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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-25
Easter Flowers.

The supply of flowers sent to New York
for Easter alone amounts to $40, 900,
most OF which is expended for church dec
grafton. This enormous quantity does
not all remain in New York, a portion of
it being reshipped to various otherp places,
sometimes as far removed as New Or
leans. The cut-fowers remaining are put
away in the huge refrigerators OF the
florists shops, and theshrubs and plants
are carefully tended until Easter eve,
when the work of decoration begins.
The Episcopal churches pay more at
tention to Easter adornment than those
of any other denomination. Only the
chancel and font are decorated, but even
this in a large church takes no inconsid.
cradle amount of blossoms. Usually the
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florist enters into an agreement for the
work at fixed sum, and matters are left
entirely in his hands, but the ladies Of the
church committee not infrequently pur-
chase the flowers and attend to their ar
rangement in person. The money for
this purpose is furnished from a special
tind set apart for it, or by the vestrymen.
and varies from $3.50 to 81, 900, accord
ing to the means and demands of the
church.
The favorite flower for church decora-
ton as well as for Easter gifts is the pot
ted Easter lily, but Gala lilies and roses
are also plentifully used, and this year in
particular, there will be a greater varie-
ty of flowers than ever before. With the
exception Of a few memorial pieces, they
are loosely arranged about the altar, be-
ing either placed in vases, or left in their
own pots, and the chancel massed with
palms and towering shrubs which cover
either side
The prevailing color of the flowers used
is white, but other colors are also per-
Missile, particularly the more delicate
tints. The blue, pink, lavender and
other shades are especially effective. Ca
melias are much used, as well as the fra
grant gardenias, whole bushes of lilacs
and azaleas, and the graceful sprays of
the deutzia, which has seldom been used
before for this purpose, but which this
year is deservedly popular.-Ex.
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Nicotiana.

Last summer, from a package of seed
costing 10 cents, I had in a bed in one of
the borders on the lawn, fifteen of these
wonderful plants. The seed was sown
about May Goth. The plants soon made
their appearance, and by the first of July
they were four and half feet high. Wis
itors said. as they looked at them, "What,
have you gone into the tobacco bust
ness ?" But little did they know what
this plant would soon bring forth. By
the fifteenth of July we could count $50
blossoms on every plant. The flower is
large, star-shaped, pure white, and, oh,
how fragrant. The bed in which [ sowed
the seed was 200 feet from the roadway,
and from this roadway you could detect
the fragrance from the flowers of these
plants.
The flowers commence to open about
five o'clock in the afternoon, and atseven
o'clock in the evening it is at full glory;
at nine o'clock in the morning the flow
ers close for the day.
One evening, last week, we sent plant
in ten-inch pot TO neighboring house,
where church sociable was being held,
it had 40 blossoms on it; every one of
them was fully open, and some of the
flowers measured four inches in length,
the fragrance from it filed every room in
the house. 1t was admired by every one
present .-Vicks Magazine.
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Bouquet Making.

The most graceful bouquets have the
least method in their arrangement; few
sprays of blooms put in carelessly often
are the most artistic in effect. A bunch
of misty gypsophilla with half dozen or
more coreopsis blossoms placed in a dark
brown vase and set before a mirror was
combination which demonstrated this.
Few large flowers are capable gilmore ar
rangement than the paony. The old
time rich, red variety forms a gorgeous
bunch by itself, or is equally beautiful
lightened with sprays OF white; while
carelessly placed in a gilded basket, with
it's own bronzy green foliage it is mostef-
fective. The lovely and fragrant Chinese
varieties, with their delicate standings and
exquisite tints, when massed on platter
and bordered with ferns, are almost as
handsome as roses, and made pretty
and lasting table decoration. There is
an early single p@ony, between magenta
and rose in color and with deep golden
HEARTH is contemporary with the first
sturdy grOwths of the ribbon grass. and
combines with it admirably, although by
tradition lemon lilies and ribbon grass
are afinities. An old ginger jar of just
the right shade of blue, filled with large
bunch of these richly odorous lilies, their
exquisite yellow relieved by the creamy
white and delicate green OF thegrass may
quite content the artistic country maiden
who has no royal Worcester and orchids
at her command.-Ex.
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The Royal Poinciana at Eustis.

Editor Floral Department:
We have three trees of the true Royal
Poinciana, from Cuba, two to three inches
in diameter, three years old and about
eight to ten feet high. They have never
received special attention, and have not
yet bloomed. Did not shed their leaves
during the March freezes but on March
18th there was no freeze at my place. On
March Sd the mercury touched $50, but
on the 18th it did not go so low.
My near neighbor, Prof. W. K. Pendle-
ton, has four or five Royal Poinciana
trees. The largest is five inches in diam
'eter one foot above ground, eighteen feet
high, and the top now spreads about if
teen or eighteen feet. 1t isfour years old,
now blooming finely, and is, believe, the
first case on record in this latitude. The
other three are about the same height,
but are somewhat smaller and have not
bloomed. These trees have been watered
and well attended. All the above men
toned trees stand out in the open ground
and were entirely unhurt by the frost.
have on my place a large Rose Apple
tree about ten to twelve feet high and
nearly as wide full of fruit It did not
lose leaf l have also Sugar Apple,
Tamarind and Mango. The guavas did
not lose their leaves, and the crop prom
Uses to be unusually large
G. III. NORTON
Eustis, Lake County, Fla.
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The Honeysuckle.
gems.

A vision of dewey summer mornings
and. darting humming-birds, or OF eve
n;ngs redolent'' of perfume, is coniured up
by the Honeysuckle, which is so hardy
and long tried that it may we'll enough
be called the flower OF the past, of memo
ries, as it is the flower of sentiment and
romance, for it has stood in the same
corner by the porch, OF the homestead,
for more than hals a century; it has lis
tened to greetings and farewells, to low
er's VOWS and mourner's signs. And
when, in some instances, it has just been
pronounced an old-fashiOned thing, and
dug up and flung over the fence, or set in
some remote corner, it has gone right on
with it's monthly Offering OF fragrance,
and may now and then be found peeping
out from a tangle of low bushes and bind
weed, with a sweet humility.
Although we have Halls Honeysuckle,
an evergreen variety from Japan, and
various other foreign sorts, there is none
more beautiful and fragrant than this
same old-fashioned Dutch Honeysuckle.
The Scarlet Monthly is strong vine;
and there is yet another variety, with
creamy fragrant blooms tinted with
crimson and purple, quite distinct from
the common monthly Honeysuckle, a
rather rare sort, fancy, for have seen
it but once or twice and it is not in any
catalogue.-Vicks Magazine.
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For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
The Wild Rose.

On sun-kissed hillside wild rose is
blooming at food-tide. The laughing
sunbeam and thesparkling dewdrop nour-
ish it, and the blue of heaven bends low
ingly over it. The light wings Of zephyr
whispered words of love in soft, melOdi-
Gus cadences, and the bright blossoms in
harmony with nature look up to heaven
in grateful mood and sing in scented mu-
sic the story Of their joy. Nature steals
in her soft ministry and paints it in vel
vety petal in her most lovely and ex-
quisite shade OF peach blossom pink. She
does not deem it waste of time to per-
fectly notch and minutely vein it's dark
green foliage. At it's base she fondly
weaves luxuriant tapestried carpet of
rare floral design Of soft moss, shadowy,
graceful ferns, blue-eyed violets and Wav-
ing wild grass-a carpet far out-vieing
the most beautiful artistic designs. The
pathway of the little school-child is
frightened, beautifed and perfumed, and
it eagerly grasps the bright blossoms
still in their dewy freshness, and with it's
gift of love gladdens the heart of it's in
structress. The happy influence OF the
wild roses does not end here. They JOY
ously fling a mantle of love over all their
surroundings, and the monotonous round
of school life is pleasantly varied; and
through the association and enjoyment
of the joyous minstrelsy of the beautiful
'frail blossoms full of life' the day du-
ties are cheerfully performed. The passer-
by, foot-sore and weary and laden down
with the cares OF life, drinks in the per-
TUNED breath of the wild rose and imme-
diately, by the magic of memory, the hal
cyon days of his childhood appear in pan
oramic view, and he thanks the little 81
lent preacher for pointing up from nature
to natures author. The wild rose, in it's
queenly beauty, sits entowered in the
marvellous court of the kingdom of floral
gems. T..
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The Rose.

There is no more satisfactory plant
than the rose, and none more easily
cared for. An annual enriching OF the
soil, winter protection where needed, de-
struction of injurious insects, and proper
pruning constitute the essentials OF it's
cultivation. In the first place, if the
plants are provided with plenty of fertil-
ling material in a form that they can
take up and assimilate when they COM
mence to make their first growth in the
spring they will, by their increased vigor,
be better able to sustain themselves
against mildew or insects; thus enriching
OF the soil secures at the same time the
ability to produce more and better foW-
rers, and to contend against parasitic ad-
versaries. Well rotted stable manure or
the commercial phosphates will supply
the needed nutriment. \ garden syringe,
and some whale oil soap with which to
make solution in water, are pretty much
all that are needed to fight insects with;
the soap water will destroy the green-fy
anu Uue slug, duu Keep DIT Ucty Vic HUUI0
rose-hopper or thrips, and while used
principally against these insects it will
impede the work of some others. If the
leaf-roller should appear to be active
about the time the buds are filing, it can
be crushed between the leaves, looking
the bushes over carefully for this purpose.
The correct pruning of roses must be
based on the fact that the flowers are
produced on the new wood. To keep up
supply of new wood is the point to be
aimed at. The new shoots grow from
those which were produced last and have
become hard and ripened, as it is techni-
cally called. The spring pruning should
be deferred until the most severe weather
is past, but it should be done while the
buds are yet dormant. The skill to de-
eide how much wood to removecan be &C.
quired only by experience. A strong,
vigorous plant can be allowed more pro-
portionately than weaker one. Ii afew
large blooms are wanted, prune short,
butfor the greatest quantity, prune long.
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To get any good results from climbing
tematically every year, and it is for want
OF this attention that they SO speedily be-
come Unlocking. With proper pruning
most beautiful effects can be produced
with them on walls, pillars or. trellises.-
Vick's Magazine.
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Catarrhal Deafness Hay Fever a
New Home Treatment.

Catarrhal Deafness = Hay Fever a
New Home Treatment
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these dis eases are contagious, orthat they
are due to the presence of living para
sites in the lining membrane of the nose
and eustachian tubes. Microscopic re-
search, however, has proved this to be
fact. and the result of this discovery is
that simple remedy has been formula
ted whereby catarrh, catarrhal deafness
and hay fever are permanently cured in
from one to three simple applications
made at home by the patient once in
vo weeks
N. B.-This treatment is not smut
or an ointment; both have been discard
ed by reputable physicians as injurious.
A pamphlet explaining this new treat
ment is sent on receipt of three cents in
stamps to pay postage by A. H. Dixon
& Son, 1877 and 339 West King. Street,
Toronto, Canada. christian Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrh troubles should
carefully read the above.
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To whom all correspondence relating to this de
partment should be addressed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-06-25

Sufferers from Catarrh troubles should
carefully read the above.
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FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
.JESSAMINE,

EDITED BY WALTER N. PIKE,
JESSANnNE, PAsCO CO., FLA
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-03-15

he way to make cotton on poor land,
lainly stated in the following details.
natural outcome on 12 acres OF poor
in this county can not be more
p four bales. with about two hundred
lars or about fifty dollars a bale. So
difference in fertilizing amounts to
1000.
i. John P. Gray, Of Hampton county, n.
nows now careful farming pays by the
lts achieved on cotton patch of twelve
mas printed his process for working;
breaks the land with a six inch turn
Qgh the latter part of February, It is
laid off In deep rows five feet apart, He
down fifty bushels Of green cotton seed
NC acre and covers them lightly On
~ 1O pounds Of fertilizer are put down
ne measured acre. Seed ia dropped by
tnlTty inches apart in hills the ground
gntiy ploughed about May l. and also on
~ ~ which time cotton seed meal mixed
acid phosphate and kainit,;is put in. On
c0tton is chopped out. On June IL he
ughs shallow" with sweep plough: No
Fe pioWing is allowed after July 30 as
cotton Is then high enough ITO hide q
We. After the ground Is broken all plow.
- swallow. The following Is the cost;
piowing and hoeing. s08,S cotton seed
anuTe, VIZ 90 guano [800 pounds to acre
vost OF picking, sl0O,50, total $4SG Mr.,
gasnered Is bales, weighing sos pounds
s1E s1MEciuding bagging and ties, averaging
1oT,she - " making $l200. and the net
ne II acres being s774.--Yazoo Sentinel
y tnou and do likewise.
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A TEXAS GIANTESS.
lhe Cleans Out the Mayors Office and


EAINsvILLE, Tex. March S.-Margare,
me, thirty years old, weighing 175
lnds. and a giantess in strength,
terday cleaned out the mayors Of
p in true John L. Sullivan style.
Veral Gays ago her husband was fined
4 the mayors Court. At II O'Clock
eterday'she called.ot the officials office
I'd gave him terrible tongue lashing.
!e ordered Policeman Robertson to al
PIT her and she knocked the policeman
Y with square shoulder blow on the
be. At this juncture CITY Attorney
&ll entered and attempted to restrain
= virago and she foored him. The
&yol then took hand in the game
she likewise knocked him down.
Zen she ,waded in and actually thrashed
three of them aud drove them from
court>room. In her rage she nearly
pped herself Of her clothing. The men
badly disfigured about the face. She
u the court for three hours after she
we them out, and only when she got
gedy, did she leave.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-03-15

All shades and styles OF Embroidered
Novelty Dress Patternsat
Levy& Wile's
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-03-15
N,tice for Publication.

Will you suffer with Dyspepsia and livs
er complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is guar
anteed to cure you. Sold by Hughes and
Nance.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-03-15

Why Will You Cough when Shilohs Cul
will give immediate relief. Price 10 cts., so
cts., and 81.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

the most dashing sol-m. IL. RIbb1EBERGEH
diers and lighters of the Tenth legion.
He was born at Edinburg, Va, and re-
ceived thorough education. He stud-
led law and was admitted to practice In
1866, and quickly became the idol of the
people around the section of country in
which he lived.
For two years after the war he was
the commemorative attorney and was
twice elected to the House of Delegates
and once to the State Senate. Mr.. Rid
dleberger combined the profession of law
with that of editor and was connected
with thfee papers in that capaclty-the
Tenth Legion, Shenandoah Democrat,
and Virginian. He was member OF the
State committee of the Conservative
party until 1875, was Presidential
clector on the Democratic ticket of 1876,
and the same on the Readjuster ticket
in 1880. In 1881 he was elected to the
Senate as a Readjuster. His term cx-
pIred in 1880. Mr.. Riddleberger was an
orator OF no mean ability and man who
could have won brilliant reputation
but for his fondness for alchoholic stimu-
lants.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30
NATURAL GAS HORROR.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION DURING A
FIRE AT COLUMBUS.

Flremen, Police, and Citizens Manglod,
five Persons Being Killed Outright and
sixty Injured-List OF tho Casualties-A
Scene OF Terror.
Columbus (Ohio) dispatch: This city
has been visited by horrible calamity.
The fire department was at the correr
of Wall street and Noble alley busily
engaged in extinguishing q fire, when
an explosion suddenly occurred In the
burning building. IL was supposed to be
gasoline, and no one was injured except
lady Mrs. Marriott, who resided there.
She was taken across the street to
house occupied by William James, a
bOokkeeper. A crowd OF spectators
surged close up to the building where
the fire broke out, and when the flames
were got under control and the crowd
was beginning to disperse another ex-
ploslon occurred that shook the earth for
several squares distant.
A sheet of flame shot UP into the air
and the next instant Mr.. James house
was mass of ruins and It's occupants
were buried beneath the debris. The
scene that followed was terrible. Wo-
men and men ran to and fro, their faces,
heads and shoulders covered with blood.
Guided by shrieks and cries, the men
who rushed to the'rescue of the victims
CROPPED about in the darkness and
dragged out the injured, ald now and
then stumbled upon lifeless body.
The second explosion was Of natural
gas that came from a leaking gas-main
in Wall street. The following is list
of the killed:
CHARLES BECH.
JAMES SEYMOUR, a colored boy.
Mrs. MARRIOTT.
An unknown white man and an unknown
child.
Some OF the wounded are:
DR. L. X. WIssINGER. WILLIAM BRoDY.
ARCHIE NEIL. WILLIAM JAMES and
wife.
Mr.. BANKINGER, Il. SHOUTING.
Policeman SYNsKY, CHARLES LIoKLEIEEH
WILLIAM REILIE BELL SMITH.
ELMER GATES. Mrs. CONN.
ED KEEMER CHARLES LowERY.
THOMAS DOYLE. FLORA BOWERS.
TARON BEER. BENJAMIN MORGAN.
MARSHAL KILBOURNE.
All of the above are badly burned and
cut, some perhaps fatally. There were
about forty others who received les,
serious injuries.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30
Life Periods OF Animals.

A bear rarely exceeds 20 years.
A tortoise has been known to live to
the age of 107.
A squirrel or hare lives 6 or years;
rabbits z years.
A dog lives 20 years; wolf 20; a fox
IA to 16 years.
Elephants have been known to live
to the age of 400 years.
Sheep seldom exceed the age OF 10,
and COWS live about Is years.
Camels sometimes live to the age OF
100; stags are long-lived.
A swan has attained the age OF 200
years; pelicans are long-lived.
Cuvier considers it probable that
whales sometimes live 1000 years.
A horse has been known to live to
the age of 90, but averages from 10
to 30.
Insects, as a general rule, are short
lived, though there are q good many
exceptions to the rule. Minneapolis
Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

JOHANN MOSI. OF meeJlnBS neIu, aJ
one OF which Most made fiery speech
that excited his auditors to wild frenzy,
and before he could finish he was ar
rested. His trial followed and he was
sentenced to serve one year in the peni-
tentiary and pay fine of $500. The
case was appealed and the Anarchist re-
leased on bail pending the appeal. The
general term of the Supreme court has
handed down its decision confirming the
conviction and sentence.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

In the race with the automatic ma
chimes, Paris has put herself in the lead
with machine exhibited the other day
in the Place de la Republique. You
brought with you penny and cup.
You parted with your penny, dropping
it in to the accustomed slot, and your
cup was full Of steaming hot coffee,
iudiciously sugared.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

time ago by Judge
Cowing. The charge
against him was in-
citing to riot. His
trial took place dur
ing the excitement
caused by the hang
ing Of the Chicago
Anarchists. Shortly
after that event the
Anarchists in this
city honored the
memory OF their
dead brethren with
a parade. 7 h er Q
were also a number
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

vi bAlC AAOA hAAb
was not unexpected,
and all the members
of the family were at
his bedside when the
end came.
Senator Riddleber-
ger began his public
career when he was
but a boy. At the
close of the rebellion
he was a captain In
the confederate army
and was but 20 years
hlH Hin Wns otto nf
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

A Madrid cable says: Senior Sagasta
has succeeded in forming a ministry
with himself as president OF the cabinet;
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marquis
Vega; Finance, Equllior; Interior, Cap
dehon; Justice, Puigcerner; Commerce
and Agriculture, Becerra; War, Gen.
Reina; Marine and Admiralty, Romero;
Colonies, Sullon.
The policy OF Senior Sagasta's new
cabinet VIII be similar 10 that OF the
last, the failure to form cabinet based
upon objection TO that policy being ac-
ceptcd as an evidence that the country
favors It.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

TwENrY-NNE bids for furnishing pa
per for public printing during the ensu-
ing year were opened and read, most Of
which averaged lower than those Of last
year. The contracts will be awarded
.lulv 90
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

Assistant Secretary Tichenor has in
formed the Italian chamber of commerce
of New York that no good reason is per-
ceived for change in existing regula-
tions relating to claims for damage
allowances OH green fruits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

Francis c. Harmon has been appointed
store keeper and gauger In the First
district of California, and ID. M. Bean
same In Fifth district of North Carolina.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

THE theory thai whipping makes
BOYS stupid Is absurd. Every boy who
has experienced the operation knows
that it makes him smart.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30
H. H. RIDDLEBERGER DEAD.

The Ex-senator from virginia Passes
Away.
Woodstock (Va.) dispatch: Ex-senator
II. II. Riddlebefgef died at 2:30 o'clock
AZ tha ,noFninp Of the oath: His deatt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30
MOST MUST SERVE HIS TERM.

His Sentence to One Years imprisonment
Anirmed by the Supreme Court.
New York dispatch: Johann Most,
the Anarchist agitator, will have to serve
out the sentence imposed upon him some
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

THE reports that revolution had
broken out in Costa Rica are denied by
representatives ot that country in Wash
fnEJOn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30

Tm National Howard Bank Of Balti-
m'rc, he's been authorized TO begin busl-
pes with . capital OF $500, ,000.