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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-12
For THE FLORIDA AeR1cULrUR1sr.


He REPLY OF THE FLOWERS.
Beautiful flowers!
From the cool, dark earth,
What mystical powers
Have called you forth
To gladden. our sight
With your cheering light?
Did some wizard stand
By your mOssy couch,
With his slender wand
And a magic touch,
To bid you unfold
Your petals of gold?
Dear little flowers
Why are you so brave?
By what lauent powers,
1 earnestly crave,
Do you Op-n your eyes
To the sunny skies?
All at once slight twinkling,
And perfume most rare,
Swung across the pure air.
Then fairy like tinkling;
| knelt on the ground
To list the sweet sound.
"We'n give you our reasons"
Said they with nod,
"Our times and our seasons
To spring from the sod,
Are governed by laws
AS effect follows cause.
From our long night of rest,
In our coy earth nest,
We were walked from our dreams
By the rosy sunbeams.
"They warmed us and cheered us.
Thus far they have reared us,
Clothing us in q suit
OF green, brown and gold,
In shades manifold,
From stamen to root
Our hearts they enwrOught
With beautiful thought;
While we love the kind earth,
From which we have birth,
We all join as one
To worship the Sun"
Then, in delicate rhymes,
With softest of chimes,
They tossed on the air
In twinkling notes rare
A peon to light,
And closed for the night.
EDITH MoNTRosE.
attn EJor;C1o
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-12


Here in Florida we have every advan-
tage for growing these beautiful flowers,
and we can attain a far greater degree of
perfection with them than is possible in
the most costly garden at the North.
Here they would find a natural and con-
genial home and the most tender species
prove hardy. Doubtless nearly, if not
quite all, would require no further atten-
ton once they became established in the
muddy beds of our rivers and lakes.
Those fortunate enough to possess lake
and river fronts can hardly conceive of
the rare possibilities in store for them in
aquatic gardening. Those who do not
successfully in tubs, or better yet, in ce-
ment basins. The latter may be con-
structed by simply throwing out the soil
to depth of two feet and covering the
bottom and sides with cement. 1t should
be placed near the well or where it will
catch water from the roof. Mr.. Sturte-
tions for building water lily tanks, and
growing the plants in them and tubs, and
we earnestly commend the same for care
full study to any of our readers who con-
template cultivating water lilies in this
way.
VARIETIES.
Victoria Regia, the Giant Water Lily OF
the River Amazon, the "Quetn of the
Water Lilies" is the grandest of all
aquatics. 1t produces enormous leaves
six or seven feet in diameter, and one
plant will cover space of thirty feet in
diameter. The outer edge of the leaves
turn up all around, forming vertical
rim about three inches high; but the un-
der side of the leaf is marvellous indeed,
being crossed and recrossed with a lattice
work of deep ribs, described as follows
'"The radiating ribs or veins resemble T
girdles tied together by deep lateral walls
forming many hundred air-tight cells,
some SO large as to contain ten ounces OF
water, and, of course, when floating on
the water and filed with air, giving re-
markable buoyancy to the leaf, single
leaf having been known to support a
weight of 400 pounds"
The wonderful flowers, which are from
twelve to sixteen or even twenty three
inches across, open at night and close in
the morning. The first night they open
they are a lovely white, and emit a deli
cious perfume resembling that of pine
apples and often perceptible some rods
distant. On opening the second night the
flowers have changed to pink and have
lost their perfume.
A new sort called the Crimson Flowered
Victoria Regia has appeared, which
differs from the original in the whole
plant being of more robust habit,
the young leaves of darker bronzy
color and the vertical rim being from
five to six inches high. The flowers are
white on first opening. but at the second
opening they have turned to a deep Grim
son color.
AS the Victoria is successfully grown
and flowered during the summer in the
open air at the North, it is safe to say
that in this mild climate it would be per-
fectly at home.
Night-blooming flowers possess a peeu-
1ior inf on1 tho MoO0AOxuov onI
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est, of waTer lilies in cultivation. Under
liber8l 70 Latment in one season a single
plain '94q Cover a circle twenty feet across,
wiF2I sves twenty five inches in diameter
All t0wnrs twelve inches from tip to tip
o. PETALS The leaves are a rich green,
with serrated edges and occasional brown
blotches. The flowers are rosy red, with
scarlet stamens, glowing by lamp light
with indescribable color.
N. Sturtevanti originated in Mr. Stur-
tevant's establishment and is acknowl-
edged great acquisition. The beautiful
bronzy foliage is sometimes almost Grim
son, the flowers a beautiful rosy red and
very large, having a greater number of
petals than n Devoniensis and more
graceful cup-shaped form.
N. Rubra, a magnificent species, ma
tive of India and one of the parents
of n. Devoniensis; flowers brilliant red
and leaves quite distinct, being of rich
brown color, turning when old to gold
and crimson, like autumn leaves.
| N. Dentata has white flowers with petals
expanding horizontally making them
star-shaped; they possess an agreeable
OdOr, but not as sweet as our native
water lily. Under similar conditions both
leaves and flowers will be as large as
those of N. Devoniensis. 1t is a native of
Sierra Leone.
N. Lotus, the Egyptian Lotus. This is
supposed to be the typical species of the
class Of water lilies such as N. Devonien-
sis, n. Dentata, etc. 1t has large and
pure white blossoms, with broad petals
and is most magnificent species. 1t is
the Lotos which was celebrated by the
ancient Egyptians, sacred to Isis, and
was sometimes engraven on their very
ancient coins. 1t must not be confounded
with the Lotos of the Lotophagi, which is
supposed to be Zizyphus Lotus. The
seeds dried and ground we're made into a
kind of bread by the ancient Egyptians,
as were also the roots.
N. Ampla is tropical species with sui
PuuF Willie uOWeFS, dOOuU SIX 1nCn0S
across and strongly scented with a banana
like Odor. Opens at night only.
The following species and varieties all
bloom in the day time after the manner
of our native water lily.
N. Scutifolia has flowers of beautiful
shade of lavender blue and is very frag-
rant.
| N. Zanybarensis has been called the
Royal Purple Water Lily, and some Euro
pean horticulturists do not hesitate to
pronounce it the finest OF the whole fami-
| ly. 1t is a most profuse bIoomer, pro-
duces leaves two feet in diameter and
| flowers twelve inches across and of a
shade of blue so deep as to be almost pur-
pie.
N. Odorata is our own beautiful native
white water lily, which should not he
omitted from any collection, no matter
how small or large. There are at least
two very distinct varieties of it: N.
OdOrata Minor, with flowers from only
one and a half to two inches across, and
N. Odorata Rosa-the Pink Water Lily
OF Cape Cod-having flowers of deep
pink color, shade very much RESENT bling
the Hermosa Rose. We have it in culti-
walton and find it fully worthy OF all the
L IL. L L 4
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Nelumbium Luteum.

Two years ago this plant was grow
ing naturally in a shallow lake a few
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-12

miles from here,
but on a recent
trip we discovered
that it had entire
ly disappeared. If
any of our readers
now w h ere it
grows, we would
esteem it a favor
if they would COM
municate with us,
as we are very de-
sirous of obtain
ing some of tn e
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To whom all correspondence relating to this de-
partment should be addressed.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-12
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY WALTER N. PIKE
JEssAMINE,

JEssAMINE, PAsCO CO., FLA.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-28
He Knew Phwat 1t Was.
From the Ne,o York Heya,d

At last there is a new story about Tim
Campbell, and, better STILL a story which Tim
admits to be true. 1t seems that toward the
end of Tins" term in congress- last February,
select party of his constituents visited Wash
ington and him. He sh owed them around in
his best manner, gave them terra in to eat,
took them to see Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland
gracefully remarking: ME and Grove came in
together, and me and Grove go out together;''
pointed out to them all the distinguished men,
and explained to them the remarkable objects
of art in the capitol. "Ikm" never was
"stumped," though tue aleg6rical paintings
troubled him good deal, until while visiting
the hall of statuary, in the capitol they arrived
at the statue of ulton, contributed by the state
of New York Fulton is repres nted sitting in a
chair, contemplating m ,del of his steamboat,
whose paddle wheels stand out conspcu 1usly
who is that, Timi" exclaimed Mr. Donovan.
the songster, and phwat is he doing?"
Tim" couldn't ell, and b looked puzzled.
All watched him with interest and he felt tnar
his whole future reputation in the Sixth assem-
bly, distr ct depended upon his answer In a
minute his Irish wit came to bis rescue
Sure, I've forgot his name for the moment.
but can tell yez phwat it is 1t is the statue
of the man that invented roller skates. and
that's wan ov the Il he has in his hand See?''
Every one was satisfied and the procession
paSsed on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-28
Thu Brokers' Rusa.
NED 2
FROM the Nelc York Star.

From the Nelo York Star
The broker was IN bed moaning with pain.
Inc lights were turned low. When the visitor
ehte Ell the broker b4gan:
My dear Jones, l have had to-day another
OF the readful attacks q 4 subject to- and |
am afraid this last one is going to do me up
sent for you to colfess that | have take !
advantage of you in business transaction, and
/ want to make PREPARATION befor4 die That
mining stock | sold you to-day was really
worthless, and it troubles me that Itook advan-
tage of you"
"Oh, nonsense, that is all right l didn't pay
you much for 1T, aad can easil, sell it to some
body else"
No, that will not do want to take 1t back
anu pay you BACK your money. | can't rest
until have made this right"
on, well. if you feel that way, of course l
will give you it back
Very we'll, and while I am able to sign a
cneck VIII prepare one, and, in the mean
Wnile. you can bring back the stock
Inc VISITOR went home, got the stock and, re-
turning 1t, received the check which the now
utterly exhausted broker mad filed out for hi m
lie vent away musing upon the vcissitudes of
human life and nlled vito profound synpat Y
for the Borrowing family of the rapidly siaAing
broker
Aud the broker? The moment his customer
was out OF the house he lea ed out of be and
gleefully danced around the room in man er
that would rave aroused the envy of Carmen
eta could she have seen IL. But the customer
next day, when he learned of the rise in the
value OF the stock, metaphorically kicked him
self Tor bis Stupid.t, in being taken in by a
brokers' conscience
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-28
BRIGHT BITS.

LET us pretend you married me for my
money, john q.
AN rgnt Flosss. Give m, a quarter this
morning, dearest. Detroit NsIDs.
On COMMON GRouyD--Br own-Nuch as we
disagree on things in general, Smith, there is
Que thing. am sure, we bJth stand up for.
Snith-Aha! What is it?
Bro"n-To walk Burlington Free Press.
"AND so, Jeanne" said Julia, you're going
to marry real live prince. Dear me, isn't that
uice?"
Jennie (sadly)-No, Julia, I'm not. Papa
nadn Z enough to pay his deots.-Phitddetp iiG
Inquirer
SgE DID Not NDEgsrAND-Mrs. Newman
rled-1ou went sailing last night. didn't you?
Mr.. Mo, indeed! Why do you assy
Mrs NO, nothing; only he ri you tell Mr..
Nextdoor that you ran across a cold deck. so |
suppo edyou were out sailing. -Neoo / or.s sun,
SNoozER-Why do you allude to Gen. Boulau-
ger IS historical character? He has done
nothing but issue nanifestoes
Boozer-That's just it. | allude to him as a
nlst.F,cai character because history repeats
itself, and SO does Boulanger.-St. Paul Pho
nee Press.
EDIToR-Mr. Paragraph, wish you wouldn't
write s. many jokes about men who can't pay
Their dis; they are funny enough in Tay, out
50 many of them are little monotonous. Can't
you got you mind On some othe subject?
Mr.. Paragraph Chou htfAlly) perhaps l
Weesly
'YoUNG MAN said minister to mem oer of
his congregation, do you know what relations
yon sustain this worlds"
vel, Just at present the only relation am
sustaining il this wo. Id is my fatner-in-law,
but you can just gamOle on it I am not going to
sustain hIin very long, was the reply ecdS
oUttHgS.
AN UNPROTECTED INDUsTRY.-First Beggar-
Thls Is tine government! Don't protect no
body.
Second Beggar-What's the matter now, Bill:
First BeggaF-Why, b ant yer seen the
oloo nm bad suggestion ats Din made to coin
nan cents? Dat 'ud KNOCK us right out.-Hdr-
per's Bdzdr.
THE VEIN SHE WAS IN.-Papa-Which of your
suitors do you think you viii accept, Maria,
Jones or Smith?
Maria-Which would you favor, papa?
We'll, Smith has fine vein of hInor."
But Jones has une vein of anthracite coal
upon mis- farm, papa. think 1 Ii take him."
Sehsiole girl!-iecdS SgttHgS
MRS LUMKINs-Isn't it strange that men and
women canAot wear the same suits with equal
grace?
MIR L.-You are mistaken, my dear They
can.
-, Mrs, I~--lndeedis And what sort, should
like 10 know =
Mr.. L.-Divorce suits.-NeD York Sun.
Mrs. YoUNGBRIDE Yes it is to be our fifth
anniversary, our wooden wedding, and Charles
and want you to be sure to come"
Mrs Oldboy-fhen, | suppose, Mr.. Oldboy
will have to look for som9 sort of wooden things
as gifts for the OCCASION.
Mrs. Youngbride-No, indeed. If you only
drop in and show your fac. that will be enough.
America.
FRIEND-How are you and your creditors
coming on? Do they dun you as much as ever?
Impscunious ParCy-O, l am fixed now.
have rented a room up IN the attic 1t has no
stairs at all.
How do you get into your room?''
With ladder. When am out / leave the
ladder standing. When am in the room pull
up the ladder.-TerdS Siftings
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-28
He Was a Great Man.

A man riding along a road came upon an old
fellow who, loud In v ics and violent in action,
horseback traveller, amused at the old fellows
productive source Of strong adjectives
stopped. threw one leg over the horn of his sad
Ole, and without Say1ng anything sat watching
the erformance. The covered wagon to which
the team was attached was the movers typi-
cal vehicle, with two chairs tied behind A
woman, three children, mule colt and dog
belonged 10 the outfit
IF just had lough money to take us fifty
miles 1 d cut your internal throats" the o
fellow shouted. as he leaned for moments rest
on piece Of rail with which he had been bella
boring the horses. You can pull out of here
ca enough, you infer1a sc )undreis Why a
jack rabbit ana sick cat hitched up together
could pull out OF h re-
Anderson" said the woman. why don't
you hold some fodder befo' themg''
.Gonfound it. didn't you see me do that jest a
while ago!"
Well why don't you stick pin in their
''Hav MT you got any sense at all? Didn't
you see ms stick EN- with a darnia' needle jes
now! \ better go OF somewhere an run
with the sucklin' calves"
''fhar's one thing 1 know you amt tried"
WHATS that?"
''rw.vtin cir under Jaws"
u twist your under jaw if you don't hush. :"
Inc old fellow, turning about addressed the
man on horseback How long have you been
here watchin me?' he asked.
Don't know exsctlv.'
YES
Servn' your second term, amt you?s
second term at what?"
Bein' governor of this state"
I'M not the governor"
No. Wall, you must be Secretary of State ~
I'm not, however,"
But you must be great man OF some sort?''
No; I'm simply country merchant"
IT'S mighty strange, then"
How, strange? l don't 10 the least under
stand you. Why do you take me TO be great
manf'
Because fellow that can set an watch a
baked team and not offer any suggestions
must De great-in fact, you are the first man of
that TT ever did see. You deserve greatness,
anyhow. I'll tell you tat. and | feel it my
duty to do somethin' for you. I've got fine
rifle and good dog, and they are yourn if
you'll take them"
mo, thank you
Here's S5bll, all the money I've got, but
you may have It,"
Il won't take it,
"Well, l feel like givin' you somethin'. Say,
you wouldn't mind me ma Lin boy after you,
would your
No
All right, what's your manner"
We tangton P Biiiugsham."
GOO enough. B-cky.'' he called.
Yes woman answered.
where's the baby?"
In the wagon asleep"
wall. wax him up an name him after this
man Good-day, ii you are gone, mister Don't
ca II you don't hold no Office, you are the
greatest man ever saw"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-28
Facts About Consumption.

Ore Of the most valuable cJatribu ions 70
medical sciences Of la years is dis
covery that coDsumpt on is preventable
disease. For generations it was believed to
be not preventable, but in his investiga-
tons, made seven or eight years ago, Prof.
h CT, of Berlin, showed that it was ans
mitted to human beings largely through
tne flesh or milk Of tubs cular animal, and
that, as matter of course, if proper pre-
cautions In the use of meat aud mil. we're
taken it would be much less frequent.
Prof Koch ira sferred tie tuberculous
matter from diseased to healthy animals,
and IN every case the dis aase was repro
duced, and ~ artificial cultivation of the
bacillus and its introduction into healthy
animals he showed that it was the bacillus
alone that was the origin # the disease.
The board CT health of New York adopted
Prof. K chs views upon this subject fe
months ago, q Issued directions for thu
guidance of people in the use of meats and
milk, and in the destruction of matter ex-
perforated by cousumptiyes. B ssoa took
somewhat similar act on the other day.
To strengthen Prof. K chs views, if they
need TO be strengthened, Prof. Behrend,
English medical autho ity, points out that
in practice of thirty years, largely among
Hebrew patients, he has not yet met with a
single case of CO sumpti n in the members
OF that faitn, their Immunity from its at
tacks, he says, being undoubtedly due TO
the Jewish method of examining and
saughteri1g cattle. The idea of the pres
ence of parasitic and infectious agencies in
q final food dominated all the hygienic
rules OF the Mosaic economy; and, preserved
as it has been during a countless series of
generations, tho observance of these rules
mas acquired increased force by constant
hered tary transmisslo ,, and has prevailed
over all adverse conditions Of poverty and
overcrowdIng.
A Georgia physician recently stated what
is very little known, viz, that in a maio
ity Of cases "galloping" consump ion may
be cured if properly treated whea it first
appears.
The people are learning more and more
about this disease, and it is highly probable
that after awhile it will not be as common
as it Is now, a d that the percentage of
mort lily from it will be considerably re-
duced
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-28
Get Down TO Work,

The Georgia legislature is receiving some
pretty hard raps from newspapers IN Geor-
gia and other states. The fact that two Of
its members alb ented themselves several
days, and tried to meet on the so-called field
# honor, on account of a little Incl lent in
the Houst, is one reason why an unfAvor-
able impression of the legislature has
been produced. This impression was
rengthened when some of the mem
bers so far forgot themselves as
TO indulge in personal and I'M
parliamentary lang age respecting one
another upon the a or of the House. The
scene thus enacted was not more TO be con-
demned than others of the same kind in
legislative bodies in vAri us state,. but it
was one which could and should have been
avoided, and it reflects discredit upon the
legislature.
1t Is to be hoped that that body will re-
deem itself by strict application to business
and by the passage of wise legislation before
the ses ion comes to au end. There
is some very Important work to be
done by it. 1t is doub full
if any previous legislature of this state has
had t. deal with more important questions.
Tue session has lasted nearly two months,
and adjournment is beginning to be talk ed
about. There is no time for foolishneSs if
these important matters are to be settled sat
isfactorily.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-28

The following is an extract from Gen.
Warmers etter to President Harrison. de-
clining the pension com lissione saio:
after dus elaboration, an CO npellai t.
decline the appointment Of CON missioner of
pensions. apprec ate the great compli-
ment paid me by the tender Of the commits
sionership, and did not business engage
ments which l have no right to break forbid
it, no personal sacrifice would prevent
my accep ance. l should esteem it high
honor to be commissioner of pensions IL der
your admi iitration, and al as best could
in carrying out your wise and liberal policy
toward the old soldiers ID sailors entitled
to pensions under exis ing laws, and to CO
operate with you in securing the necessary
additional legislation for the nations de-
Tenders. Feeling as do deep interest in
the proper and liberal ad niuistration of the
pension laws, it is with the sincerest regret
that | make this declaration, espe tally
after the full and frank conversation had
with you and the honorable Secretary of
the Interior on Saturday last, reassuring
me as 1t did that our comrades have no
truer or warmer friends" Gen. Warner
might have excepted Mr.. Cleveland when
he said that the veterans hal no truer
friends than President Harrison and Score
tary Noble.