The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-22
THE OPIUM poppy

There is no part of the ~
better adapted to the cultiva,;o.
opium poppy than Florida, and W.
if any, crops so profitable. In ~
River section of orr State LARGE
plantations are being successfnn.
ated, and reports from there sbos
with proper appliances and cnl,;
this crop will yield the handsome
of one thousand dollars per acre
Our public spirited young d..
Mr.. T. G. Rawls, has tried an
mental crop of the opium poppv !, n
hassee, with entire satisfaction 81
put in several acres. He is also 49,,
plant forty acres in castor h.
soon as a mill is erected or a Cons.
market presents itself
The opium poppy is the white va.
and very few seed will go a lono II
The sale Of seed is almost as pro6t,hl.
the gum, they being worth four doll..
pound.
DR.. ". W. Winthrop, of TIards,aI
Brevard county, in recent commu,,
ton TO the Times-U Mon, holds tba, ii
poppy flowers growing in the garden 4
family need fear yellow fever. In n
same article he gives directions for Ms,
ing, and kindly offers to aid and ADJ
all who wish to engage in the busi,..
for either profit or pleasure. He sav..
II has been proved beyond all quesi;o, =.
the common sun flower is preventive Of 49,
and fever. la those regions ia the Yves, vI@
every family kept quinine bottle On the b,ss
fast table, those families who hal the sun.a0--
planted around their dwellings nvariaMv n
capped, the flower feeding on the miasm. /. n
MAJ ner It has been proved that the opium No.
Ply feeds on the deadly micl ODE yellow -
Common enough in some parts of Ind, \
wholly unknown in those regions wbers n
poppy is grown. In the city of Havana, vbr
they have the yellow fever every wear 4 -
a
poppy flowers growing in their gardens 8
Augustine's late exemption is largely OWN, :
The number of gardens in which this plss, !.
cultivated as flower. A further proof Is fuI
IN he fact that no opium or morphine cater h
ever been known to take yellow fever, no matt
how much exposed; in fact the writer from II
own knowledge knows of sysnJ
individuals leaving the North to act \
nurses during the epidemic in Memphis. Ten
nessee, whose only qualification for the duis
was that, being Opium-eaters. they were not
afraid of taking the disease Their confidence
was not misplaced, they all returned in good
health. Many physicians who hahluaAy use
the drug Claim that it is a perfect prophylacf
against all contagious diseases. However h
NAV be, it is certainly very rare To find y
firmed opium eater dying from any disease 4.
thai Of the drug itself, or a general giving avn.
OF the vital powers.
Not only as a germ destroyer should In
havi"g gardens plant 1T least few beds Of Do
pies Int The flower is beautiful in itself and i
gorgeous cOlorng sells off other flowers to u
vantage
Poppy seed that is fertile, grown here in Fx.
ida, is very valuable. Ii is worth 81 per pogs
and the demand for II cannot BE- supplied, % bit
ladies having garden can make il very wuis
able raising this seed.
The industry of raising peoples for opium Pr
duc'on in Florla is now fairly under way lai
at our neat exhibition OF Florida produces, ga
opium will be one OF them; and here is no j.
dustry ever tried in this State that promises lss
ter or gives such large returns Tor such snil
outlay. Everyone who plants anything shOsa
sow few poppy seed, should cultivate lhsn
and see for themselves what can be done, not J
theorizing but actual experiment. The pda
realized from the SAFE OF The seed alone will ~
them better than anything else they can pOssisl
plant.
Seed may be sOwn any time in this lOcail
during the months of D. cember, January ~
February, to the middle of March, for the Il
IRENE northern part. Avoid planting in cod
wet weather. Ii the soil is very dry il should
irrigated occasionally until the plants come Up