Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-01
WAY DOWN IN FLORIDA.

Net the Land of Flowers A Few
words About FlOrIdas Meagre Dis
play of Flowers From a New Ha-
vener.
ORLANDO, Feb. 25.-I have just received
some of your valuable papers. In one Of
them, Jan. 18th, notice a communication
from 'sP. A. H" saying that she had received
some fowerC from Jacksonville, Florida.
That is very possible as there are quite
number of florists in Jacksonville, and quite
a number of private people who cultivate
roses and sell them at ten cents each. Not
alone in jacksonville but in other parts of
the State roses and tube roses are cultivated,
but both are cultivated and sold by people
who make business of it. I have bought
roses of Mr. Dickerman and other florists in
winter at ten cents each right in frozen New
Haven. Of course they need very little shell
ter here, but they need constant care and
fertilizing. In former letter what said
was that you can't see flowers blooming free
ly like we have them up North in summer.
Just now we go into the orange groves and
pick the blossoms which are very fragrant
and handsome; we do not ask the owners
permission, consequently we are not refused.
The orange groves are looking handsome,
the dark green leaves, the bright golden fruit
and the lovely white blossoms
1 It is pleasant in Florida when the sun
shines, but fit rains two or three days to-
gether the bullfrogs croak so that you can't
sleep. If s'P. A. H." will come to Florida
and cultivate rose garden and not put q
wire fence around it, forget to buy dog
and lock her gate, l will promise her
that she won't have any roses to sell, no mat
ter how much fertilizing she does or time she
spends on them. The people here are as
fond of flowers as people up North; but this
| is not the land of flowers, it has not even 9
turf The grass does not do well here, and
| is of brown color. There are only two OF
three places in Jacksonville where they have
a poinsettia tract, and in those places they
have a gardener. One of these gardeners
| (perhaps aID has been in the West Indies
and brought this plant from there It is moi
Florida plant, and have not seen one oat'
side of Jacksonville. They are covered if the
| night is cool. OF course everybody knows 6
peach blossom is not flower. like Florida's
climate, Florida's people and Floridai
oranges, but for flowers give me New Haver
| from May to November. TRAVELLER.
n1sr of Patents.
List of patents issued from the U. S. Patent OF
nce for the week ending Feb. 49, 1885, for the Stat
1 of Connecticut. furnished US from the office o
John E. Earle, solicitor of patents, New Haven
| Conn:
z. M. Beers, bridgeport nee0Ie GROWING nia
chine.
G. E. Brainard, Moodus, machine for making core
or rope
H M Clark, assignor to Stanley Rule and Leve
company, New Britain, bench plane. ,...,-
N. s. Doolittle, North Haven and w. Doollttle
Hamden, sulky harrow.
J. CALVIN, assignor to T. P. Taylor, Bridgeport
hustle.
G. S. Heath, Hartford, speed indicator.
F: J. Herrick, New Haven, assignor OF one-haf Il
4 W. E. Sinonds, Hartford, statuette.
D. H. Murphy, Hartford, cuspidor.
j. R. Reynolds, assgnor to Smyth Mfg. compa
ny, Hartford, book sewing machine.
| Same clamp for loopers for sewing machines.
J. H. Shaw and W. Gifllap, assgnors to Sargen
& Co, New Haven door check
D. L. Smith, Waterbury, assignor one half to E
A. Smith, buckle, five patents
D. N. Smyth, assgnor to Smyth Mfg. company
Hartford, book sewing machine.
1 T. Spel Ger, Westbrook, system of electric dstri
button, two patents.
H. B. Todd, Meriden. caves trough hanger.
j. A. Traut, aSSignor to Stanley Rule and LSve
company, New Britain, growing and boxing TOO
for carriage makers.
W W. Wheeler Meriden, an1algamating gold ant
silver.
NJ. j. Wightman and E. Rasmussen. Hartford
double arc lamp.
W. W. Woodford, Unionvile, aSsignor to Upsol
Nut company, Pennington, bolt.