E
have been requested to give NV
opinion of the China lemon stock for
the orange by one who has GOOD
many of them set out, and to EXPRESS
that opinion through the columns of
your valuable journal. have never
raised any trees of this kind bv the
usual method prevailing in Los An
geles county, viz, from cuttings, but
| have raised good many from the
seed. | find that the China lemon
seeding as stock for the ORANGE ;s
superior to the orange as a stock in
many respects, being more hardy
maturing heavier crops of fine LARGE
trult, with less water; it is comparas
lively free from the attacks Of the
ubiquitous gopher, and will live
through our long, dry Summer with.
out drop water, while on orange
sIock lt VIZ utterly fail and dry
". sno1 1nhesitatingly say that
! 3 more able Tor setting out on
anus ' tnat not well supplied with 4
49, 4
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gentleman told me, few weeks since
tnat ne knew a test patch of one acre
10 produce ITO bushels of corn; "And
IL. SAID he, twas cultivated entirely
with hoes, no other tool used in ifn
This was in Missouri. In,Hernando
county Florida, the colored people
VINO had no teams, using hoes altos
gether, Just after the war, made and
sold as fine, if not the best, corn in
the county. Give us the the Iigbest
possible cultivation in Florida soil.
S. W. CARSON.
Fort Mead, Fla.
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dear sir, here in this God>blessed eli
mate the poor man is on the high plane
OF the man of wealth. He is surround.
ed With luxuries within his reach.
oreathes the health. laden ocean breeze
and tiower>perfumed air, is invigora-
ted by the day breezes, and at night
can sleep comfortably, free from the
clammy sweats and horrid oven-like
e1ervescence which prevades your
region after nightfall. Here nature
is restored, recuperated, and the man
arises able to work. If day laborer
ne gets good wages. If economical,
De can soon possess a few acres and
start a grove-for that is what most
men here debut if not so inclined.
ne can soon put him up house and
cultivate vegetables nine months In
the year, and find ready market Tor
Them In any growing town like De-
Land. He can raise few chickens.
II his garden is some distance from
hI ms house, as it ought to be, and get
oOto ~ cents tor eggs the year round,
Or sell his chickens at from SO cents
20 81 each. He can enter land get
home-at prices ranging from $2to
olO per acre. One man from Nova
scotia bough 20 acres inside the cor. !
ooratlon last spring for $40 per acre.
lie could get $50 for it now. Lumber
plenty, work is plenty and if poor l
nan has his health and is able to work t
this calling, he is better of'here than Q
7 any State in which / have ever lived. s
N the average, groceries sell here U
Doutasthey do in Illinois. Dry goods il
nd clothing are perhaps a Shade Il
ssEh2l t.0njf 10 L Z; 4 neal1cd harn 49, 4
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top to bottom, every little while, ex.
cept in cold weather.
y. Give each new swarm a frame
containing uncapped brood.
lO. The whole secret OF successful
oee'keeping lies in keeping strong
colonles, a good fertile queen and
plenty OF honey in the hive.
w. S. HART.
Neao Smyrna, Fla.
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whether b gets the worth of him or
! not. His strawberries would be
comfortable success if the robins
would eat turnips, but they won't,
and hence the dificulty.ssss
One of Mr.. Beecher's most hafass-
ing difficulties in his farming oper-
ations comes of the close resemblance
of different sorts of seeds and plants
To each other. Two years ago his
tar>sightedness warned him that
there was going to be a great scarcity
of watermelons, and therefore he put
in a crop OF twenty-seven acres OF
that fruit, but when they came up
they turned out to be pumpkins, and
dead loss was the consequence.
Sometimes portion of his crop goes
into the ground the most promising
sweet potatoes, and comes out the
intarnelest carrots-though have
never heard him express it just in
that way. When he bought his farm
he found one egg IN every hens nest
on the place. He said that here was
just the reason so many farmers
failed they scatter their forces too
much; concentration was the idea
So he gathered those eggs together,
and put them all under one expert
enced old hen. That hen roasted
over the contract night and day for
eleven weeks, under the anxious per-
sonal supervision OF Mr.. Beecher
himself, but she could not ''phase"
those eggs. Why? Because they
were those infamous porcelain things
which are used by ingenious and
fraudulent farmers as "nest eggs"
But perhaps Mr.. Beecher's most dis
astrous experience was the time he
tried to raise an immense crop of
dried apples. He planted $500
worth, but never one of them sprout-
ed. He has never been able to under
stand to this day what was the mats
ter with those apples.
Mr.. Beecher's farm is not triumph.
1t would be easier ON him it he worked
it on shares with some one; but he
cannot find anybody who is willing
to stand halt the expense, and not
many that are able. Still, persistence
in any cause is bound to succeed. lie
was very inferior farmer when he
first began but prolonged and un-
flinching assault upon his agricultural
, difficulties has had its effect at last,
, and he is now fast rising from affiu'
, ence to poverty.
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sandy thaT vegEtsS1n is more adj
vanced. About CApnpn Falls vege-
tation looks quite green. but the soil
is poor and harvest light. We saw
an orleaader in blasso.n; the poor
little thing locke! torlorn enough,
about two feet high, cramped into a
small bucket. The lady seemed in
credulous when we told her that they
grew 10 be six inches III diameter
and twenty-five teet high. But why
do they cultivate the oleauder when
there are SO many much nicer shrubs?
There are a good many sick with
fevers and colds, and one town south
from here is seriously afflicted with
some disease that battles the skill OF
the doctors. Ii such an incident oc-
CURED in Florida we would never
hear the last OF it, and all the North
ern papers would publish it as COM
mon to the State.
Mr.. Editor, when you step on your
porch and See all the shrubs and
flowers in bloom around You-the
jassamin, the myrtle, five or SIX col
ors of the oleander, the magnolias,
the trumpet vine, the honeysuckle,
the passion flower, the endless colors
Of the lantana, and all the smaller
ANIMALS, Vick's whole catalogue in
fact, just imagine poor me way up in
this cold, cold North, with scarce a
green thing IN sight-coldness OUT
doors, suffocation indoors. | intend
to stay until tall.
ELI HU PR1DEAUX.
Leon, him., Nay 27, 1882,
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The Hardy Guara.
Editor Of The Florida Agricu1turist.

S@"or OF The Florida Agriculturist:
This plant, which is not or,ava .,
all, but only close relation to on,
common guava, having many of it's
characteristics, should be possessed
oy every new settler in Florida r.
is OF somewhat slower growth than
the gnava. and more inclined to
spread out near the ground, its lower
branches especially, when loaded
with fruit, resting on it for support.
1t needs a good fair quality Of soil
ana ordinary cultivation, but no need
OF extra petting and coaxing.
About two years ago, Mr.. Ludwio
) ohnson. of Sorrento, obtained a few
seeds and grew for himself a few
plants. A little over year ago thew
were taken from the box in which
hey grew and set out around his
house, his kind>heartedness promnt.
ng him to give a few to certain |
lelghbors. The halt dozen. or there.
bout, which have had all the room
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tne1r winter torae The timothy
ana clover are cut ont once, the after.
growth not being 9! much account,
and ton of dried ay is abont +bo '
product OF an acre. II have in FL
ida cut the guinea rassHiye times IN
one year. | like the breeds of hoos
the milk and butter cheese Is 81 1o
more plentiful thanAin Florida. the
line horses of different breeds the
hard roads-but 50 dusty. I somes
times think that perhaps I might To-
cate here, but the habking couch ot
the consumptive, Che disagreeabIe
splitting of the catarfhist, the terror
OF diphtheria, the blizzards of winter
the slush OF spring, All tell me to
stick to my Florida WHY bless |
your soul, Colonel, alllthe things that |
make this country desirable, e2ceptS
ing the cereals, can be had RIGHT in
Florida with one-half the worl and
vexation.
| had thought to give you a do.
tailed account of conduetino a bor
vest, but really the harvest is slim,
Ihe chinch bug has} attacked the
wheat, and by eating around the
'oots, the stalk is killed and of course
he heads do not fill. Is boweuar
'rand work to get on lto a McCor, ,
10n ooo seil-Dlnder drawn by four good ]
,2OO pound horses, and 1t night have i
wenty acres cut and bound. The I
ain storms are disagreeable, the a
'lnds severe-they Would level all | il
le pines in Florida inlone season {
= = soll Tor the most Part is fertile, a
Vt sQen exhausted ard .kIaeeds mrs. a
q; !n gome los e 4. I I
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The Cultivation of Corn and
Other Crops. IT.
Editor Of The Florida Agrtculturist:

H"teoT @ 1he FLORIDA Agricultu1st:
Before proceeding with this article
we will call the readers attant;oa -
mistake in the former article and
remark that, "of grain" must be snb~
stituted for cor green," which we Ger.
talnly intended whether we wrote Il
or not. ~
AS we closed our former article on
light cultivation as very successful in
corn raising, IN our experience. we
VIII maintain from both reason and
experience that deep and FREQUENT
Piowing, particularly in South Flor
lda, Is not safe; and we have our
doubts about the propriety of such
farming IN any country or soil, and
Two statements of late, one from a
gentleman from Mississippi, the other
from one from Missouri, tend to con.
nrm our opinion, which we will give |
IN short in this paper.
Every cu'tivator OF the soil ought
10 know, whether he does or not. that
the surface soil is of the highest inn
portance to the growth, support and
maturity of the crop, and particularly
OF grain. Every inch and every par
tlcie OF the soil at or near the surface
must possess more or less plant food :
and the roots of corn, cane and most $
OF other crops, will come up after it !
Just as near the surface as moisture :
extends, if the farmer will not he /
blowing them off every two or three /
weeks to "stir the land" as the term i
soes-the philosophy and good sense q
y Which, have never yet SO impressed a
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II
S4ss=o Ii grows readily troznl !
of all 'newScomers- s-"having TO acG1t
SO long for the trees 10 come into
bearing"-is is completely vanquished.
With few hundred OF these dwarfs
in his garden or grove certain with
good care,) to produce large crops OF
superior fruit in two or three years,
the settler could wait, hopefully and
patiently, for the larger seedlings"
to mature, and feel that ne had
achieved some pleasant and prohta-
BILE results, without spending llfe>
time in expectancy.
5. The amateur or city resident, OF
limited space, who desires to test
many sorts and varieties, may plant
these dwarf trees four or five feet
apart, or even closer, in corner of
his garden, and derive from them all
the satisfaction enjoyed by the cults
vator Of many broad acres.
3. There could be no more perfect
blending of the utile cet',a duLce than
borders and groups of these lovely
little trees, full OF fruit, scattered
around the gardens and grounds OF
the numberless lovely homes on St.
Johns River; i'll the Lake regi IN
along the Gulf coast, and ii. many
other portions OF fair Florida.
4. Should there be any danger to
tree or fruit from 'nipping and ea>
ger' frost, these little trees could be
perfectly protected by turning over
them sugar hogshead OF wrapping
blanket around them.
5. AS selling stock" for our Flor.
ida nurserymen, they would prove,
at once, perfect bonanza. Trees
large enough to bear twenty to fifty
oranges, could be grown in fourteen
or sixteen inch pots, packed in small
space, and shipped, per express, with
the fruit all on! Such souvenirs Of
Florida as these, no tourist could re.
sist, and the demand for them in the
winter would be something "truly
awtulr They could, also, be prop
agated very largely here, in the open
ground, then pQtted and sent to the
North III the fall, ior stocking con-
servatories and greenhouses.
Other uses tor these pretty trees
may Suggest themselves TO the reads
er, but we will close tor the present
merely remarking that DIR. Kenwor.
thy has no trees, roots or stocks tC
dispose OF, and that he does not spe
ciallY desire to be troubled with any
J correspondence Oh The subject.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-29
A Ship in a Whirlwind.

The ship Tacoma, of Bath, Me-, is I'M
dergoing considerable repairs occasioned
by singular accident at sea. Coming
from New York to this port with gen
eral cargo, she was struck in latitude
eleven degrees north, longitude 120 de-
grees, with whirlwind, which instanta-
neously and completely carried away her
foremost and main and mizen topgallant
masts. 1t was nine O. clock at night, and
unusually calm for the latitude. The
Captain was in his cabin and all the Off
GERS and men were below except those
whose immediate and regular duty
obliged them to be on deck on ordinary
watch. The weather gave no warning,
the sky no promonitions of unusual dan
ger; nothing indicated war of atmos-
pheric elements, when, as if struck with
a thunder-bolt, the spars, masts, rigging
and sails went crashing by the side. The
spars were not snapped in two, as is usu-
al in sudden accidents of this nature, but
were twisted like willows into shreds.
The ship is new, this being her first voy-
age.-S0n Francisco CALL
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riOsity Satisfied.

Perfect ignorance is sometimes MOI
curious than cautious. Other men be-
sides the untutored savage have illus
trated this at some expense to themselves.
The latest example is reported in the
Ogdensburg On. W Nea0S:
A dealer in hardware on Jefferson
Street has had straw-cutter standing in
front of his store for some days past.
Yesterday afternoon two boys discovered
it and had considerable ortfeeding pa
pers under the knife.
They were still at work, one at the
wheel, the other feeding all the old pa
pers he could find, when along came
three Canada Indians with something
less than a thousand baskets hitched to
them. They were evidently father,
mother and son, and when they saw the
straw-cutter at work they came to halt
and exhibited great curiosity to know
how the thing chewed up paper in that
manner
After some conversation between them
the Indian put down his baskets and
made a closer inspection. The boys fell
back to let him satisfy his curiosity, and
as he picked up long strip of paper the
squaw began turning the wheel.
The machinery worked beautifully
and grin of delight had just COM
menced to spread over the red man
face when the end of the paper was
reached and the knife slipped off the end
of his forefinger.
There was Just one howl, accompanied
by jump three feet high. When the
Indian landed on the ground again he
was silent as the grave and as straight
as bean-pole. He looked from his fin
ger to the straw-cutter and back, took in
the laugh from the loafers on the side
walk, and then with the dignity of a Sui
tan he walked to his baskets, resumed
his load, and marched off with his wound
ed hand in his pocket and his nose set on
Decline for home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-29
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

The demand for farm productions
should be carefully studied, like the de-
mand for the product of looms and ma
chine shops.-C Chicago Journal.
About 100000 bushels of leached
ashes were imported direct from Canada
last year by Connecticut parties for fer
tilizers, at a cost of seventeen cents per
bushel. l' |
The Golden Wax Bean is nearly or
quite as tender and delicious, and more
productive than the Black Wax or Butter
Bean. Both kinds are almost stringless,
ripen early and are-very tender.-M Y.
Examiner.
Light, brown biscuit for tea are
made of one pint of Graham flour, one
pint of sour cream, one teaspoonful of
bcarbonate of soda; roll them out as for
any biscuit, and bake in moderate oven.
N. Y. Post.
1t is immaterial at what time veg
etables are transplanted, provided they
are not too large and the ground is warm
and mellow; but they should never be
transplanted in a rain-storm, when the
ground is puddly. If transplanted when
ii is warm and mellow root action begins
at once. -DenUer Tribune.
Mutton Pie.-Take the mutton chops
from the forequarter, season highly with
pepper and salt, and put into a baking
dish with alternate layers of apples,
pared and sliced, and a little sprinkling
of chopped onion. Put crust of not
very rich pastry over the top, and bake
for twenty or thirty minutes in hot
oven.-Country Gentleman.
"A correspondent of the Northwestern
Farmer and Ddirynlan says: 1procured
half-hogshead, filled it with rain water,
and put into it one-quarter pound of am
monia and one-quarter pound of nitre.
When the strawberry plants were bios
soming l gave them a sprinkle of the
solution at evening, twice a week, until
the fruit was nearly full size. The re-
suit was double the amount of fruit.
Nervousness in horse is the effect
of bad training as well as of the natural
disposition; restless, apprehensive and
nervous animal may be permanently
spoiled by very little improper treat
ment when young and may never be
cured. Patience and perfect gentleness
in every way may in time remove the
trouble. Such horses are usually thin,
when they become quoted will soon i'm
prove in condition. Give half an ounce
of bromide of potassium in the feed daily
for time. This will allay the nervous
ness, but must be helped by quiet and
gentle treatment y Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-29

William ]. Coughlan, of Somerville, Mass,
says: "In the fall of 1876 was taken with a
violent bleedingof the lungs, followed bya severe
cough l was admitted to the City Hospital.
While there the doctors said had a hole in my
left lung as big as ahalf dollar. | gave hope,
but friend told me of Dr. VIM. HALLS BAL
SAM FOR THE LUNGS. got bottle, when to
my surprise Icommeneed to feel better, and to-
day feel in better spirits than have the past
three years. Iwrite this hoping that every one
afflicted with Diseased Lungs will take DR.. VIM.
WINGED that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. :"
Also sure remedy for Colds, Coughs, and all
Chest and Lung Diseases. Sold by druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-29

The dense fog in London recently
has caused the deaths of number of
persons. A coroner's inquest in the case
of a wheelwright named James Smith
showed that the fog had fastened his
death very materially, developing bron-
chitis to an alarming extent. The fog
brought on effusion of the brain in the
case of Alice Wright, which caused her
death, while the bronchial pneumonia
which carried off little boy named Pep
per was ascribed by the attending physi-
clan to the poison of the fog.-M Y.
Sun.
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Nothing is so conducive to mans remain
ing bachelor as stopping for one night at the
house of married friend and being kept
awake for five or six hours by the crying of a
cross baby. All cross and crying babies need
only Hop Bitters to make them well and smil-
ing. Young man, remember this.-Traveller.
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Every Book Agent

Should carefully note the advertisement of
Douglass Bros, elsewhere in this paper The
work they advertise deserves, and will doubt
less have, large sale. Write them for full
particulars without delay.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-29

"A statistician tells us that the English
language is composed of ''about $4,000
distinct words" There are few more
words in use by railroad brakemen,
mostly names of places, but they are not
"distinct words generally they are
very ndistinct.-L0UeU Citizen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-29

THOUSANDS of women have been entirely
cured Of the most stubborn cases of female
weakness by the use of Lydia f. Pinkham's
vegetable Compound. Send to Mrs. lydia E.
fmknam, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass,
for pamphlets.
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GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY" is not only
sovereign remedy for consumption, but also
for eonsumptive night-sweats, bronchitis,
cog&2s, influenza, splitting Of blood, weak
lungs, shortness of breath, and kindred affec-
tons OF the throat and chest By drupgists
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A TEXAS boy shot at rabbit with a rife
The ball passed through the animal, killed a
sheep, struck stone and glanced 200 yards
and buried itself in negroes leg. What's the
use of DR.. Carver trying to shoot
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-29

JOHN McGINNEss says: DR.. Benson, will
pray ior you as long as live because you
TOOK pity on me when L was sick and in the
noSpltal, and sent me two boxes of your
Oeiery and Chamomile Pills, and they cured
me Oh seiatica, Neuralgia and Nervous weak
ness. DIR. Benson's Skin Cure is fast secur-
ing monopoly in its special line as being the
only sale and sure remedy for all diseases of
the Scalp and Skin "a