The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-21
THE FLORIDA FRIENDS OF
HORTICULTURE
by DIR. T. sCHAFfRANEK.
PALATLA FLORIDA.

hOfXxCOAxON
BY DIR. T. scHAFFRANEK.
PALATLA FLORIDA.
Honorary and Corresponding Member of diff
fsrens Scientific Societies in Foreign Coun-
tires. Member of the American As:ocia
Der OF She Fruit Growers Association of
Ontario. Corresponding Member OF the
Eris Nat. Hist. Society, hIis: Pa. A3norary
acsutical Association. Author of Linfiu-
ence dc rIctricite sur l'activite des nerfs de
de Ia vie des plantes ct des animaux, ,ainsique
sur les maladies ct les remedies don't on fait
usage etc. etc.
Every one has his passion. Some like
horses and dogs. some like pigeons and
sometimes rob the feathered songsuers
of tho woods Of their liberty, in order to
enjoy them in convenience. others de-
vote their leisure !. ours to bees ard study
their wonderful ways, or they carry
home bundles OF green leaves, TO feed
the greedy caterpillsrs, that they may
watch their metamOrpLosis. Such and
other passions many persons have for ami
mails, yet there are few because the inter
est for it is small, when there is nothing
to gain by it. 1t il quite different in re-
gard to the lovely children OF Flora,
which are so generally appreciated by
young and old, rich and poor.
Whether We enjoy their bAlmy frsg-
rance, OF are delighted with the variety
and loveliness OF their forms and colors,
whether their delightful fruits invite US:
We choose them to adorn our sweet home
and change it into paradise. 10 it not
from flowers, shrubs and trees, that all
nature obtains its peculiar charm? Do
they not give and renew every day the
beauties Of our natural scenery, to
which We are 80 irreeistibly attached!
Do they not preserve the sweet recollec-
tons Of our youthful dreams, and the
love for our native land: That flowers
and plant. have gained 80 generally wO
mans heart show their higher meaning,
their innate poesy their ability to elevate,
to ennobls.
With what longing We look for spring!
What cares we take in tending to now
ers: How sorry We feel when an unex-
pected frost destroys our favorites. or
when unknown causes hurt them! We
have many means to avoid harm-but
not always; We can protect them from
injurious influences OF the weather, but
We cannot prevent every harm. As in
human hearts there is often secret woe,
which saddsns all the joys Of life and rs
there are sufferings Of the soul Of which
nobody knows and nobody understands,
and which can ruin even = strong body
so likewise in the life Of the plants
there are conditions, when all cares and
all observations will prove useless and
when the lovely rose will wither before
it is open. And a. in human life true
faithful friends are always fewer than
false friends, and the latter are rather
enemies than friends-the plants also
have have more hends than friends.
The object Of the following lines now
10 to make known the friends Of Horti-
culture Of our state. only wish to add
that the friends Of Horticulture are for
the most part, identical with those Of Agri-
culture and il have used the word HOr-
ticulture, it is only to limit the subject.
We shall correct many errors, which are
and we shall restore the good reputation
OF several kind OF animals that have been
considered as hurtful, and it will be seen
that they are beneficial to the culture Of
plants. The cultivator ought to be we'll
persuaded that nature has placed every
where and always the remedy close to
the evil, and that it is only necessary for
him to reach. observe and learn. If
everyone would bring to the work wha,
he has remarked, what he has done, and
what success he has obtained, we would
soon find something to the general inter
est. 1t is true, that Horticulture has its
creates tenemies among the animals, but
at the same time it has also its beat
friends among them.
We will will begin with the friends Of
Horticulture belonging to the higher
classes Of the kingdom Of animals and
then 80 on in systematical succession to
the lower ones till We come to the
Arachnoidea.
MAMMAIIA.
Those animals which we generally
call Mammalia are placed by oil natural
lists in the highest rank OF organic life,
and this name has been given to them
because they suckle their young which
are in all cases brought forth alive and
are nourished 70. a time with milk,
1uid sscreted in the body OF the female
parent. The second order OF the Mann
malta consists Of different families, OF
which the third family is named.
CH1RoPrKRA ENroMoPHAGA.
insectivorous Bats.
THE BAT
may be found during day time in barns,
on trees, etc, suspended by the hind feet.
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