The morning call., 1890-10-26
NOTES FROM NILES.
FIorIculture-The Kings Daughters-Re
csptions-Pruning Trees.

FIorIculture-The Kings Daughters-Re-
csptions-Pruning Trees.
Editor Morning Call: Irrigation is not
necessary in Niles, except for late summer
vegetables or for the pore delicate flowers
or animals. Cultivation in the spring until
after the last rains renders it possible to
raise all such vegetables as tomatoes, cab
bage, beans, cauihower, etc, and keep them
through the summer without a particle of
water. Lettuce, radish, ETC., of course
must have water; so the rancher who does
not own windmill must plant such flowers
and vegetables as will stand the few rain
less months. Chrysanthemums of every
color, size and variety are grown every
where; roses do well, with or without
water, pinks and several other varieties
brighten the gardens the last of the year,
and where there are windmills the gardens
vie with any to be found in San Francisco
or Oakland. Water is found at a depth of
from thirty to sixty feet, cool aud soft, and
being still on the bay side of the bills there
is always breeze enough 10 keep the tanks
well filled. Anything that is grown in
Southern California can be grown here in
sheltered places, but although there are several
good sized, thrifty and productive orange
groves here. it is hardly right to say it is an
orange section; the soil is equally good in
either by being upon the side hill or by high
hedges. when they produce as large and
luscious fruit as in the south and as large
crops.
The Kings Daughters held their regular
meeting at Mrs. G. b. Overacker's last Satur-
day, at which they appointed permanent
floral committee to send flowers to the Old
Peoples Home, San Francisco, every Tues
day until further notice. Miss Grace CHS
holm is ChairwOman of the committee, and
all flowers sent to her before Tuesday noon
will be forwarded. Mrs. Overacker Miss
Chisholm and Miss Mortimer visited the Old
Peoples Home last Friday and found that
their flowers which had been sent the day
before were the first that had ever been re-
ceived at the institution, and they had Teen
equally distributed to the ninety happy in
mates, SO that each had one or more flowers.
l.. l.. Writ, Secretary of the COngrega-
tional Society in San Francisco, spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Niles. He spoke to the
Sundayschool, calling for volunteers to as
sist in establishing Sunday-schOol in
DecOtO, town about three miles west OF
Niles. MIR. Maar and four or five young
people went down Sunday afternoon and
Will continue to 60 until the new OrganiZa-
ton is on its feet and able to work alone.
Mrs. nj. l.. Merritt of Oakland, President
of the Home and Foreign Missionary Society,
has been in town the past few days and spoke
Sunday in Mr.. MARS place upon "Home
and Foreign Missions" giving most inter-
esting lecture. The lady, who is nearly 70
years OF age, speaks with the fire and ardor
of woman of 80, and speaks from a personal
knowledge of the work. having been a mis-
siOnary's daughter, a missionary's wife, and
for the past twenty years President Of the
Society of Home and Foreign Missions on
this Coast.
Mrs. Joseph Tyson gave charming lunch
last Friday. The tables were decorated
with chrysanthemums of every. shade and
size, and the daintles were gracefully served.
Mrs. II. Tyson, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Bonner.