Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-06-06
LAND OF FLOWERS.


west of Glendale.
LAND OF FLOWERS
Our Florida Correspondent Offers a Col
Stamps for Postage.
EDITOR TRIBUNE: Has every one who
sent to me for the long gray Florida moss
received it? If any one has not please let
me know, for occasionally mistake will
occur in the mail as well as in anything
else and package miscarry. Two ladies
who sent for moss only signed their
names and failed to give any postoffice or
state, and would have dropped line to
the TRIBUNE ere this but very sick
daughter has taken all my time. Mrs. H.,
sent the orange flowers to the invalid as
per your request. To others let me say
orange trees are now out of bloom. So
many questions are asked try to answer
those OF the most general interest Young
farmer, you had better let we'll enough
alone; this is no farming country. It is
poor, white sand, and will not grow any
thing without fertilizing, and that every
year. for there is no subsoil. Yes, there is
good demand for public school teachers
and private governesses at tair salary.
There are so many inquire about the
healthfulness of Florida, or vice versa.
Well, with some the climate agrees; with
others it does not. 1t is, as far as my OBJ
servation goes, very healthful here, es-
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with any throat or lung trouble; that is, if
they do not wait too long before coming,
so the climatic change will prove too much
for weakened constitution. Property
and rent is very high here, suppose for
one reason because this is the metropolis
of the state, but is much cheaper in the
sort of summer all winter long; flowers,
both tame and wild, are in bloom the year
round. There are indeed lovely wild cac-
tus here with great huge yellow flowers.
l have sent roots and cuttings to all
who sent stamps to pay the postage.
No, live aligatOrs do not chase us through
side streets, but you can get them in town
of our curiosity dealers at So each, and they
prepay the express charges to send them
north. Tourists here, get them for attrac-
tlOnS in their offices or stores in the north,
and delicate ladies that faint at the sight
OF a mouse get the reptiles for lap pets,
both are perfectly harmless, but the ga
little or no trouble to keep as they eat only
twice week. Yes, there are many of the
beautiful banana plants here. The nur-
sery men sell them at so cents each; they
are quite heavy plants and would cost, I
think, as much more for postage, but they
are lovely addition to any collection Of
plants, with their great sweeping leaves
from five to ten feet in length. The lovely
wild Easter lilies were in bloom last
month. One of the prettiest sights | ever
saw was whole fields Just white with the
Easter lilies. No. l cannot get the bulbs
now, as they are nearly leafess. only the
flowers to find them by. Yes. am living
other curiosities to any who send postage,
if any wish. I will make an early collec-
tion OF pretty things as have the time,
and it would please me to send them, per-
haps as much, as you to receive it, for
think it's just fun to receive and answer a
lot of mail. and see, people stare as our
postmaster gives me a big bunch Of letters
will tell you what can get. can make
up collection for you thus, one piece of
lovely white branch coral, two or three sea
shells selected for watch chain charms,
half dozen large red sea beans, bunch
of sea moss that comes floating in with the
tide, three or four barnacles, shelly ex.
ocean, half a dozen sweet gum balls
pretty for balls or tassels on table scarfs or
lambrequins three or four great thOrns from
an orange tree and seed what grows on the
tree besides fruit, and a sample of the
orange wood, and Of fig wood and palmetto
metto saws, and three or fonr pieces of
the palmetto bark, very curious. and
Florida cactus, also some of our topic seeds
as Spanish dagger, the prettiest topic plant
Ut Florida, pomegranate seed and cotton
seed. and you can soon have a real cotton
bearing plant in the north, and seed of the
China tree which bears lovely purple sweet
scented flowers in clusters about the size
of quart bowl and is followed by little
yellow balls highly Ornamented, also seed
of the Indian coffee been. These seeds
were brought here by the Spaniards some
nine hundred years ago and sold to the
Indians to plant for coffee, hence their
tears, it is to be planted in the open
ground like hill Of corn,in sandy soil of
course. 1t grows about three feet high
and bears an abundance of brown shining
seed. They a1e very pretty and often
strung and worn as beads. A great many
people send east for the seed to string and |
wear around the neck Of infants teething
properties in warding off danger of sick
ness during that period. The Jobs tears
is native of the interior of Africa, but an
old colored woman here has grown bit
of it, cause, says she, its nice honey, and
you is welcome to it, you is. will also
send seed Of Florida caster beans, grows
thirty feet high. I can make some very
pretty sea shell collar pins, and will send
some of them; its very easy and quick done.
can also give you a piece of Indian money
that three hundred years ago was worth |
4 cents among the Cherokee Indians. Send
25, 2 cent in stamps for postage and
packing and will send you all the articles |
have named.
MRS. +. a. WARNER,
Jacksonville, Fla.