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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20

richest sulphur yellow, and the leaves are
the most beautiful and tropical looking
VI ala our aquatic plants. Next, we place
t&s arrow heads" Sagitlaria Variabilis i,
having very pretty pearly white heads i
blooms, and the pale lilac tinted wat or
hyacrths, mass of them looking Xix a n
neo OF real hyacinths. This plant flo aHU
on the water, creeping like verbena, ;Bma
It's blue roots can be seen through +bo
water, hanging down like a fringe.
Then, there is the pale green wat er LEFT
tuce which also floats and grows IN sucb
pretty rosette shapes, and who lie host
on aquatic terms and grasses.
Any one having small pond can have
royal collection of beauties. by adding
to these natives Of our State, some OF the
Northern and foreign varieties, Nympb;ma
Rosea, the pink water lily Of Cape Cod.
Mass.,-ls exqnisite--just the shade of a..
Hermosa rose. There is also d double
crimson water lily which originated with
Mr.. SfurtevanG of New Jersey, and which
is said to re the MOST beautiful of all the
Nymphaea.
Among the foreign varieties are found
roy al purple-N. Zanzibarensis, and blue
N. Azurea, both natives of Africa, but
very much cultivated North.
All of these will make themselves at
home in our Florida lakes, and require
no care to cultivate, but will grow and
bloom as spontaneously as our own
beau tiful pond lilies
Imagine the beauties OF such "water
garden!" Consider the lilies of the field,
they toll not, neither do they spin, yet [ |
say unto you, Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these"
Mrs. E. X. II.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20
For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT..
Aquatic Flowers.

Why is it, that the flower lovers of
Florida do not pay more attention to
water lilies and the many beautiful
aquatic plants with which our ponds and
lakes abound? There are SO many beau
tiful ones, and they are so easy to cult
vate-needing only to be let alone-that
it seems very strange they should be so
much neglected.
The commonest of all our water lilies,
growing in every lake or pool OF water, is
"the pond lily"-Nymphmas Adorata
Its lovely and fragrant white blooms,
Just tiAged with pink, are between three
and four inches in diameter and are so
beautiful that they are worthy to be
classed with the most costly exotics.
And what more rich in hue, than the
yellow water lily, Nymph@a Flava, with
it's golden flowers, and it's beautiful leaves
SO delicately veined and netted with
brown and greens
Then we have Nelumbium Luteum or
American Lotus. The blooms are of the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20

of the common Pickerel- Weed of our
lakes. 1t was named in honor of J. AT.
EIchhorn, an eminent Prussian, although
according to writer in recent issue of
the Dispatch it is crime to name q
plant is honor of any one but an Ameri-
can or Englishman. Ii Mrs. Mills cannot
abide the botanical name she might fav-
or her inquiring friends with a literal
translation, viz. Mr.. Eichhorn's-Larg
Flowered-Thick- Stalked- Pickerel- Weed.
We know it hasn't particularly poet
&c ring, but then it is correct, and-a
common name!-ED. FLORAL DEPART.
MENT
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20
The Water Hyacinth.
Editor Floral Department:


want to tell you I complied with the
directions in regard to the Water Hva-
cinth, and the result is already truly as
tonlshing. From the one tiny, half dead
plant now have seven good healthy
ones, living-liKe Diogenes-'in a tub
GIVE an idea, however, they are much
more healthy than the old fogy ever
could have been lin home of such small
dimensions). They are much admir-
ed, and I'm afraid shall spoil your husi
ness in regard TO Water Hyacinths -
have promised them to so many of nv
friends. The botanical name is too much
Tor me, might manage one of them-but
three! Imagine me running to the AGRI-
CULTURIsT, or looking up my botany,
every time anyone asks, "What is that
odd plant in the tub?" No I'll have to
stick to the common name-and it ham,
pens to be very pretty one, and rather
suitable for the lovely plant,
MINNIE GnMoRE MILLS.
St. Thomas, Fla,
1t does not seem to us that the botan-
lcal name of the so-called Water Hyacinth
~~EIchhornia crassipes major-is SO veEX,
terrible. Here it is, Gust as easy as rQll,
ing OF log" Eich-hor/- egasAsir -es
major. The common name does, in
deed, happen to be very pretty one"
but as to ita being "rather suitable for
the lovely plant" We are not so certain.
1t bears no relation whatever to- the
Hyacinth. At short distance tho gen
eral appearance of the spike OF flowers
resembles spike of Hyaointh bloom =.
but there the resemblance ceases. Both
the individual flowers and curious leaves
bear much more striking resemblance
to some OF the most beautiful and costly
Orchids, and in our way of thinking
Water Orchid would have proved much
more proper Improper common name.
and, indeed, one Northern florist eata-
logues itas the Orchid Water Lilly. But.
again, it is not even related to the Water
il (Nymph@a) but is a close Connection
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20
CATARRH.
Catarrhal Deafness = Hay Fever al
New Home Treatment.

Sufferers are not generally awaro>that,
these diseases are contagious, orthahtiley.
| are due to the presence of living para
sites IN the lining membrane of tire nose.
and eustachian tubes. Microscopic re-
search, however, has proved this to be
a tact. 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
Wo weeks.
N R.-This treatment is not snuf
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
q Son, 337 and 339 West King Street,
Toronto, Canada. -Christian Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrh troubles should
carefully read the above.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20

garden SO strongly suggests similar
longing as does the water garden. On
It's border III the morning of summers
day one finds restful enjoyment in the
beauty OF the foliage, the varied bearing
form and coloring of the flowers, the Sac.
mating water rejecting the changal sky,
the busy fish active as so ma3y children,
the frogs enjoying siestaSQa the lily-pads
not nearly so sleepy as they seem-and
the varied "sm&At deer" which water at
tracts. Apd then thesetting OF the Jewel,
At one side, fiankcd by Bamboo and
Spir@a, are the flag-like leaves Of Kemp
fer's Iris, the graceful, quiet Covers being
in tone with the surroundings; another
side is filed with Capnas, Bamboo and
Eulalias, with an underground of Eefas,
Primalas, etc. There o jutting point is
made by a mass Of peat, from which
springs colony fwildNngs, and q dwarf
Sumach pendant over the water-a nice
bit this. Convenient to the banks I find
quiet places where small things, Saxi,
TRACES, Primulas, Droseras, etc., are at
home In the moist air and the chance of o
full supply Of water. In an adjacent
border | expect to establish an artificial
bog connected with the tank, where can
be grown many fine things which are
troublesome Or difficult in an ordinary
garden. AS will be seen. the accessories
OF water garden are scarcely second in
interest to the garden itself, but some
care should be used in selecting plants
for such a position. The color-tone of
the picture is low and quiet, and plants
with bright, dazzling flowers should not
be used, especially if dwarf Towering.
Cannas nova days have dazzling flowers,
but they are tall and too valuable other
wise to discard for theircolor. Caladium
esculentum is also an excellent foliage
plant in such q position, but in a small
place the buildings give the winds a
rotatOry motion and the huge leaves are
twisted OFT, SO that it can only be grown
we'll i'll open places. The larger Grasses
are perhaps the best plants for such a
position. Mr.. Watson, in his notes from
Kew few weeks since, wrote OF Hthe uni
versal attraction of the aquatic tank"
and nothing truer could be said for it is
a remarkable fact that the Lily-pond
proves an attraction to every one, young
or old, without exception - something
which cannot be said OF any other class
OF plants, however snowy or beautiful.
Every person who has been chastened by
the average visitor, who, fearing 'to be
dilated with the wrong emotion, =" notices
only the we'll known flowers and looks
coldly on the unknown treasures, should
provide tank for q certain attraction,
j. N. Gerard, in Garden and Forest,
FOR THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20
EDITED BY WALTER N. p,rr
The Water Garden.

more universally appreciated than the
Waite Lilies, and yet until one has cul-
tivated NymphHas and has had an OPP
portunity to study them day by day
their full beauty is scarcely appreciated;
for this is q flower which appears at it's
best when daintily anchored in clear
pool. Itcannot be too often said that
in this climate (New Jersey, Ed. f. d.
all the Nymph9as and Nelumbiums can
be successfully grown in the open air
without the aid OF glass, and, with the
exception of Victoria regia, no large
estate is necessary, for room may be
made in almost any small garden, if it is
sunny, for a tank, which, with O. little
management, may be q successful water
garden.
Last yearI notedin Garden and Forest
~ all experimental growing Nymph9as
in sunken casks, which answered very
we'll, but this season the natural result is
a tank, which, while simply made and in
expensive, quite answers it's purpose. An
ordinary laborer dug an irregular pit
about two feet peep, with slightly sloping
sides, and after firming the bottom ap-
piled a coating of pure Portland cement,
going over it twice, which made it water
tight. Even in light soils, think a good
coating of cement would answer without
brick-work. 1t is we'll to apply this when
the earth is dry, as otherwise cracks may
appear in a very dry season. OF course,
where permanenceis required, and the eX-
pense can be afforded, tank with brick
walls would be best. In as small a tank
as mine (tcn by twelve feet) it is requisite
THAT there shall be an overflow and q
convenient supply of fresh water, also
that surface water shall not be allowed
to flow into it. The water can be sy-
phOned through the overflow if it be nee
essary at anytime to draw it off.
When first planted the large amount of
manure used will somewhat foul the
water, and there will be some rising of
impurities, which should be foated out
through the overflow, but the water will
soon clear, and il the tank is we'll stocked
with gold fish, silver fish or sun-fsh, there
should be nofurther trouble from impuri
ties. mosquito germs or algR. Should it
hR desirable to haetPn the settlement of
any accidental turhidity, spray OF
very weak solution of alum would soon
cause precipitation,
II the plapta used are hardy and few
1t is as we'll to plant them out, but if
rather numerous it will be more convent.
ent to plant them in boxes or baskets.
They are gross feeders and rank growers,
and for q small tank it will be better to
give only moderate rOot-roOm. OF
course, one does not in this way secure
the greatest development of foliage and
flowers, but this is not essential to ones
enjoyment always. If aesthetic consider
at1ons alone prevailed, tank the size of
mine would be we'll furnished with, say,
two Nymphmas and a Nelumbium but it
is possible to grow q dozen varieties, and
also find room for Papyrus Antiquorum,
varieties If Sagittaria, Alisma, Apopo-
geton, diStachyon, EichhorAia qraasipes,
Limnocharis Humholdttii, etc., all of
which are interesting and quite indispen-
sable:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-20

Sufferers from Catarrh troubles should
carefully read the above.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30
Why Not?

A big tin plate works is to be
placed in Baltimore, eh? and some
English makers of tin plate are
going to bring their establishments
over to this country. This is all
strange. We thought that we all
had got to pay some $14, 100000 a
year to the Government for the
privaledge Of getting our tin plate
In England. This is the way that
the Democrats have been putting
it. Perhaps the competition will
make as great a mess Of their
prediction, as the tin pail and the
tin pan. We are of the opinion
that the old tin pail and tin pan
lasted little too long and that
the the spectators in tin plate
are about to be knocked out by
competition, which will settle the
price from this on.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30

BY the way, what's to hinder
Elko from organizing a brass
band? We have plenty Of good
material here. and we might have
a band that would be a credit to
the town.-F'ree Press.
The chief hindering agency will
probably be the fine musical ear
possessed by the citizens of Elko.
They think they have enough shot
guns there to prevent an amateur
band being started. II Elko wants
band music let 1t come to Carson.
The Capital can furnish the State
with music.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30

From the Best Manufacturers. No
trout lie to show goods Come one,
come all, next to Wells Fargo.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30
Carson Society.

Tt is reported that the Carson
people are seriously considering
the idea of sending an invitation
to King Kalakaua to visit that
city during the session of the Leg
islatuIe. The report that His
Majesty has 5000, 900 to invest in
poker chips, doubtless is the
cause Of the preffored hospitality.
Journal.
That amount would hardly be a
drop in the bucket in Carson this
winter. Last winter it would have
been quite Acceptable.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30
An Artistic Souvenir.

A good deal OF advertising is
now being done by means Of illus
fratcd souvenirs, and some of
them are very effecting.
Tt is rarely that one has the OPP
portunity to examine a more artis-
tic work than the one-hundred-
page bo' k just issued by the
Southern Pacific Company and en-
titled "West by South, l 2 s." It's
pictures Of scenes in the States
and Territories which the great
railroad traverses are gems which
are calculated to breed a desiI e
for travel in the most conserva-
tive stay-at- homes, while its read
ing matter descriptive of those
scenes, tends to increase the de-
sire. Beginning with New Or
leans, the reader is taken through
the most charming spots of Tex
as, Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona
and California. Copies of the
work can be obtained at the gen.
eral office of the Southern Pacific
Company in San Francisco for 25
cents, and the person who obtains
one will not be apt to be contented
with less than a dozen more to be
presented to friends.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30
Nevada Wheat.

The Marysville Cal appeal has
to say Of Nevada: Residents Of
this section Of the country will be
surprised to learn of the wheat
producing quality of Nevada lands.
That State has never been consid-
cred wheat growing country, yet
it appears that in the quantity of
wheat she produces, she compares
favorably with any other State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30
Pahranagat Lake District.

Phoebe Record: Mr.. George g..
Barber, mentioned last week as
having taken a six months bond
and lease on the Balback mino in
Pahranagat Lake district, went
down to that place during the
week to begin work on the prop
erty. Several loads of mining
supplies left town during the week
also, and work will be pushed
vigorously. Nine men will be
employed for the present. about
half of which number have gone
down from here already.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30

He solicits orders for all such
work, and for Hydraulic and
Irrigation Surveys, and will do all
work in the line of Surveying and
Engineering. Only Good and Re-
liable instruments used. Address p
D Box $40, Rene. New. ale
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30

Gen. Powning will remain in
Reno. The first part OF the new
year he will move into a cottage
which he built last Summer in
Powning's Addition,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30
EINTR ACHT.
VIVA. REKER. Proprietor.
TIE BEST BEER TBAT MONEY CAN
PRODUCE.
EVERYTHING FIRST. CLASS
CRAS. W. IRISH,
Civil Engineer, Surveyor and
Consulting Engineer.

Win make Surveys of Mining
CLAIMS for Patent, and will do all
kinds Of above and below ground
Surveys for Mines, including reli-
able Assays of the Ores of same.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-30
Dissolution of Uopartnership.

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partner hip heretofore existing between
the undersigned, under the finn name
mutual consent. All bills due the firm
can be paid to eifher party.
Signed:c f. =. JEI LERSON, and
E MARTEL.
By Euclide MarteI. die
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-11-12

The. survival Of Congressman Lind is
one of the most remarkable circum-
stances relating to the election which
has just passed. It is the second time
in which Mr.. Lind has found himself in
a political cyclone, yet on each occasion
has he emerged unhar:ne Mr.. Lind
is very level-headed young man, q
capable representative and a faithful
republican.
is not by any surrender ofrepublic-
an principle nor by virtue Of political
makeshift that Mr.. Lind has succeeded
in averting the fate which twice over
took his republican associates in con-
gress. He voted against the Mills bill
and he voted in favor of the Mckinley
bill. He has effectively justified his ac-
ton both on the stump and in congress,
and the courageous position which he
has assumed at all times toward those
and other actions of disputed expedi-
ency has been one which might well be
commended to public representatives
under all circumstances ST Paul Dis
patch.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-11-12
TT WAS INDEED A LANDSLIDE.
The Devil Cut Loose Last Tuesday
and Gave Everything to the
Democrats.
On the Back of the Alliance the
Democracy rides into the Heaven
Of Majority,
Republicans Slept, While their Free
Trade Friends Gathered the
Rich Harvest.
Democratic congressman are as
Numerous as Flies in Summer
Time.

'.The earth is the Lord S and the full
ness thereof Substitute the word
Democrats in the proper place and you
have got the story Of the recent cleo
ton exactly. Everywhere they swept
everything before them. partly through
the assistance of the Alliance, and part
ly from Republican s]uggishness, and if
there is anything they didn't get out
side of Minnesota, it must have been
because they didn't ask for it.
PENNSYLVANIA, usually SO strongly Re-
publican, has, on accounted dissatjsfac-
ton with the manipulations of certain
bosses, elected Democratic governor,
the rest OF the state officers being Repub-
lican. New York too has swung into
the line and elects Democratic legis-
lature and majority of con gressmen.
Even Massachusetts has gone wrong,
and Michigan, Indiana, Illinois Iowa
and Montana have hustled to increase
the Democratic majorities. Kansas
elects Republican governor, but the
Alliance has given the Democrats con-
troll of the legislature and thus endan-
gered the election of Senator ingalls,.
Nebraska is not behind in the process
sion and turns her little mite over to the
party of Grover Cleveland and Dave
Hill as meekly as do the rest.
In Wisconsin Gov. Hoard, the able
and conscientious executive, is defeated
by the funny man, Peck. and over the
.'little red school house, there is thrown
the wet blanket of Democratic victory
in all branches of the administration.
The Democratic majority in the south
is still unbroken. 1t stands there like
a brick wall for Democrat to admire
and relic upon.
This in short is summary of the Re-
publican defeat. The Democrats will
have a majority in congress Of over $50.
For two years they will be able to do
all the filibustering they want to
without speaker like Reed to call them
to order or modest them.
The Republicans have saved from the
wreck. California, Washington, the
Dakotas, Connecticut, Minnesota and
New Hampshire, and when it is con-
s1dered that the odds that they had to
contend with were great, the Demo-
cratic victory or rather that which they
won for themselves isn't so great after
all.
Two years from now it will be diff
ferent. The off-year defeat will stir the
Republicans to action as it did two
years ago, that gallant and brilliant
leader, James G.. Blaine, will be the
standard bearer, and the principles of
protection will sweep the country like
cyclone.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-11-12

Ignatius Donnelly, the sage who in
one OF his bitter moods said that the
last legislature was a picture of hell
with the lid off, has been elected to the
senate from Dakota county. Donnelly
probably intends to 60 to St. Paul and
raise hell for himself, but how he pro-
poses to imprve the picture is difficult
to understand. His well known desire
for notoriety would naturally lead him
to give the public the full benefit of all
his pranks by leaving the lid of.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-11-12

The Republicans of Brown county
and New Ulm can feel proud of their
work. While everywhere else there was
wreck and ruin on account of the ALI
ance, the Republicans of Brown county
met the issue squarely and won sig
nal victory. Two years from now it
may be expected that both the city and
the county will go for the party OF
progress and principle.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-11-12

Now that low prices for farm pro.
duce and high prices for merchandise
are not needed for campaign arguments
by the Democratic orators, the Fari-
bault Pilot INDUCES in the following
advice to the business men Of that city:
Nov that the excitement of the politi-
cal campaign has subsidized, our mer-
chants should turn their attention to
business, and work to secure it, as hard
as the politicians did to get Offices. In
order to bring business here the first
thing necessary is to make Faribault,
if tits not already, the best market in
Southern Minnesota for farm produce.
Let our merchants cooperate with the
grain buyers and pay the best possible
price for every bushel of grain the far.
mers in the country surrounding our
city has to sell. The trade for the bal.
sance Of this fall, and for the coming
winter, promises to be the liveliest that
it has been for years, and our business
men should make an effort to secure
Faribault's share Of it, The same
would apply with equal force to New
Ulm business men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-10
THE FREQUENT MINpsToRMs.

The recurrence of windstorms approaching
the force of cyclones is one of the remark
able features of the present seasons unique
weather. Within two weeks of the Louis
vile disaster, another storm of decided
energy traversed the middle Western States,
starting in the trans-Mississippi region on
Tuesday and traversing Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio; while, as in the Louisville storm,
the blasts following the cyclone were very
fierce about PIttsburg. 1t is possible to
hope that some of the reports of disaster in
the country towns of Ohio have been some
what exaggerated; and it would also be very
pertinent to investigate with view to find
ing out how large a share OF the numerous
buildings reported blown down were old or
of weak construction. If the cyclone is to
become a matter of frequent occurrence, it
will involve the life and welfare of the
country to determine whether our present
style of building is strong enough to with
stand the increased force of the wind, or
whether we must begin building with greater
strength and perhaps less exposure to the
winds.