Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-23

We love 10 talk Of the many important
possibilities lying open TO Texas. even
though our people should never take ad-
vantage Of them But they will. 1t may
not come while we are so thinly settled.
and. ae a consequence, there is no crying
need that our people should hustle but thai
kind Of thing will not always pertain in The
Lone S.ar safe: besides, there are many
men of many mindS-and tastes-in this
great world Of ours. and j, might be that 4
possibility pointed out might strike Il par
,frular people who are looking after Just
THAI kind of thing and hence he the means
of giving Us Il new colony located for the
purpose Of running = new industry. Who
knows" as they say in ne Orient.
The state of Florida has by some means
won the ,obriquet of tie land of flowers"
While nor al al desiring TO wiring her hon
oI's from Florida, we couldn't help showing
in several articles Of some months ago that
Texas is really the land Of flowers. so far as
pertains 10 the United States Of America.
There are more beautiful and rich wild
flowers in Texas. oy far. than there are in
five times her territory any where else on
This continent. True. they are largely
spring ana early summer flowers, but I'M
der irrigation flowers. the richest known 10
any country within the temperate zone
might be made almost perpct1al-certainly
SO through all the long season intervening be
tween the latest spring and the earliest fall
lrostS. more than nine months in the wear.
But. SAYS one what Of flowers in an
economic point of view, We are proposing
to show You Mr. T. O Painter, the tai
currd and ever reliable editor of the Florida
AGriculturist. not long ago paid his respects
to new Florida industry, the likes Of
which could be made to do better in Texas
than anywhere else. He gave it to the pub
lie that n Islanu Grove, Alachua county.
in his state, there was 4 smart new wooden
building having on il a sign board in bold
letters, ATLANTA PerfUmery Company" To
satisfy himself that Il actually meant some
thing he visited the concern, where he
found vcritable pcrfumery manufacturing
plant in full blast. Il had been located
there on account of The Suita0leuess of the
region for growing flowers. Investigation
showed that the company had plenty of
money, and already the concern was driv-
ing 4 most decidedly paying business in its
manufacture of perfumes.
Nh Painter learned the prices being paid
by the company for such materials as the
plant was working. For tube roses the
price was 10 cents per pound Arabian jes-
samine. II; cape iessanine. IS: heliotrope
20; yioets, 30; lemon verbena, Sc; rose ge-
ranium leaves, /; rose geranium leaves and
cuttings, r: fragrant roses, 10; magnolia
10: yellow jessamine, %; American vanilla
leaves deer tongue. l..
AL Of these products can be grown to the
highest degree of excellence in Texas. The
magnolia. yellow jessamine and American
vanilla are wild growths affirming TO the
greatest perfection all along the eastern
border of the state
The plant mentioned by Mr. Painter was
simple and inexpensive one. Its cost. all
IN running order, was about $500, and it
COZ eis;ed or one copper still of 100 gallons