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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09
Failure With Tea Roses.
= F7oraI Department:

Editor Floral Department.:
| am dear lover of flowers and deeply
interested in Horticulture, and since being
in South Florida have worked hard to
beautify my home with these God-given
treasures and enjoy their sweet compan-
ionship in many lovely hours.
Have met with marked success in the
cultivation of some varieties of plants,
while others have met with signal fail
ures, and among them the Tea Rose,
my constant companion in my home in
the far North / ain well aware that the
same plants often require different treat
ment in different sections of country. 1t
has been said that Florida is ''the land
of flowers" and the inference is that they
grow spontaneous with little or no cult
ure; but from personal experience, they
need the same diligent care as elsewhere.
Have received many valuable hints from
the Mayhower in regard to some special
varieties of plants, also liberal contribu-
tiOns from it's kind editor to test in this
section, among them several varieties of
roses. The Standards are well, but have
failed with the Teas. The first lot / set
in boxes of rich earth. They grew finely
through the winter, and bloomed When
warm weather came they began to droOp,
cast their leaves, fingered few weeks and
died. [ thought perhaps they had insuf-
ficient room for roots, and concluded to
try the second time. procured another
lot the following autumn and set them in
welI-prepared places in the open ground,
with the same result, with one exception
(Charles Rovelli) which lived through the
summer and was beautiful bush (killed
by accident) / have had three Marechal
Neils, and cannot make them live by the
most careful nursing.
Can any one tell me what the troubles?
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09
ReMeVvS Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley Peterson, Clay Co..
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story.
the truth of which is vouched for by the resi-
dents of the town: II am 70 years old, have
been troubled with kidney complaint and
lameness for many years; could not dress
myself wi bout help. Now / am free from
all pain and soreness, and am able to do ali
my own housework I owe my thanks 10
Electric Bitters for having renewed nv youth
and removed completely all disease and
pain" Try bottle so cts and 81. at w A.
Allen & Co.'s. a
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09

but not least, the lovely Moss Rose, of
which there is beautiful legend which
will bear repeating: The angel, whose
sweet duty it is to wait upon the flowers,
one day said to the rose:
"'What shall give to thee, fair child?
Queen among the flowers, already. thou.
My crown, my Joy, my pride;
Perplexed he looked upon the rose,
Blushing so fair and sweet,
Then plucked the fine and verdant Moss,
That grew about her feet.
Deity around each opening bud.
A flmy veil did fold;
And, loveliest of the lovely, now,
The Moss Rose we behold
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Do / get wrong varieties? Do / treat
them Improperly, or is the rain and scald-
ing sun of rprotracted summer wealth
er too much for them? If any one has
been successful with this particular plant
in South Florida, please give your expe-
rience through these columns, as / am
anxious to try again, else we must call
on the editor. ELLA.
Manatee County.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09

Mad Alfred Carriere, Mad. Caro-, Enfant
de Lyon, Charles Rovelli, Aggripina,
Louis Phillip, Empress Eugene, Caroline
Goodrich Duchess de Brabrant, Perle
dor, Little Pet, Cecil Brunner, Mignonette
and Pacquerette. The last five named
belong to the Polyanthus section.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09
ROSES.

Oh. the queen of all the roses it'can be de-
MED,
Is the heavy crimson rose of velvet leaf!
There is such gracious royalty about her vivid
bloom,
That among all charming kindred she is chief
Then the fainter shaded roses, in their balmy
damask pride,
Group like satellites about one central star,
Royal princesses, Of whom we can discover at q
glance,
What aristocrats the dainty creatures are!
Then those tender, gauzy roses, clustered closely
their vines,
They are gentle maids of honor, am told
But the pompous yellow roses. these are sneered
at, it is said,
For showing off the color of their gold
And the roses that are powerless to boast of
any tint,
Unsullied as the snow itself in hue,
These are pious nuns, fancy, who perhaps may
murmur prayers
Very softly upon rosaries of dew!
But the delicate pink that one meets in
quiet lanes,
Cleaning pale upon the background of clear
green,
Why, these are only peasant girls, who go
to court,
But are loyal little subjects of their n quee!
Selected.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09

The lastpart of Miss Harcourt's Story
of the Orchids has failed to reach us in
time for Insertion in this issue, but we
hope to present it to our readers next
week.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09
Roses.

Roses.
"a fair Rose said:
Behold mel in the garden bed
reign, queen; no other flower dare
With me compare.
"The Lily pale
Tried to withstand me, but did fail,
Though she stands fair and stately, yet,
Ween,
still am queen"
The cultivation of the rose dates back
nobody knows how far, and is to-day one
of the most popular flowers in existence.
1T has been most happily styled the
"Queen of Flowers" and rightroyally has
it reigned for centuries. Roses we're held
in high esteem by the ancient Romans
and were cultivated in great abundance.
When Cleopatra went to Cilicia to meet
Mark Antony we are informed that she
caused the floor of the hall to be covered
with roses to the depth ofeighteen inches.
AS the emblem of Y Youth, it was dedicated
to Aurora ;of Love and Beauty. to Venus;
of Danger and Fugacity, to Cupid. It
was given by the latter, according to
classical writer's, as a bride to Harpoc-
rates, the God ofSilence; hence, undoubt-
edly, the origin of the common ex-
preston, "under the rose"
Poets and authors of all countries and
times have immOrtalized it.
"Old Homer praised it's form of grace,
CatallOs bOasted OF it's charms,
Horace it's richly tintedface;
In fair Italia's glowing words
TassO and MetastasO sang;
And 'mong the groves OF far Cathay.
The Persian Hafs' accents rang"
The rose is the national emblem of
England, and has been the insignia of
rival chiefs In 1852 the Duke of York
adopted the white rose, while the Duke of
Lancaster had a red rose emblazoned on
his shield; and the rose striped
with red and white is even now called the
York and Lancaster rose.
There is beautiful legend of the rose
which runs thus: Flora, the queen of
flowers, had a favorite nymph, whose
purity Of heart surpassed her beauty.
When she died, Flora resolved to change
this daughter of the dryads into plant
which should reign over all others. She
called toher aid Venus, heGraces, Apollo,
Bacchus and Pomona. Theresult of their
combined efforts was the Queen of Flow
ers, the rose. Still it was odorless. But
one day Cupid, while dancing in Olympus,
overthrew with his wing a cup of nectar.
The precious liquid fell on the rose, and
gave it it's perfume.
Roses are divided into several classes
Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Noisette, Hy-
brid China. Hybrid Climbing, Hybrid Tea,
Bourbon, Tea, Climbing, China and last,
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My crown, my joy. my pride;
Perplexed he looked upon the rose,
Blushing so fair and sweet
Then plucked the fine and verdant Moss,
That grew about her feet.
Deity around each opening bud,
filmy veil did fold;
And, loveliest of the lovely, nOW
The Moss Rose we behold
So
A CORRESPONDENT in Manatee county
has thus far failed to make success of
growing Tea Roses in this State, and
comes to the Floral Department for ad-
vice from those who have been successful.
We feel sure there are many who can fur
nish just the information she needs, and
we trust every one who has been success
full in growing this class of plants will i'm
mediately write us how they did it.
Remember we want to hear from all!
We think our correspondent would have
succeeded much better with her roses if
she had planted them in box and kept
them in the shade until well established,
then carefully transferred them to the
open ground. Rose plants small enough
for transmittal through the mails are
usually too weak to survive being i'm
mediately committed to theopen ground.
When possible strong, well rooted, out
door grown plants should be procured, if
possible, and preferably in a dormant
condition.
The naturally poor state of our Flor
ida soil should be taken into cOnsidera-
ton. Directions for growing roses at the
North read to make the soil moderately
rich, but q gentleman who has made rose
growing a success in this State says
"make the soil immoderately rich and
you will reap yourreward." Hesays: GA
thoroughly rotted, rich compost of ma
nure and muck, leaf mold or rotted turf,
together with bone dust, ashes, and fre-
quent light applications of cotton-seed
meal will insure success Allnitrogenous
fertilizers should be well covered with
earth. Ashes and bone may hespread on
the surface and raked in
The wash-water should be poured
around them, as it is an excellent fertil-
izer, the soil stirred after every rain and
all available plant food supplied them.
WHILE many roses do we'll on their own
roots others are such weak growers as to
require being budded on strong growing
stocks. Particularly is this true of Mare
chal Neil, which is almost worthless onits
own roots, but when budded is remark
ably strong grower. A few years ago
there appeared in Gardeners Monthly an
account of a plant of this sort which
covered the entire roof of green house
45 feet long; and the owner stated that
he had several times cut 800 roses from
it at one time, and over 1000 in one
year
*.*
REAsONER Bros. recommend this
list OF Tea and Hybrid Tea Roses, which
they have thoroughly tested in this
AZ, 10
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FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY WALTER N. Pike.

JEssAAuNE, PAsCo CO., FLA.
To whom all correspondence relating to this de-
partment should be addressed
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09

"a fair Rose said:
Behold mel in the garden bed
reign, a queen; no other flower dare
With me compare.
''The Lily pale
Tried to withstand me, but did fail,
Though she stands fair and stately, yet,
Ween,
/ still am queen"
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-09

REAsoNER Bros. recommend this
list OF Tea and Hybrid Tea Roses, which
they have thoroughly tested in this
climate:
Beauty of Stapleford, Bougere, Ches-
hunt Hy brid, Comtesse de Labarthe, Jean
Pernet, Lady Warrender, La Pactole,
Louis Richard. Mad Lambard, Mad.
Welche, Niphetos, Perle des Jardins,
Comtesse Ria du Pare, Cornelia Cook,
Refine Marie Henriette, Safrano, Souvenir
dun Ami, Sunset and The Bride.
From another source the following va
rieties are recommended as thriving well
on their own roots:
Woodland Margaret, Isabella Sprunt,
Gels Multifora, Mad. Berard, Catherine
Mermet, Caroline Kuster, La Sylphide,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-28
FEATHERsoN TWICE CONVICTED.
He Stole the Boots of ''Tomato Can
Picker" and Some Clothing.

He Stole the Boots of Tomato Can
Picker" and Some Clothing.
Max Featherson, aged twenty, who has
distinguished himself by being committed
six times to the Penitentiary and yet has
escaped State Prison, was tried before
Judge Lippincott this morning on two
charges. The first was for stealing pair
of boots from the home of Samuel Sutton,
an aged colored man, who lives at No. $3.50
Newark avenue. Mr.. Sutton told the
Court his occupation was 'pieken' ter
mater cans"
aWhat do you mean by thats" the
Court inquired.
"He means" said Assistant Prosecutor
Noonan, that he was engaged in gather
ing q crop of tomato cans
@Mr. Sutton said that was ''the size of
it."
Sutton said he saw Featherson and two
other men in his room and that one OF
them stole his boots.
Ibid you see the man who did thisfn
asked Mr.. Noonan.
sEf he'd yer kin bet I'd hab dem boots
now, an would hab dat tief. tcon
Featherson admitted ne had been ar
rested and convicted six times and the
court added more convictions TO the eata-
logue today.
The second indictment was obtained by
a Mrs. Tuite, who claimed that Featherson
stole some articles from her rag shop or
storage house.
Featherson was sentenced to term of
five years at State Prison ON each indict-
ment, but both sentences run together.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-28
IT WAS a WONDERFUL WOOINa.

How Did Nteman Deceive q Girl With
Whom He Could Not Communicated
Justices Lane and Seymour sat In the
formers court yesterday, and with the
assistance of jury, disposed of case
which was in some ways remarkable.
Rienzi Cadugan, Poormaster of the city
of Bayonne, complained that Laura Van
Buskirk, pretty deaf mute of Pamrapo,
was liable to become a charge upon the
city, and that Frederick Nieman of Green
vile, should bear the responsibility In
stead of the city
In court, Miss Laura testified, with the
aid of an elderly lady who is an expert in
the sign language, that she is nineteen
years of age. About year ago she made
the acquaintance of Nieman, and ne came
to visit her regularly on Wednesday and
Saturday evenings. In balmy weather
they would walk the streets and roads of
Pamrapo, and during the long hours OF
the winter evenings they occupied Pa Van
Buskirk's parlor to the exclusion of every
other member of the family
Although Frederick's digits were
strangers to the nimble sign language his
wooing progressed favorably, If unac-
countably, and in course of time it was
announced that he and Laura were to
marry Shortly after this Laura's parents
and near relatives called Frederick in to
family cOuuClI, db WHICH IL W&S uu4Ql-
mously resolved that the young people
should be married forthwith. The next
day was fixed for the wedding. Frederick
promised to be on hand early.
For obvious reasons it was decided that
the ceremony should be strictly private
affair and the next evening the few rela-
tives that gathered to witness the tieing
of the knot waited in vain for Frederick
His brother, however, appeared in his
place as an ambassador, but the Van Bus
kirk family refused to treat with him.
For two months nothing was seen of
Frederick, and then the PoOrmaster ap-
peared upon the scene.
When Counsellor Salter, who appeared
for the complainant, rested his case,
Nieman called to the stand wild-eyed
individual, who said he was Prof. Leon
St. Clair Sutherland, the Grand Carcass of
the Eribe of Fleetfeet, and that he had
flown 400 miles that morning from Penn
sylyania to attend the trial.
His talk and actions made the Justices
suspicious of his sanity, naturally, and
they questioned him further. He said he
did not believe in Christianity because
there was none these days. For a moment
there were suspicious that he might be
sane, but he began to rant about the order
of Fleetfeet, and was so absurd that the
justices could not let him testify.
Frederick denied all of Laura's charges,
and said he only walked with her up
and down in front of girls house with
whom he had had a quarrel. And he only
did that in order to make the other girl
Jealous. The jury convicted him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-28
sCANLoN MADE A HARD FIGHT.
Two Big Policemen We're Nearly Worsted
in Trying to Arrest Him.

Two Big Policemen Were Nearly Worsted
in Trying to Arrest Him.
Thomas Scanlon, burly young rufffan,
was arraigned before Justice Stilsing this
morning on three charges of as,
sault Yesterday afternoon his uncle-
James Scanlon, who is doing the
mason work on the new build
ing at Grove and Tenth streets, went TO
the Grove street police station and asked
for protection. He said that his nephew
was at the building drunk and was inter
fering with the men SO that they could
not go on with their work.
Policemen Barry and Lowery went to
the building and attempted to arrest the
Young rufffan. He, however, resisted
their efforts. He caught Policeman
Barry, who weighs nearly two
hundred pounds by the belt and
hurled him into pile of lime.
Then he turned his attention to Police
man Lowery, and treated him in the same
manner. Both men struck him repeatedly
over the head and shoulders with
their sticks, and Barry broke his
club upon him. But the blows
seemed to have no effect whatever upon
him. and once when the policemen man
aged to get the nippeTs on his wrists he
threw the bracelets off as easily as
though they were made of cord
Aftera severe struggle the policemen sue
ceeded in getting him behind the bars,
not however until the coats of both of
them were ruined, and Barry's helmet
was a complete wreck. This endeavor of
the policemen to preserve the peace will
cost Barry about $35 and Lowery $28 for
new hats and coats. Scanlon was COM
mitted for trial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-28
HE HAS ROBBED MANY HOUSES
A Swindier That Blooms in the Spring,
Tra-la, at Moving Time.

A Swindier That Blooms in the Spring,
Tra-la, at Moving Time.
Chief Murphy wishes to warn real
estate agents and tenants about to change
their places of residence against a sneak
thief, who makes these people his
victims. He is described as being
about thirty years old, with q light COM
plexion, sandy mustache and high cheek
bones He is about five feet eight or nine
inches and wears dark blue chinchilla
overcoat and black derby hat. His plan
of operation is to obtain from the agents q
list of hous es that are for rent.
He, then visits the houses in turn, and
saying that he is about to move, asks to
be shown through the various rooms. He
is gentlemanly in his bearing, and wards
off all suspicion by his manners and con-
yersation Just as he is about to leave he
suddenly discovers that he has dropped
one of his gloves, and before the lady of
the house can say anything he is up stairs
and down again.
After he is gone it is generally discov-
cred that he has stolen some article of
jewelry which he had spotted" during
his tour through the house.
In this manner he recently stole watch
and chain from Mrs. Snowden, of Grant
and Bergen avenues
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-28
JUSTICE SEYMOUR'S FEE.
1t Was Bad Twenty Dollar Check, and
He Gave Ten Dollars in Change.

He Gave Ten Dollars in Change.
Justice George F. Seymour, whose
Office is located at No. 81 New.
ark street, Hobolken, mourns the loss
of new crisp $40 bill, which
he gave to stranger as change for q
check of double that amount. AS the
Justice is also Recorder of Weehawken
he has used every effort to keep the mat
ter quiet, but it leaked out last night.
On Monday evening Counsellor George
McCabe was seated in Seymour's Office
when a couple came in and wanted to get
married. McCabe addressed the
1eape nea5 Of ared on tae e Joy until and eymonr happ
arrived and then introduced them to him.
The knot was soon tied and the groom
said he. wanted the handsomest GER
tificate to be had McCabe was
dispatched to make the purchase
when the groom remarked:-"How much
do owe you for your servicessn
II never charge anything was the
reply, land you can give me what you
81 have only 50 in change" replied the
newly married man, "and that is not
enough. / have my check for $40, and
think your services are worth fully $40. SO
If you will give me the change, we will
call in the morning for our certificate.
AsMcCabe had thoughtlessly introduced
the man as his friend, Mr.. Seymour, not
wishing to detain the happy couple accom-
modated the groom and took the check,
which he still has The couple have
not yet returned for the "hand-
somest certificate" Seymour de.
the young man, and says he thinks
the fellow will return, although the ad-
dress given ON the blank prior TO the cere-
mony is fictitious.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-28
REPUBLICAN SQUABBLES.
A Fifth District Slate That Was Not
Easily Made.

Fifth District Slate That Was Not
Easily Made.
Republicans had great time last night
in the Fifth district, More than one hun
dred of them met at the Avenue House as
members of the Lincoln Club, and Sc
lected ticket that they claim will win
There will be some objection to it, how
ever, by the kickers in the lower end of
the district, and a row may be expected
over the candidates for Alderman.
The slate fixed by the gentlemen who
held the meeting last night was as fol
lows
Freeholder, Humphrey w. Carr; Board
of Works, Benjamin Van Keuren; Fire
Commissioner, Thomas Mills; Justice of
the Peace, Charles Roe Board of Alder
men, 'sHank" Van Horn; Constable,
Joseph Locke.
A row TOOK place over the nominations
of Messrs. Carr and Van Horn, but it was
temporarily quieted by Mr.. Carr, who
wanted to be once more member of the
Board of Works, declining and accepting
instead nomination for Freeholder. 1t
is believed that some Republicans, who
live in the lower portion of the district,
will object to this programme.
The delegates named by the Lincoln
Club and who win probably be elected to-
morrow night are:-First district, Joseph
Mead; Second district, George Wilson and
William Thornton; Third district Jacob
Bechtel and Robert Brook Fourth dis
trict. Charles w. Laws, John Gammel;
Robert Simpson: and Morgan Livingstone.
Alderman Salinger wants to be re-
elected. and it may be that his friends will
object to the nomination of Van Horn.
II they do, it is believed by those who
claim to know, that it will not interfere
with the plans of the Lincoln Club
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-28

Commissioner Smith has consulted with
the Corporation Counsel of New York
and decided that whatever action may be
taken by the Board of Aldermen his duty
is to keep 11lth street open, as it Is public
property.
The Giants will open the season on Sat
urtlay on the Jersey City Grounds, playing
the Jaspers.
The Brooklyns will open on their home
grounds on Saturday, playing the New
arks On Sunday both clubs will play at
Ridgewood.
The Metropolitans and Sylvans will
play at Weehawken on Sunday.
President Day says he would like to
have Ward in the New York team this
season.
The tourists embark for home at
Queenstown this afternoon.
The Hamilton Baseball Club has reor-
ganized for the coming season and chal-
lenges any club with players under seven
teen years of age. The players are j.
White, pitcher: NJ Bowen, catcher; r.
MAY, first base; NJ Lyons second base
William Dunn, third base; j May, short
stop; j. Farley, right field; William Hultz,
centre field; h Mahoney, right field
Challenges should be addressed to Man
ager Shiiltz, No. $50 Eleventh street.
The White Star Base Ball Club, of this
city, has reorganized for the season of
1889 with the following players
Sweeney, c.; Marsh, p. Hopkins, 1b.;
Conklin, 3D.; O'Neill, 3b.. SIcAvana, SIS;
Stevens, r,f.; Huggan, eff; O'Brien, If.
Challenges should be addressed to John
O'Neill, at City Hall.