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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-30
FOR THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Florida Wild Flowers. No. 3.

There are some lilies which bloom in
August in the low, damp places, as fine as
one could wish for garden. They are
species of tiger lily, with dark spots on the
red petals; but while not as large as the
tiger lily have been familiar with, thew
are more richly colored, and especially
graceful IN form, with slender petals, and
curvlng away from the stamens giving
charming shape.
saw at ladys house recently a lily
which she supposed was spider lily, which
had come up in her yard, without cultiva-
ton. Its long, hair-like tentacles of pure
white were very singular, and the name
was suggested to me at glance, though
the flower was unknown
Scarcely week passes without bringing
some new species to view among the wild
flowers. The woods are golden in August
with the partridge pea. The golden rod,
too, "a thing of beauty and a Joy forever, "
is showing at the same time reminding one
of distant scenes, of walks and talks with
dear companions of past years among New
England hills of more recent strolls over
the bluffs of the Big Muddy. among woods
gay with autumn tints, speaking of the
grandeur of the Rocky Mountain Range,
and saying, Am l not worthy to hold all
these memories and associations in my
golden breast and to beam with them as
you glance at my face?"
A plant beginning to flower in August has
a most curious bulb. The plant itself is
not unlike very young pine; and SO it
was called by little child who first
pointed it out to me. The bulb he called
ball. and it looked just like a dark, hard
wooden ball, with tuft of fbers on one
side. There was not the smallest evidence
of vitality to me, and I could scarcely be-
lieve it a root of a living plant until 1 saw
one pulled up. The flowers are borne on
long spike, small, pink bloom, proving an
interesting object lesson when examined
The petals are fringed, and each calyx con-
tains two independent corolas-a rare
occurrence, to my observation.
A. II. WILSON.
VOlusia Co., Fla.
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about it, but the lilacs makes me think of
the old times. I'm going to try agin. F"
pressing the flowers to her shrunken lips.
"Oh yes, misses I'll try agin for the sake
of the flowers" Amen! God help all the
women who are going to try again, Jennie
Van Allen, in Womankind.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-30

60 cts. per h.. $40 per bbl. prepain. carman
No. 1, $l.25 per peck; $l3 per bbl. Ohio Jr.,
Chicago Market, Everett. American Beauty,
Vick's Farley Advance, vick's Perfection Roch-
Freeman, Early Puritan, New Gu n. Sunrise.
EARLY and Late Hebron, Rocherter Peachblow.
EIenhant. St. Patric, White Rose, SO .25 per Dbl.
Rural New Yorker No 2, Green Mountain, White
Star, $3.50 per bbl. I am taking orders tor
snrin o. iOne-halfo cash with order, balanced when
Skinned. c. Il. KELLEY. Newark, N, Y.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-30
For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
The Jessamines

The JessamineS.
Sweet Jessamine, with which the queen of flowers,
Tocharm her god adorns his favorite bowers.
Perfumed as incense ofthe morn, and chaste,
AS the pure zone which circles Dianas waist.
Among the best shrubs tor Florida
gardens are number Of varieties of the
Jessamine or jasmine, which names
have wide latitude, being applied to
several plants belonging to entirely dis
tinct families. The true 'essamines be-
longing to the genus Jasminum, "a tribe of
The Olive family. About one hundred
and twenty species of Jasminum have
been described and they include tender,
half-hardy and hardy shrubs, many of
which are of a trailing or climbing
nature. The Jasminums are among the
best known perfumery plants, and are
and the combined beauty and fragrance
of their flowers. Miss Landon daintily
portrays their beauty thus:
Jasmines-like some silver spray,
Some ike SOld IN the morning gray,
Fragrant stars and favorites they.
In Italy and Southern France many
hundreds of acres are devoted to their
culture as perfumery plants. They are
easy to grow and great favorites with
all who know them.
The Catalonian Jessamine q. grandi-
dorum) is one of the most desirable spe-
cies 1t is of shrubby, half climbing
habit, with very delicate foliage, and it's
small, star-sbaped flowers, which are
most deliciously fragrant, are produced
in the greatest profusion all the year
round 1t given the opportunity it will
mount into the top of an orange or other
tree; but if it can find no support it will
retain the form of d shrub. 1t makes
one of the incest shrubs imaginable and
is another half climber If it has the
chance, but otherwise forms a fine
evergreen shrub as much as ten feet
high and producing great quantities of
exquisitely fragrant, golden yellow
flowers. 1t is said to be perfectly hardy
as far north as Maryland. 1t is native
of India, as is also the Catalonian.
The Arabian Jessamine 81. Sambac)is
a climbing or trailing sort and blooms
all the year around. Its flowers are
single, white, borne in cymes and deli
ciously fragrant. A great favorite for
covering lattice work in which position
it's handsome evergreen foliage and
snowy flowers show to great advantage.
J. gracillium, introduced from northern
Borneo in 1881, is d most elegant species
and remarkable for it's freedom of
bloom. 1t will Irvine and climb to h
considerable height if furnished sup
port, or may be kept in shrub form,
showing very graceful habit, the long,
slender branches springing out near the
ground and curving over on all sides. A
flower shoot is produced at every joint,
which terminates in a cluster of pure
white flowers. 1t is especially florlferous
from October to February. J. lucidum
is "A tWining sort, with evergreen leaves
which shine as though they had been
vanished, and clusters of white, star
shaped flowers. | have not been able to
learn what country it is native of.
Grand Dnke of TUSCANY. usually alb
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I1ISO, OIOduly WllGc uOWCfS WulCA dEC
most densely double and among the
most fragrant of all. 1t is very easily
grown, even small l.lantS bearing pro
fusion of flowers, and it is very popular
pot plant at the north with those who
are familiar with it. J. hirsutum is
another very beautiful Shrubby species,
forming perfect miniature bush. The
flowers have from six to nine pure white
petals, fragrant and born in umbels
from the axil of almost every leaf.
At least two species of the genus Ces-
trum (Which belongs to the Solanum
family are called Jessamines, and are
prime favorites in Florida gardens,
where they thrive like natives. The
genus is an extensive one and many of
the species bear exceedingly snowy and
beautiful flowers, but more than three
species are rarely met with in the gar
dens of this State, and of these two are
grown more for the fragrance than the
individual beauty of their flowers.
Night blooming Jessamine (Cestrum
ParquD. This famous shrub is native
of Chilli, is evergreen and attains
height of from seven to ten feet It's
delicately beautiful, whitish-yellow
flowers are tube-shaped, disposed in
panicles, produced in the greatest pro-
fusion and are overpoweringly sweet at
night. 1t is one of those flowers
That keep
Theirodors to themselves all day,
But when the sunlight dies away,
Let the delicious fragrance out
To every breeze thatroams about.
1t is worth trip to Florida just to
inhale the fragrance of these flowers
under the silvery radiance of one of our
perfect moonlight summer nights. 1t is
said to be the most valuable of all per-
fume plants.
The Day-Blooming Jessamine &C. di-
urnum) is a handsome, quick growing
evergreen shrub, producire quantities
of sweet-scented, white flowers which
are fragrant during the day. They
some what resemble Candytuft flowers
and are valuable for cut flower work.
Last, but far from least, comes the
Cape Jessamime (Gardenia florida fl pl. J
belonging to still another family and a
native of China instead of the Cape of
Good Hope, as it's name would indicate.
OF all the evergreen shrubs in existence
none is more beautiful than this. 1t is
hardy throughout the lower South and
found in almost every garden and Gem
etery. In Florida it attains a great size
and one plant will produce thousands of
it's large, double, waxy white and ex-
quisitely fragrant flowers. Both plant
and flower musL be seen to be fully APP
preciated, for they cannot be adequately
described.
At least two other plants of Florida
gardens are known as Jessamines-the
native Yellow or Carolina Jessamine
(Gelsemlum sempervirens) and Malayan
Jessamine Rhyncospermum jasmin-
oides) But both are true twining
vines and therefore cannot be classed
under the head of shrubs.
WALTER N. PIKE.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-30

10 whom all corresrOndence relating to
this department should be addressed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-30

HALIFAX RIVER REAL EST ATE AGENCY,
L at Daytona, VOlusia Co., Fla, The most
desirable lOcait' on the East Coast for home
seekers or Neutrality-suspicious. lots-a cottage
by the sea-Orange grOves-Or acre prOperty
Come and see. To see is to buy. Address w. A.
ORDAN.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-30

EHAVE some of the finest Orange Groves and
Wild Land arge or SIN all properties-Sot"r
n the Indian River section. Send for circuar
p VIII lIAMS. Oviedo, Fla
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FLORAL DEPARTMENT..

EDITED BY WALTER N. PIKE,
'ESSAMINE. o
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-30

M w. SARGENT dealer An Real Estate
Wk DeLand, Fla, has q complete set Of Alb
Btracts of Titles in Volusla County, Fla. deeds
perfected and taxes paid for nOH-reSidents. Cor
respondSQce solicited.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-30
Il Cotton seed meal Mic nst be consid
Real Estate Directory.

Any one contemplating The purchase GFrcGt es-
tate in FLORIDA should s0rte TO the parties beIOsc
In DhGteUeT section they soGSb to locate 1t is the
effort Of the Agricultural to bGOe none bUt first
class firms represented in this column.
~
D EST BA RGAHNS ever given in orange
DgroveS houses city lots improved and unim
proved lands. Call on or address II. A. DELAND.
DeLand, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24

According to a statement made today by
Superintendent Sailer Of the Washington
and Georgetown Railroad Company, the
biggest Of this city's street railroad cor
porations has had all It's cars equipped
with tenders according to regulations for
quite two weeks. In official report
printed In Thursdays Star 1t was an
nounced that the w. and g. Company
(which had been granted six weeks from
June 18th in which to equip itself with
fenders) was still engaged. to some extent,
In avoiding the law. Now 1t appears that
the report in question was written prior to
the 18th instant, so that editorial comment
In yesterdays Star based upon that docu-
ment wrought unfairness to the railroad
company, which. while a little behind
hand in completing its equipment within
the time allowed 1t, is now, and has for
some time been, in full compliance with
the law. So far as the Washington and
Georgetown road Is concerned The Stars
comments of yesterday concerning tenders
fall to the ground. How Is 1t IN the case
of the Columbia Railway?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24

Candidate Hardin appears at this time
to be the only democrat with a delicate
and cultivated sense of humor. He thor
oughly appreciates the opportunities af-
forded for the expansion of this quality
by the democratic coinage declarations
in the platform of 1892. When the finan-
cial plank was adopted at Chicago, it was
understood that a majority of the demo-
Gratis construed it to mean the free coinage
of silver. That, however. did not inter-
fere with Mr.. Cleveland's accepting the
nomination and constituting it to mean
gold monometallism. Since then President
Cleveland's construction has been generally
accepted. and to the Kentucky convention
a reaflirmation of that plank meant q
declaration for gold. A man with Mr..
Hardins sense of humor cannot reason
ably be blamed for taking advantage of
a wide-open opportunity to at once per-
petrate practical joke and at the same
time to present an object lesson. in which
latter he proves without any difficulty at
all that declaration which means nothing
may mean anything. He has therefore put
upon the platform of 1892 the construction
which those who reported it to the ma
tional convention led most of the dele
gates to believe it would bear. The re-
suit is paradox which Is the legitm tie
offspring of the financial plank constructed
for Straddling purposes. So far as that
financial plank is concerned, Mr.. Hardin
may go on making free coinage speeches
without fracturing the principles that the
democratic party laid down at Chicago in
1892.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24

Tie English are in many respects slow,
and in nowise is this fact more emphatically
accumulated than in the neglect of the
English people to take up and use the re-
cent discoveries of science which have
Nghtened the labor and economical the
time of this and other advanced peoples in
such remarkable degree. There are more
telephones in the northwest section Of
Washington than there are in all London
put together, and the little towns of West
Point and Columbus. Miss, have better
electric lighting than the leading thor
oughfares of the metropolis of the world.
Just now, several Englishmen who are
evidently some centuries in advance of
their brethren, are experimenting with the
horseless carriages. run by petroleum,
which have been so successful in France,
and there Is great hue and cry going up
that they will scare horses If used on the
highways!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24

If Thomas L. James, eX-Postmaster Cen
eral, had recently resided in Washington
he might reasonably have strengthened the
statements made in an interview which ap-
Scars in the most recent Issue Of Prin ter's
Snk. Said Mr. James:
II think, in the near future, the evening
newspaper is going to be a much more i'm
portant factor in journalism than 1t Is at
present. Very few important occurrences
transpire after dark; nearly all the news
of Importance Is based on something that
is done during the day. When the evening
Journals can secure and present the news
more systematically than they do at pres
ent we will know at or u o'clock in the
evening all that has transpired all over the
world"
Observant readers of the daily records of
events are entirely in accord with the con-
clusion which prophesies the growing i'm
pcrtance Of the evening newspaper; locally
they have for some time been aware that
the evening newspaper-and it is no
breach of modesty TO claim that the
newspaper is The Evening Star-has de-
Heloped much of manifest superiority as
a gatherer and distributor of news as to be
head and shoulders. as 1t were, above those
who would be Its competitors. whether
they are published in the morning or in the
afternoon. 1t Is not to be imagined. how
ever, that perfection has been reached. for
as there is improvement in the methods Of
news-coI,ection 80 there will ba bst.srment
IN afternoon nevsnaners whoss man.
apsrs are dstarmined tn be In touch
Nth the most advanced Thought
and achievement In activa journalism
for wears the morning nawsnaner was
the ncysessor Of practically every adyan-
tapa. its renortars had On much mora of
time in which To hustle for facts and fab
ricats fanciss. tba nr.ss ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ed or controlled mainly nv rnornine naners
wore care,ess 40 to rho af,srnoo, ,o,,r-
nails desmina thorn ~ comnarat,volv IT.
Gle consequences: foreign news unless n
sras ne axtraord,rarx, ,n,no-..,ca o,d H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24

Now that the yacht designers have sue
ceeded in building huls that can hardly be
improved upon for racing purposes. new
field is opened. and there Is demand for
spars and rigging which can be depended
upon to stand the enormous strain of phe-
nomenally-large sail-area. Every little
while even the best constructed of yachts
breaks down at a crucial moment because
some one Of the spars has given way be-
fore the great pressure exerted by the
thousands of feet of wind-crowded sails
which the racirg yachts of today are re-
quired to carry. Accidents to the cup de-
fender and the challenger Of the present
season have been quite frequent and there
will doubtless be more Of them before the
concluding contest. 1t seems to be agreed
by experts that neither of the boats could
go through anything like heavy weather
without being more or less crippled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24

Many people will doubtless be gratified to
learn that the Bannack Indians who were
legally engaged in killing game in the Jack
son Hole country in Wyoming will prob
ably be released from prison within few
days. OF course it will be very annoying
to the states rights advocates in Wyoming
to be compelled to admit that the United
States has power paramount to the powers
possessed by Wyoming, but, if that lesson
has to be learned. it could hardly be learned
at a better time than now. The United
States owes it to the Bannacks that their
release from Illegal Imprisonment shall not
close the Incident; those who are response
lie for the outrases perpetrated on the In
dams and who endeavored to start an In
dian war should be compelled to suffer for
heir mis- deeds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24
Secretary Morton has issued a call for
q good roads parliament to ba held at At

Secretary Morton has issued a call for
a good roads parliament to be held at At
!anta n October under the auspices Of the
Cotton States and International Exposition.
The movement Is fraught with possibilities
Of important results. inasmuch rs 1t will
awaken interest In the subject Of good
roads in portion of the country where
there has heretofore been but little agita-
ton of it, and will stimulate the attention
Of the public in those places where the
good roads movement Is at present In an
embryo state. Secretary Morton has made
his invitation bread enough to include
every person likely to be interested in the
subject of improved highways. and that
means about every member of every COM
munity; farmers, merchants, bicycle max
ers. wheelmen, humane societies, carriage
builders, boards of trade and transporta-
ton and all the state and local highway
commissions have been asked to put in
appearance either personally or by proxy.
A great many people no have never given
the matter any particular thought may
have an impression that they are really
not concerned II the proposed betterment
of American roads. but as a matter Of
fact, no reform could be more far-reach-
ing and generally profitable to all classes
Of society than the good roads reform.
Some of the states have made practical
application of tha best of engineering ideas
as to highway construction, and as a d.
rect result Of their liberalty have reaped
rich reward. Pre-eminently has this been
SO In the wide-awake state of New Jersey,
where there are to be found plenty of peo-
pie who will never hesitate to invest a
dollar when they know it will bring five in
return almost Immediately. Good roads
always result in remarkable increase Of
farming-land values, for with easy wagon
communication the agriculturist has no
difficulty in finding a market for his pro-
ducts. Secretary Morton has chosen an
appropriate time for holding his parliament.
The exposition will attract many people
from every section of the country and they
will be people of means and influence who
can lend something more than theoretical
aid to the movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24
Waiting for Fortune.

Nope" he said, 1--WE amt SO pore ez we
look" And the agriculturist put one leg
over the fence and proceeded to add few
artistic touches to the corn-cob pipe that
he carving I'VE amt got much ready
cash, but there's wealth around here; min
eral wealth by the wagon-load. an don't
you forgit it,
But this land doesn't seem to find much
of demand in the market said the tour
list.
mo. But we amt seen it's true re-
sources. There's a sand-bar over there
thet's a beauty. Clean, white sand-the
purtiest We ever see.'
But it's no good there"
Not yet. But wait till I git some cap
ital interested. Then we'll jes turn in an
bear the market an run the sugar trust
clean out o. business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24
Prepared for Him.

E Henry" said the woman who worries
about domestic details, ARE you sure you
had the servants buy an alright metal
can for the garbage?"
"Of course" replied her husband.
"And put it where it is easily accessible2"
Yes"
"And has the number of the house been
painted on the alley gate?"
Long ago; in gilt letters"
"Well, I guess you'd better have our
footman stationed on the back porch for
the next month or two, ready to take the
garbage collectors card when he calls"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24

Most of what may be termed foreign news
comes to US through European channels.
When The Star goes to press the business
day In America and all of the Gay in Eu-
rope is done; very little intelligence worth
cabling comes to the surface in Europe
after nine o'clock at night, and it is almost
nine o'clock in London when The Star
presses daily commence to print the many
thousands of papers which find their way
into more than ninety per cent Of the
homes in the city of Washington. 1t must
therefore be evident that the ideal eyeripg
newspaper-which to MIR. James would
seem to be somewhere in the future-is
already here and is being substantially ap-
preclated by people who know a good thing
when they see 1t.
Inc suggestion Of the need of more sys-
te'natic collection of the news by the af-
ternoon paper Is made by Mr.. James, who
evidently has in mind the old-fashioned
evening publication, a mere supplement to
and echo of the morning paper Through
the vast resources of the Associated Press
ana OF skilled special correspondents in the
Geographic field. through a marvellously
e1ncient force Of local reporters. and
through the skill in the quick handling of
news and the mastery of rapid-transt de-
'A'S" "hiNh spring from long experience
In serving to the public the days news hot
from the griddle. The Star Is enabled to
cover satisfactorily the days history UP
TO the minute of publication and to per-
form constantly feats Of rapid and accurate
reporting which cause the more sur
prise and admiration the more the OBJ
server knows of the newspaper business.
1hese achievements. constituting, in news
paper phrase, Scoops" on local afternoon
contemporaries and forestalling and MAX
ing stale ming paper announcements
are not confined to any one branch of
news but cover the whole field whether
the late-in-the-afternoon nomination of
Lowndes for governor of MARYLAND or of
Campbell for governor of Ohio, or the with
drawal Of the Defender in the latest yacht
race Is to be recorded. or whether there Is
occasion for late announcement in the
local field. as at the District Building in
dozen recent cases, or in the departments
as in the matter of Secretary Morton's
abolition of the seed bureau or in the null
titude Of purely local happenings.
The Star DOES not merely distance its after
neon contemporaries. In its columns the
rews topics of the day are treated as sys-
tematically, as comprehepsively and as
accurately as in the morning papers, which
have at their disposal ten twelve times
more of time for deliberate investigation
and careful writing. The morning paper
must necessarily be the paper OF yesterday.
The Evening Star is the paper of today.