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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-22
BRAIDENTowN, FLA, Nov. 4, 1889.

Messrs. BrinLy, Miles & Hardy Co.:
GENTLEMEN-The pillow you shipped me
October 4th received in due time and in
good order. [ have used it and find it to
be perfectly satisfactory. | am in hopes
that you will be able to dispose of more
of your plows in this section.
Yours truly, VIM. H. FOGARTY.
Messrs. Brinly, Miles & Hardy are ar
ranging to make a fine display of their
plows at the Ocala Exposition, and Mr..
T. E. G. Brinly will be there to represent
them and meet his old Florida friends.
For further information regarding these
plows, address BRNLY, MILES & HARDY
Co., Louisville, KY.
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For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Euphorbia Pulcherrima.

1t may not be generally known that
this old greenhouse plant is an acquisi
ton for the open ground in Florida; but
so it is; and with anything like decent
treatment, it will far excel in beauty the
best specimens ever grown inside at the
North. 1t is one among the few stove
plants that will stand our burning sun
and summer showers, and thrive through
it all as in it's native NATURALIZATION.
Plants should be set in March or after all
danger from frost is past; in a well en-
riched spot that has good drainage, and
receive thorough cultivation. In April
or May the ends of the new shoots may
be pinched off to cause it to branch more
freely; but this should not be continued
later. Nothing more is needed but an
occasional hoeing.
About the middle of October the flower
heads will appear at the ends of the
branches and from the flower stems come
some ten or fifteen leaves, two by four
inches, which soon turn to the richest
vermillion, and it is to these bracts and
not the flowers that the shrub owes it's
beauty. These bracts hold their color for
weeks, making the shrub one of the most
conspicuous objects imaginable. 1t fairly
lights up the whole place and can be seen
readily and distinguished at distance of
a quarter of mile.
E, pulcherrima has a double series of
bracts, and is therefore even more strik-
ing than the old form, and then there is
still another variety of it in which the
bracts are creamy white. All are gener-
ally known under the common name
Poinsettia. In situations where frost
may be expected the plants should becut
back and wrapped with straw for the
winter. Or taken up and housed in some
out building, and kept moderately dry
until time to plant out again. Plants
are increased by cuttings of the half
ripened wood. RD HOYT.
Seven Oaks Nurseries, Bay View, Fla.
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The Bamboo.

That this magnificent class of plants is
destined to become very popular in the
planting of grounds in this State we can
not doubt. From an ornamental point
of view they can vie with the stately
palms, and though towering aloft in
great magnifcence, yet they retain the
entire gracefulness of a fern. Tt is we'll
known that their uses are legion, but
whether their cultivation in this State
will be profitable from an economic stand
point we do not know, nor will we venture
to speculate upon it in this department.
Suffice to say that we know they are
among the grandest scenic plants adopt
ed to this climate, and should be freely
planted for that reason alone.
The following very interesting and val
liable information on Bamboos is from
Won Mueller's Select Extra Tropical
Plants:
'"The Bamboos being thus
brought once more before us, it may be
deemed advisable to place togetherin one
brief list all other kinds which are record
ed either as very tall or particularly
hardy. Accordingly, from Major General
Monro's admirable monograph Uinnean
Transactions, 1869, the succeeding
enumeration is compiled, and from that
mastery essay, resting on very many
years close study of the richest colec-
tiOns, few refractory remarks are like
wise offered, to vindicate the wish of the
writer of seeing these noble and graceful
forms of vegetation largely transferred
to every part of Australia, and to many
other portions of the globe, where they
would impress grand tropical feature
on the landscapes. Even in the far south
ern ATTITUDES of Victoria, Tasmania and
New Zealand, Bamboos from the Indian
low lands have proved able to resist our
occasional night frosts of the low coun-
try. But in colder places the many sub
alpine species could be reared. Be it re-
membered that Chusquea artistata ad-
vdnces to an elevation of 1000 feet on
the Andes of Quito, indeed to near
the zone of perpetual ice, Arundinaria
falcata, R. racemosa and A. spathifora
live on the highlands, at zone between
10000 and 1000 feet, where they are
annually beaten down by snow. Forms
of Bambusae@ still occur, according to
Grisebach, in the Kurilian archipelagus
up to 460 NJ, and in Japan even to SO.
We may futher recognize the greatimpor-
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their manifest Industrial uses, when we
consider their grandeur for picturesque
scenery when we observe their resistance
to storms or heat, or when we watch the
marvellous rapidity with which many de-
velop. Their seeds, though generally
produced only at long intervals, are val
ued in many instances higher than rice.
The ordinary great Bamboo of India is
known to grow forty feet in forty days,
when bathed in the moist heat of the jun
giles. Delchevalerie noticed the growth of
some Indian Bamboos at Cairo to have
been ten inches in one night. Their power
of growth is such as to upset stone walls
or demolish substantial buildings. AS
shelter plants for grazing animals these
trees are most eligible. The Bourbon
Bamboo forms an impenetrable sub-al-
pine belt of extraordinary magnifcencei
that island. One of the Tenasserim Bam-
busas rises to $50 feet, with themast-like
cane, sometimes, measuring fully one foot
in diameter. The great West Indian
ArthrOstylidum is sometimes nearly as
high and quite as columnar in it's form,
while the DendrOcalamus at PuloGeum is
equally colossal. The Platonia Bamboo
of the highest wooded mountains of Pan
anna sends forth leaves fifteen feet in
length and one foot in width. Arun-
dinaria macrosperma, as far north as
c41 +o
nearly forty feet in favorable spots, and
one of the Japan BamboOs, according to
Mr. Chrsty, gains the height of sixty feet
even in those extra tropical ATTITUDES.
Through perforating with artistic care
the huge canes of various Bamboos. mus
ical sounds can be melodiously produced
when the air watts through the groves,
and this singular fact may possibly be
turned to practice for checking the devas-
tatiOns from birds on many cultured
spots Altogether twenty genera, with
one hundred and seventy we'll marked
species, are circumscribed by General
MOnrO's cOnsummate care; but how may
these treasures yet be enriched, when once
the alpine mountains of New Guinea
through Bamboo jungles have been scaled,
or when the highlands on the sources of
the Nile, which Ptolemaus and julius
Caesar already lOnged to ascend, have be-
come the territory also of phytologic re-
gions, not to speak of many other
tropical regions as yet left unexplored
Europe possesses no Bamboo; Australia,
as far as hitherto ascertained, only three.
Almost all bambOos are local, and there
seems really no exception to the fact that
more are Indigenous to both hemispherps,
remark which applies to palms as well,
with the sole exception of Cocos nucifera,
the nuts of which, indeed, may have drift
ed from the western to the eastern world.
All true Bambusas are Oriental. Observa-
tons on the growth of many Bamboos
in Italy are recently offered by Chevalier
Fenzi. The introduction of these exquis-
tie plants is one of the easiest imaginable,
either from seeds or the living roots. The
Consuls at distant ports, the mission
aries, the mercantile and navigating gen
tlemen abroad, and particularly also
many travellers, could all easily aid in
transferring the various Bamboos from
ono oountrU IN ,,no4bor fro,oo l,ouo:o
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To whom all correspondence relating to this de-
partment should be addressed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-22
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.

EDITED BY WALTER N. PIKE,
INE, PASCO CO., FLA
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15
The courts of the Canadian

The courts of the Canadian Dominion
seem to possess discretionary power in
capital cases which enables them to ac-
-cammodate prisoners, especially when
they ask for higher penalty than they
are disposed to infict. A man was
hanged in the province of Quebec the
other day who was tried for murder.
1t seems that while scuffiing with the
man who was killed, the pistol in the
hands of the prisoner went off with
fatal results, but there was no evidence
of premeditation of crime. The judge
was about to impose the penalty of i'm
prisonment for life, when the prisoner
said he would rather be hanged. The
judge complied with his choice and sent
him to the gallows. The question arises
whether the judge is not responsible for
the life of the man he sent to execution
if he knew that his crime did not deserve
capital punishment. No man should
have discretionary power in a case
where human life is involved.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15
THERE is kind of false sentimental

THERE is kind of false sentimental
ism which leads many otherwise very
good and worthy people into ridiculous
extremes. DR.. Phelps, of the New York
Bellevue. hospital, is one of the most ex-
pert and successful surgeons in the
country. He had boy patient, short
time since, who was suffering from an
ununited fracture of the tibia. 1t had
failed to heal under the ordinary meth
DDS, so he undertook to transplant the
bones from the foreleg of dog into the
leg of the patient. The dog was encased
in plaster, and kept alongside the boy
for two weeks, whilst the process of
grating was going on. OF course the
dog suffered, but the novel and curious
operation was entirely successful, the
crippled boy was restored to usefulness
and physiological fact in practical sur
gerry of great Importance to the profess
sion was established. But the senti-
mentalists have raised great howl
about vivisection and cruelty to animals,
because cur has been disconnected
and made to limp so that a human being
might recover the use of limb that
would otherwise have left him a cripple
for life.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15
MRS. O'SHEA.
Blue Blood with Strain of Diablerie
In 1t.

Blue Blood with Strain of Diablerie
In 1t.
Mrs. O'Shea is no ordinary woman,
and least of all is she an adventures.
She is of :he buest English blood and is
a woman of intellect and refinement.
Her brother, Sir Evelyn Wood, is one Of
the best generals in the British army,
and, after Lord Wolseley and Sir Fred
erick Roberts, who are both Irishmen,
next in the line OF promotion for COM
mander-in-chief. He has a bitter quar-
rel with his sister over a fortune of
100000 left her by an aunt, recently
deceased, and is known to have been
for long time urging O'Shea. with
Joseph Chamberlain, whose motive was
political, to the action which has
brought disgrace on the Irish leader.
Mrs. O'Shea is handsome, with pearly
white skin, a wealth of golden hair and
a graceful voluptuous figure. She has
fascinating manner and is charming Ill
conversation, with cultivated literary
tastes and mans knowledge Of pol
itics. The breath OF suspicion had never
touched her until she met Parnell. She
started in to help him politically and
ended by becoming infatuated with him.
The fascination was mutual.
O'Shea is the son of Limerick attor-
ney, who left him large fortune, which
he squandered in horseracing and gam
bling. He was an officer in crack cav
airy regiment, dashing, lady-killing
fellow, with good figure and attractive
manners. He married Kitty Wood
when she was in her teens, but the
pleasures OF the messroom and the race
course had more attractions for him
than home. When he lost his money
he LETT the army and lived on his wfe's,
spending it freely on wine, women and
horses. He often lived months away
from home, and utterly neglected his
wife. Getting into parliament for
county Glare through the influence Of
Catholic bishops, he foisted himself on
Parnell through his wifes entreaties,
and proceeded to earn good govern
ment berth by making himself useful.
He closed his eyes to what everybody
knew. and finally only acted from
mercenary motives. He is the most
thoroughly despised cad in London to-
day. Under other circumstances, and
with man for husband, Mrs. O'Shea
would have made good wife. There
can be no doubt that Parnell will marry
her
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15
l2.14-1n

DO
YOU KNOW
THAT THE
BEST PLACE
IN
THE CITY TO GET
YOUR FAMILY
WINES AND LIQUORS
is AT
j. P. TAGGART & CO.'S,
THEY
HAVE q FINE
WHOLES STORE,
AND PAY
STRICT ENTION TO
THE FAMILY
TRADE
ON NEW HIGH ST.,
NEAR TEMPLE,
NEXT DOOR
TO THE
UNiVERS SiTY BANK.
| TELEPHON NO. SOC.
| STR EET NOS. 311 AND
313.
| MAIL
| OR
! TELL ORDER
| ARE ENDED TO
! PROMPTLY l2-9-lm
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15
tify this voluntary curtailment of our
term of years on earth?

THE California poppy has been adopted
as the typical flower of the state. 1t
would be well to revive the old spelling
bee craze of twenty years ago in order
that the people of the state may learn to
write its botanical name correctly; and
it might be well for those who try to
pronounce it to be sure their teeth are
sound. 1t would break the jaw of pen
sion agent. Here goes for trial at it
Eschscholtzia. 1t is to be hoped
the peculiar qualities of the poppy had
nothing to do with the selection. We
are not usually disposed to admit that
we are sleepy people. By the way, in
pronouncing the name, the 80" is long
as in the word "note," and the ct" must
be sounded, while the "z' Immediately
after that letter has the force of 'tz'' in
English. The name is derivative from
that of a German botanist, who first
classified the flower.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15

We PUBLISH elsewhere complete list
of the members of the next California
legislature. There are 27 Republicans,
IL Democrats and one vacancy in the
senate. The vacancy is caused by the
death of G. L. Pond, Republican, "a
brother of Mayor E. B. Pond, late Dem
ocratic candidate for governor who was
elected from the Fourth senatorial dis
trict, Butte county. In the assembly
there are 63 Republicans, 16 Democrats
and one American. The Republicans
have so majority on joint ballot. There
is very singular contrast in the returns
of the late election which ought to be
the subject of serious study. Whilst
the Republicans had majority
in the state on the general
ticket of only about 1900, the majority OF
all the Republican members of the legis-
lature over their Democratic opponents
was $4,000! Does not that prove the
pressure OF some great and potent infu-
ence upon the electors to vote for MEM
bers of the legislature that did not
obtain for the election of other eandi-
dates? Aud if that is 80, what was the
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15
TO PYRRHA, A JILT.
HoRACE's ODE V.

HoRAcEs oDEv.
What PIPER youth with unguents swes
Oh! Pyrrha urges now his suit,
Beneath the shadow of some grot
Where roses hang in many Il wreath?
Thou bindst up now thy golden hair
In simple form, yet charming still,
Expecting what poor silly dupe
To press thy hand ohl faithless fair?
Alas! how oft he'll rue the day,
VIII. first he met thee, tickle girl,
And view aghast his ruined hopes
And all the debts he'll have to pay!
AS who embarks upon the deep
When all the waves are laid at rest,
And sunbeams dance upon the sea.
When every wind is hushed asleep;
Beholds the skies so changed in hue,
The winds all walked from out their cave
The landsman hears the breakers roar,
And thinks his hours of life are few.
Yes, who now trustful, by thy side
Gazes into those tender eyes,
And thinks tnat always thoui SG Sc
Devoted still whate er betide?
For him thOu'lt always be at nome,
Alone, whatever hour he calls,
Caressing with thy amorous touch,
AS if thy thoughts could never oan.
When he must find thee out at last,
And learn thou didst not love at all
His money spent-his soul will fill
With bitter memories of the past
Poor fool! his cash has all been spent;
And thou art cold beneath his gaze,
And having found one newly rich,
Thy mind with him can be content
Nay, turn those eyes not upon me!
For was born some time ago.
l had my day: | sowed wild oats;
The fruit you would not care to see,
Like shipwrecked sailor cast ashore,
I will not tempt again the waves.
'Tis better seek the callow boy.
Once schooled, | can not twice adore.
The burned child will dread the fire,
Although the sore no longer pains;
My heart is whole, it did not break;
But will not love and can't admirel
G. w BURTOS
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15

A GENIUS somewhere has taken the
average lifetime of various dumb beasts
and from the number OF years embraced
in their period OF development derived
the ratio of five. That is, an animal
which takes two years to reach matu-
rity, under favorable circumstances will
live ten years, and one which reaches its
full development in ten years will live
to be fifty years old. Applying this test
to man, as he requires twenty years to
reach the mature stage of his physical
development, he ought to live to
be 100 years old. In the days
of the Hebrew poet David, 5000
years ago, it was found that 1.-THE
days of mems years are three score and
ten." 1t is not longer now. The
average expectancy Of life is put by the
actuaries at thirty, and. seventy is in
deed an extreme age to reach. Won
Moltke at ninety is looked upon with
wonder. Why is mans term OF life
shorter than that of the horse or dog?
The causes assigned are intemperance
in diet, and overwork. Dumb beasts
are seldom gluttons in their ap-
petites, and even the laborious
horse which joins with man in his efforts
SO kindly and SO intelligently is on the
whole not so overworked as his master
Temperance and care in our habits and
moderation in our work would no doubt
prolong the lives of many of us to the
round century. Is the qualification de-
rived from the indulgence of our appe-
tites, and the material results Of our
excessive labor, sufficient reward to jus-
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15
THE CHINO SUGAR FACTORY.

The Chino Champion gives details of
the sugar factory about to be put up at
Chino by the Oxnard Brothers. The
plant will have a capacity for handling
$50 tons of beets day, and there will be
refinery in connection with the extracting
factory. The plant is to be laid down
and ready for the crop OF 1S91--that is,
the beets that will be planted next
March and be ready for crushing next
August.
The brick to go into the buildings will
be made on the spot, and there will be
millions of them needed. Then 2000
acres of land must be prepared for the
beets. The soil will be plowed twelve
to fifteen inches deep, and then cross
plowed. This work will be done by
means of steam plows. It's estimated
that work will be furnished for 400
hands in and about the factory. To
house these people homes must be built.
To feed them dairy must be started,
garden truck produced, and other de-
velopments pushed along at once.
That the people interested in this
movement know what they are doing
requires no argument to prove. The
Oxnard Brothers have several factories
in various parts of the country. On
their way out here they stopped at Nor
folk, Nebraska, to make arrangements
for e factory at that place. The people
of the locality raised bonus of $3.50, 900
in cash to induce the building OF this
factory. That shows the estimate in
which enterprising people hold the es-
tablishment of such an industry. Beet
sugar can be extracted at cost OF cents
a. pound for the best refined article
The government pays bonus of
cents for all made in this country,
which reduces the cost price to less than
2 cents pound. That the enterprise
will pay large profits is indisputable.
1t is estimated that it would require
500 factories of the capacity of this one
about to be started to supply this coun-
try with sugar. There is moi the least
trouble about Southern California grow
ing the beets to do all this. We can
furnish two or even three million acres
Of land in these southern counties,
the best in the world for this
purpose. There is an opportunity
for just 500 people to become
millionaires several times over in this
business. There is the Laguna ranch
in the edge of Los Angeles, just the
place for a big factory. Ii plant were
laid down there and 1000 acres put to
the growing of beets, another big slice
of the ranch would be used to feed the
hands employed in the factory. There
are twice 500 openings in these south
ern counties of similarly attractive ma
ture. And this, without encroaching by
so much as one square foot on the lands
best suited for orange culture, for wal
nut groves, or OH the bean fields oi
Ventura.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15

ITIs said that Parnell, when ne reached
Kilkenny, presented the appearance OF
a man who had undergone strain that
was rapidly reducing him to the condi-
tion OF physical wreck. His eyes were
red and bloodshot, his voice was hoarse
and almost inaudible, and his whole
person wore wasted and haggard look.
Yet beneath all this was the evidence OF
of his strong personality, determination
and indomitable will. There is no doubt
that he has resolved to play his part out
to the bitter end, cost what it may. He
has placed his life upon cast, and will
sacrifice every thing to carry his point.
1t is unfortunate for Ireland that at this
crisis the man who has done so
much for her should not be great
enough to make one more supreme
sacrifice and retire from conflict
which can only render home rule
impossible of attainment during the
present generation. But this now
seems impossible. Parnell has entered
with all his tremendous energy and
power into the wretched fight, and
nothing can turn him from it. He dis
plays the same determination and ten
acity of purpose in pursuance OF a
wrong cause which his grandfather, the
commander OF cold Ironsides," showed
in a noble cause. Commodore Stewart
would fight his ship as long as plank
was left in her to stand upon, and his
grandson will pursue the fatal course
he has marked out until the last hope
of Irish liberty has gone down in the
darkness of civil contention.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15

THE cornerstone of the Southern Cal
ifornia state hospital for the insane will
be laid near San Bernardino this after
noon. Particulars will be found in our
local columns this morning. The citi-
zens Of San Bernardino are making
much of the event, which is one Of in
terest to our whole section. The rail-
roads issue a ticket, good to return, for
the regular fare, one way.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15
EUCALYPTA!

This popular table beverage excels any
mineral water on the market. 1T is NOT A
MEDICINE, but a delicious beverage prepared
from double distilled extract, and containing
all of the valuable medicinal properties of the
Eucalyptus leaf. 1t is highly aromatic aud de-
lightfully refreshing. 1t exhilarates, but con-
tanning no alcohol, it does not intoXicate.
1t is popular beverage with the tired brain
worker, and all that class who have that all
gone feeling i'll the morning and who suffer
from malaria, catarrh and all disorders, in
tlamation and other affections Of the mucous
membrane of the.stomach, bowels, kidneys or
bladder 1t purfes the breath, restores lost
vitality and is agreeable to the weakest stomach.
Taken half an hour before meals, it gives n
splendid appetite. II induces refreshing sleep.
Those suffering from that terrible symptom,
insomnia should drink half tumblerful Just
before retiring. 1t acts directly on the nervous
system as a tonic. 1t is a purely vegetable
preparation, containing no insoluble matter so
that those suffering from calcaseous deposits
may drink it with perfect safety. Give it a
trial Price, $500 per dozen. For sale every
where.
Los Angeles Chem. Co. Limited,
1214-1m SOLE PROPRIETORS.