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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-31
Hunting With a Botanist.

gave lengthy and very interesting ac-
count of plant hunting expedition IN
Florida, made in company with William
r. Smith, superintendent of the National
Botanic Garden in Washington, ID. Z.
Two of the chapters relating the search
after and observations of inSectiVerouS
plants are particularly interesting and
we reproduce 4hem for the benefit OF our
readers. One follows and the next will
apper in our next issue:
THE most interesting part OF the eX-
petition, however, was the search t"r
Sarracenia, plants that feed upon in
sects. 1t began in the forenoon OF an
exceedingly hot day. The sun fairly
scOrched the shirts upon our backs. We
went up Arlington Creek on the little
naptha launch. 1t threaded the saw
grass and the swamps like thing Of life.
A quiet light i'm the eyes of the bOtanist
betokened an eventful day. He saw the
white flowers Of the Thalia nodding at
him from the saw grass and filling the
air with perfume. The water, however,
was so shallow that he could not reach
them with the launch.
'"Two miles further, and we landed on
an island in the shade of thrifty bay
tree. The leaves when crushed in our
hands smelt like bay rum. The soil Of
the isle was dry and sandy with wet
wastes near the river. The ground had
evidently been under cultivation. Prickly
ash was there in profusOn. A negro
stood near the shore watching our move
mentS There was no house ill sight.
When he saw Mr. Smith examining the
leaves Of the prickly ash his curiosity
was excited.
q Dat am de toothache tree, gemmen'
he said, 1T cures de chills an fever,
an il am bettah dan Quynyne. But N.Y.
amt it bittah. Yo' wants to chew de
peel of de orange to get de taste out OBJ
yo' mOuf, deed yo' does.
Gle said that his name was Edward
King, a native of Florida. He had been
employed by some rural botanic physl-
clan to gather herbs for the Northern
market The employment jibed with
his natural inclinations. He had name
for nearly every herb and shrub, and
named the disease for which it was q
specific. The botanist gladly awaited
himself of his services, and gathered
some interesting information. Black as
a coal. King followed him, listening in
establishment to the botanical names of
the various plants and trees.
"Mr. Smith found two small orchids in
bloom and several other rare plants. SeiZ-
ing the VelVety leaves of Il shrub shading
the hot white sand, he said, that's the
leather tree.
-" ooh, no it ain It sah,' the negro re
Piled dat am de dog banana. | seen it
many time agOne. It's got little ba~
nanas on it like yO' little finger, bout
two inches long, Dey gifts ripe in the
summer. De dogs eats 'em and likes
'em. Some people eats 'em too. | can eat
most anything, but draws de line on
dem dog bananas, deed does. | leabes
'em fur de dogs.
"The professional bOtanist then exam
ined the shrub more critically. He soon
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-31
A Liberal Prize Offer.
Editor Floral Department:

IDA AGRICULTURIST, and from the varied
articles of its contributors. | feel conf
dent that any and all questions can be
readily answered by them, consequently
if this communication be favored by you
! will offer prize Of five dollars 49,
for the best list of trees, shrubs and
plants, under the following conditions:
All the trees, shrubs and plants must
be hardy enough to stand the usual win
ters here (Lake county,, where the tenn
perature always falls several times to
80 degrees They must also be able to
stand our dry springs and long, hot sum-
nlers or, in other words, they must be
adapted to this climate. | would not
want any outdoor plant that had to be
nursad, or protected from sun and frost.
Each tree, shrub and plant must be an
evergreen but not palm, for have
a large collection Of deciduOuS
plants, and all the hardy and halfhardy
palms In "wOrd' they must be hardy
perennial evergreens, adadted to our eli
mate
| would suggest that you, Mr.. Floral
Editor, be the Judge of the lists, because
you are the best posted in such matters
in Florida.
OF course shall want every list, for I
shall try every plant recommended, and
each season will report in the columns
of the Floral Department my experience
with each specimen, for the benefit of
its readers.
One Hardy, Broad-leaf, Evergreen
Tree about fifty feet ultimate height.
Six Hardy, Broad-leaf, Evergreen
Trees about thirty feet ultimate height.
TThese six trees must be Of six differ
ent genera
Six Hardy, Broad-leaf, Evergreen
Shrubs about six feet ultimate height
[These six shrubs must be of six differ
ent genera.
Eighteen Hardy, Broad-leaf, Evergreen
Trees about four feet ultimate height.
Eighteen Hardy, Broad-leaf, Ever
green Plants about two feet ultimate
height.
One Hardy Coniferous, Evergreen
Tree about fifty feet ultimate height.
Six Hardy, Coniferous, Evergreen
Trees about thirty feet ultimate height.
[These six trees must be Of six differ
cut genera
Six Hardy, Coniferous, Evergreen
Shrubs about six feet ultimate height.
These six shrubs must be of six diff
ferent genera
Eighteen Hardy, ConiferOus, Ever
green Shrubs about four sect ultimate
height. "BOsTON.
Lake county. Fla.
The above prize offer is a very liberia
one. and we trust will be fully appreci-
ated by the readers Of this department
of the AGRICULTURIsT Here is a chance
for someone to easily and quickly earn
five dollars, and there should be no lack
of contestants. We will cheerfully UNI
dertale to Judge all lists to the best of
our ability. All answers must be in by
July LIST. The prize winning list to-
gether with the name of the winner will
be published in these columns. Care
fully note the conditions of the contest
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-31

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-31

III A. DeLAND has the most complete and
IL extensive assortment OF Real Estate OF
any one in Florida, consisting of houses and lots
small and large tracts Of improved and unim
proved land. Orange groves from all ages from
one to fifteen years old, and from all sizes from
One-half acre to twenty acres or more. Much OF
this at very great bargains and on easy terms
For further particulars call on or address ii. A .
DeLAND, office opposite pOstofice
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Real Estate Directory.

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The Portland daily press., 1893-12-07
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER.

AS the Honolulu Advertiser points
out, Minister Willis has openly and I'M
blushingIy been guilty Of threatening to
interfere in the affairs of the independ-
ent government of Hawaii, by declaring
that any attempt to make trouble will
be punished An attempt. to restore the
Queen by the people would be making
rouble which would according to Mr..
Willis, be punished by him as the agent
pf the United States An attempt to
change the governmnt in any way would
make trouble and call for Mr.. Willis's
interference. To all intents and purposes
Mr.. Willis has established protectorate
in the Observation-Disclosures and proclaimed
the intention of the United States to
punish anybody who makes trouble
If everything that was charged against
Mr.. Stevens were true, his interference
with the affairs of Hawaii was vastly
less than Willis has attempted, through
his declaration that anybody who makes
trouble will be punished. It looks as if
President Cleveland in order to pre-
serve some show of consistency would
have to recall Willis and administer to
him singing rebuke.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-07

fession of a fear that the declared OBJ
Jects of the assoc iation or its methods
may not continue to appeal to the judg-
ment of the mem ers. There is no ques-
tion before the country today that can
not be better treated and better settled in
the light of day than in the dark recess
es of the meeting place of a secret oath
bound organization. There is no good
cause but will be injured and it's chances
of triumph diminished by calling to its
support secret oath bound organlza-
tion. The offspring of such organiza-
tjons in politics are certain to be hatred,
intolerance, and prejudice which will in
evitably tend to prevent the consideration
and settlement of questions upon their
merits, and no settlement not upon the
merits can be permanent. We believe in
the protection of the common school
system from all assaults, no matter from
what quarter coming, we believe that
it is altogether too easy in some States
of this country to obtain the rights Of
citizenship, we believe that this country
has been altogether too long the dump
ing ground of the off-scouring Of Europe.
but we believe the correct solution of all
these questions will not be FASTENED but
retarded by the springing up of oath
bound organizations. Let the fight on
all these questions be carried on openly,
let the arguments pro and con be sub
mitted to the American people without
the admixture Of the religious bigotry and
race hate which oath bound asso-
Citations will be sure to bring. Then the
unclouded judgment of the American
people will be brought to bear upon
them. Knownotningism is played out.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-07

true. A Sun reporter bought two gold
rings at the Constantinople bazaar, and
a silver spoon in the streets of Cairo.
For these he paid quite as much as any
jeweller on Broadway wouh have
charged, perhaps more. They remained
bright and untarnished while the FAIR
lasted, but now the rings are getting
green and the spoon is turning black.
lie communicated this fact to several
friends and learned that their expert
ences had been the same. One man
said.
the booths in the Turkish bazaar, and
paid good prices for them. 1t WASH t
until few days ago that | found had
been swindled
81 paid IS for tiny gold locket which
l sent to my niece down South. Last
week | got a letter from her. You can
read it for yourself" He showed the
reporter this letter: Dear Uncle: My
nice locket you sent lne is all black, and
mamma says she thinks it's a swindle,
but she says you didn't mean it, Any
way, a girl in my class got a ring from
her papa who went to the Fair, and her
finger is all black from it, so you see
you amt the only one. Amt they the
cheats, thougheo
AhO 1871 All. uS NSnC OL.
bought a cigarette holder for myself, and
the other day l noticed that the gold
band around the amber was getting
rather green. l took it to jeweller,
and he sold me it was merely an alloy
of copper and had only been covered by
very thin layer of gold"
The reporter went to we'll known
jeweller in Union square and asked him
if he had received any com missions to
replate Midway gold. He laughed.
NO, have not,n he answered. "All
the stuff that saw wasn't even worth
replating. Several of my customers
brought me little trinkets which they
had bought on the Plaisance and asked
me what made them turn black and
green. / found that the metal was
either lead or copper alloy, and adj
vised them to throw the souvenirs away.
1t seemed to me as though they had been
plated with just sufficient gold or silver
to last until the Fair closed."-N. Y.
Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-07
THE RUSSIAN THISTLE.
Vigorous Measures Must be Taken to Elk
terminate This Pest.

While Brazil and Hawaii have their
little difficulties, it may be interesting
to know that seeds of great revolution
are being sown in the great west. It is
probable that severe war Of extermin-
ton will be waged in the Dakotas
against foreign invader, konwn as the
Russian thistle. This persistent weed
has caused several millions Of damage
already. The prospects are that unless
general action is taken next summer the
weed will spread beyond hope.of extin-
guishment.
LII. Dewey, assistant botanist of the
Agricultural Department, acting under
urday night for the northwest to make
an investigation into the extent of the
damage done to the crops.
The weed was introduced into the
country about seventeen years ago in
some flaxseed and sown near Scotland,
South Dakota. From a small beginning
it has spread through the Dakotas and
into Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and
Wisconsin, The seed sprouts in May or
June and by September has developed
into plant from two to six feet in
QldmcUcI tuu udll DIS AlSu, d
dense, bushy mass of rigid branches,
offering an effectual barrier to the pas
sage of man or beast. At intervals of
clustered there or less on the branches
are clustered three sharp spines a quarter
to half an inch,long.
The full grown plant, shaped like an
inverted saucer, two to six feet in diane
than half an inch thick. When the
ground is frozen in November and the
prairie breezes begin to practice for the
winter this small root is twisted off and
the whole plant turns upon edge, like
a cart wheel, and goes off before the wind
scattering seeds at every revolution.
1t takes complete possession of cult
waited land, choking out the wheat and
other crops. The rigid. bulky plants
often make it impossible to run harvest
ing machinery, and sometimes even stops
plows and it is often necessary to bind
leather or other protection on the horses
legs before they can be driven among
the spiny weeds. Trains have been
stopped by the thistles banking up on
the tracks, Prairie fires are carried
long distances by the burning thistle
blowing across fire breaks. In many
other ways this terrible weed causes seri-
GUS damage.
A movement is now on foot in the
northwest to petition Congress to give
the Secretary of Agriculture power to
institute vigorous measures, rs was
done in the case of pleuro pneumonia
among cattle few years ago. A judi
cious expenditure of two million dollars
now would probably exterminate the
thistle. 1t did damage to that amount
last year. This year the loss is twice that
sum, and if the weed is allowed to go
unchecked there is every probability
that the damage will go on increasing in
geometrical ratio.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-07
All Not Gold That Glitters.

The Midway Plaisance at the Worlds
Fair was accepted by visitors with good
humofed indulgence, and most of its
shortcomings were received agreeably,
rather than otherwise, as confirming a
preconceived notion that the Midway was
a semi-fake. Today, however, there
must be fully ten thousand people in
this country who are damning the Mid
way TO the four corners of the magma
ton. The articles of jewelry which thew
bought there for geld are turning black
and green.
It's sad fact, but it is very, very
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-07

The dispatches indicate that the or
ganization known as the American Pro-
tective Association figured to some extent
in the municipal elections in Massa-
cbusetts on Tuesday. This association
which appears to have originated in
the West, claims. to have for its principal
objects the preservation of the common
school system, the restriction of immigra-
ton and the enlargement of the require
ments for naturalization. While the OBJ
jects are commendable the method which
this association takes to accomplish
them is not. We understand the asso-
citation is Il secret one and that its mem
bers are bound by some sort ofss an oath
or solemn promise. This of itself is
enough to condemn it. All political or
CARNATIONS should be open and above
board. Their principles and purposes
should be clearly defined and openly
stated, so that everybody may know
and understand them, and nobody
should be bound to espouse them OF sup
port them longer than his Judgment APP.
proves. The oath serves to constrain
the Judgment and is entirely out of
place. Oath bound political organiza
lions have always been mischievous and
always will be in a republic. They APP
peal not to the intelligent and conserva-
tive element of the community, but to
the bigoted and benighted, and serve
to strengthen traits which need soften
ing instead of hardening. The existence
OF the requirement of the oath is con-
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-07
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