The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-03
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pclIIS Ile iHteIlillHS llIlS vi TWO NafleC-
les of one species; the other the fusion
of two distinct species. As very
fair example we will take the hybrid
fruit exhibition lately in London, be-
tween Il gooseberry and a black cur
rant. Although the means to bring
about such a curious result were ap-
piled by the art of man, the outcome
can only be classed as freak of ma
ture.
With all tha resources at mans
command there are certain colors in
flowers that have not yet been obtain
ed, and handsome fortune awaits the
first lucky raiser Of blue carnation or
bure white or blue nosturtium.
One of the greatest novelties of re-
cent years in flowers will be bloomed
next spring in dwarf whith-fowered
sweet pea. 1t was first found grow
ing, through some natural freak, in a
bed of the ordinary kind, which, as
everybody knows, runs up about 4
feet high.
The astute owner of the crop was
smart enough to- recognize it's value,
and, after he found it came true from
seed, he carefully nursed each succeed
ing years crop, until he has secured pro-
duce of about seven acres, representing
say, seventy bushels of seed-all of
which will be distributed to the world
in tiny packets during the next few
moths, rewarding him for his patience
with PROBABLY $4,000.
1t will astonish many who read
this article to know that it requires
several tons of such seeds as migno-
nette, sweet peas, nasturtium, memo
philia, and candytuft to supply the con-
tents of the millions of packets that
are distributed each season. One large
London firm gets through six tons of
mignonette and twelve tons of sweet
peas; while, among vegetables, they
have laid themselves out to distribute
1000 bushels of garden peas!
When it is stated that each bushel
scales about half hundredweight, it
will be seen this represents the astound-
ind weight of 1850 tons, or sufficient
to fill $4,000 sacks, or l56 ordinary
railway trucks. OF turnip seeds they
expect their crops to give them sever
al hundred tons, the greatest market
for this seed just now being New Zea-
land, where the root is largely grown
for producing the mutton so popular
in this country. Glover and grass
seeds are also handled by the hundred
tons in the course of season.
The little canary and other cage birds
require several hundred tons OF the ca
nary grass seed every year. Aston
ishing rs it may seem, it is nevertheless
true that one seed firm distributed
over 100 tons of this bir(lseed i'm twelve
Although certain seeds are handled
in such enormous quantities, there are
others that are worth many times their
weight in gold. These mostly consist
of choice strains of flowers Take, as
instances, the double begonia, worth
about 5000 an ounce, calceOlaria about
$50. and certain sorts of pansies
$40.
Some of these seeds are as minute
as dust, yet the contents of each tiny
packet as offered for sale comprise so
many seeds. the exact number being
counted in by an operator skilled at
the work, and who is obliged to wear
specially constructed glasses.
a flower farm is delightful sight in
where breadths of one to ten
acres of brilliant colors make an effec-
tive mark in the landscape, and produce
series of chrOmatic hues of the most
character. A recent visit to
a field garden of this description calls
to mind Il few of the beautiful things
we saw.
The first to arrest attention was a
new chrysanthemum, with rosette-
like center and broad margin of ray
forets of a pale peach color, and dark
brown and claret at the base-a sin
gular combination of colors, attractive
and distinct.
From this neutral tint the eye p
irresistiblv drawn to the fiery mass of
orange scarlet. selscted variety of
nasturtium. so bright that workmen
only spend an hour or two at time for
wedding, the intensity of the color aft
ecting the eye. Large breadths of pop
pies were gorgeous, but less dazzling
for. being in mixtute, the effect of the
richly colored varieties was subdued
by the neutral tints.
Fancy ten acres of ground covered
with larkspur 'bands" of separate col
ors, with Intervening blocks of memo