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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-08

comes true to name. Very many valua-
BILE ones are, doubt not, lost every year,
through the failure of private growers
all over the country to recognize and fix
them.
But seedlings-now there is chance
for skill and hope and patience-in fact,
a large segment of the Christian virtues.
To begin, you must raise the seed and
choose the species that shall be parents
of your new plant with care. They
must be stocky, healthy plants, too, and
two, or at most three, flowers are enough.
Cross fertilization is made possible by
the fact that the anthers of the stamens
open earlier than do the pores of the
ovaries. From the flower which is to be
fertilized the stamens are to be clipped
off as soon as they develop. Then few
hours later pollen is gathered from the
the anthers of the other flower and with
fine camel's hair pencil laid upon the
pistil of the first one. Then the whole
transaction is recorded-date, names Of
parent, sorts, and the fertilized flower
carefully watched. If the calix swells
and after awhile ripens into seed, the
operation has been success. Thus
when the seeds are ripe, they are sowed
and the resultant plants carefully nursed
till they reach the stage of blossom.
There the beautiful uncertainty makes
itself manifest. Two magnificent varie-
ties have been known to come from q
batch of dozen seed, and again 10000
have not given new sort worth a name.
Indeed, experienced growers say that
one success IN 10000 sowings is about
the average. They say also that very
many flowers perfect from the growers
point of view have never been heard Of
outside of greenhouses, because for some
occult and wholly inexplicable reason
fashion would have none of them
Home and Farm,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-08
Notes by the WaYside.

A correspondent-'A me:
II notice you inquire about violets.
They are very common around Jackson
vile. You could very easily fix a bed
for them on the east side of the house,
and make it rich and heavy. They have
beautiful violet hue, grow profusely,
and have blossoms like the wild ones
very large and deep purple.
These white hollyhocks come from Cal
ifornia; they are exquisite, and as easy
to raise as Gurnip.
Sow the seed now out of doors in a
rather moist, cool place; ia few months
during the rainy season, plant where
you wish them to remain. The hot Flor
ida sun is hard on hollyhocks; so try
and find spot-againstSthe fence, or
some corner, where the morning sun,
only, will shine on them. [ have had
good success growing them against a
wall"
Many thanks for these suggestions. I
have had hollyhocks to grow foot or
two tall, but not to bloom. Something
happened, probably the pet horse COW
eted them. Mine were grown, $50 far),
in an open bed in the east yard, where
half the day the sun shines. Some one
may profit by "Aida's" suggestions in
regard to violets, as well as hollyhocks.
IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.
I nave but one variety of caladium, @.
esculatum, Cor Taro). The fancy leaved
plants may be found at the florists, at
about 90 cents each.
Pink oxalis bulbs retail at 10 cents
per dozen. However my customers al
ways get more than dozen for their
two nickles. If planted now these little
bulbs will increase so fast that there will
be nice bed of bloom next fall and win
ter. The clover-like foliage is perfec-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-08
Flowers for the Garden.

A border of beautiful Towering plants
is pleasing acquisition to any place,
and yet how few such borders are seen
in city or country. There is large
number of hardy plants admirably
adapted to this kind of planting and l
will name some of them. There is the
magnificent orange lily, which is so
hardy and beautiful both in flowers and
foliage; the lemon lily, with it's golden
flowers borne on long and graceful stems;
the double tiger lily, noted tor it's hardi-
hood, and which is so attractive in plant
and bloom; there is Yucca filamentosa,
an evergreen plant, which produces beau
tiful white, bell-shaped flowers on tall
stems, and D1elytra spectabilis, with it's
beautiful foliage and pink flowers; the
beautiful white, red and pink peony,
and last, but not least, the German and
Japan iris. These are marvels of beauty
and hardwood and are my special favor
ties.
These are only few of the maLy
hardy border plants in existence, but l
name them because they are Of special
value, and they are well suited to each
other and can be planted in the same
bed, or border, receive the same care
and give excellent results. They are
all easily grown, are free from insect
pests and after once planted, will bloom
and last for a lifetime.
Only those who are acquainted with
the merits of these flowers can imagine
the rich beauty and grand display such
combination would make, and how
satisfactory they would be, especially
those who know but little about the Gull
lure of flowers or have but little time,
inclination or strength to give them.
We can recommend this collection to
all, both the amateur and professional
florist will be delighted with them
Farm, Field and Fireside.
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500 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity Catarrh being constitu-
tional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in
it's curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testimoni-
ais.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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How to Grow Roses.

wonder, a flower lover said the other
day, that many of the women who have
to do with it, do not 60 in for the devel-
opment of new roses. No; the field is
not one that promises swift and
certain return; that is the very reason
1t should appeal to those in need of a
hobby. New roses come to pass you
know, in just two ways-they are either
seedlings or sports. A sport, under
stand, is branch of growing rose that
is not content to blossom after the way
Of it's parent stem. 1t has different
form, or color, or habit of growth
sometimes all three-in which case it is
trebly valuable. How it comes to be a
sport the wise men are not agreed. Some
say it is through inherent tendency to
variation; others declare that it is due
to environme temperature,
light, exposure and fertilizers. ] my
self think both causes are operative to a
degree, but believe further that the
potential use of it is one of natures
secrets as yet unsurpassed. A very
famous sport is the pink rose Brides
maid, which developed from the yet
more famous white rose Bride. AS
roses are propagated from cuttings,
sport once we'll established usually
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For Sale.

The following varieties of flower seeds
Will sell at 2 cents a packet, five pack
cts for cents, seven for 10 cents, when
stamped envelope is sent with order.
Balsams, mixed; Balloon vine, Balsam
apple, Beyonopsis marble vlne), Gamma
Nepalensis, @. faccida, and scarlet
lowered Gamma; Castor bean (Ricinus),
Crotalaria retusa (Florida sweet pea or
West Indian rattle-box), Cypress vine,
white; Lantana, Marigold, Thunbergia,
yellow; Wistaria, blue; Velvet bean, Tin.
MIA, Watermelon {Kolb Gem). For these
two very fine Ipomeas [ ask cents per
packet, Mexicana hybrida alba white
Mexican moon fower) and Brazilian
Morning Glory, delicate lavender.
l have also few bulbs and tubers
Chat may be sent by maiD at following
prices: A marylis equestre, cents
each, three for Is cents; Tube rose,
double, 5 cents, four for Is cents; smaller
bulbs, 10 cents per dozen: Caladium Cor
Taro), 6 cents each; Madeira vine, two
for cents; Butterfly lily, cents.
1 can supply Gamma roots, Pereskia
Aculeata, and many others, at reason
able rates on application.
Though I ask you to pay the postage,
you will notice you always get the worth
of your money, especially when order
ing five packets or more of seeds. If
satisfaction is not given, would always
be glad to be informed of it.
M. G.. MILLS.
St. Thomas, Pasco County. Fla.
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ton for edges of beds and borders, or for
veranda boxes.
/ have but two roses for saIe-both
evergreen; the Cherokee, white, single,
and a lovely tinted, very double
and fragrant rose, 20 cents each, strong,
well-grown plants. M. G.. MILLS.
st. Thomas, Fla.
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The Flower Garden.

Farmers wives are apt to err in lay
ing out their flower gardens by planting
more than they have the time and
strength TO properly tend. The busiest
time with the flowers is also the busiest
time with the farm, and the good man
himself tired, does not even tend the
Kitchen garden, much less the flowers,
which he cannot eat and does not wish
to wear. Boys are hum bugs. The theory
that they will carry sunshine to the
mothers heart by digging and watering
and training, under her loving direc ton,
among the flowers is very beautiful, but
rests on no basis of fact.
1t is, therefore, almost certain that
the most comfort will be had from a
small garden with few plants arranged
to bloom in succession, and so rich that
the growth is wonderful. These the
mother and the daughters can them.
selves tend after the first deep spading
in the spring, which, by hook or crook,
can generally be had Of the men. A
strip three feet wide and thirty three
feet long will contain ninety-nlne square
feet and will supply an hours necessary
work six days in the week all summer
to one bodied woman, and the
wealth of bloom which can be gathered
from such a strip we'll tended is marvel
Gus.
But the housewife possessing such a
strip must have an infinite capacity to
say "No" both to kind friends and to
Der own inclinations when offered, as
she will be weekly, some new or rare
plant to add to her collection. For If
she begins to crowd her plants, she is
lost. She cannot tend them properly.
Their roots and branches will inter-twine
and expend energy fighting each other
for nourishment and light which should
be spent in producing blooms of rare
size and splendor. If she has no capac-
ity to refuse gifts, let her at least set
apart gift patch somewhere in the
rear, where she may bestow such labor
as is available after caring for her real
flower garden. OF course. it is not nice
to neglect the gifts of kind friends, but
many must choose between that and
spelling their gardens or striving for the
impossible .-San Francisco Chronicle.
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THERE has been great deal of inn
provement in live stock breeding the
past few years, and vast improvement
in feeding CT meat animals, but the good
work needs to be pushed further. No
man is apt to do good work unless he
takes a pride in it and puts enthusiasm
into it. Most of the raisers and feeders
ought to feel ashamed instead of proud
of the live stock now marketed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-08
Holm L. NUCKOLS, dealer In Improved and
- Unimproved Real Estate. DeLand, Fla.

+ HAVE some of the finest Orange Groves and
l. Wild Land, Large or Small properties-Some
in the Indian River section. Send for circular
G. P. WILLIAMS, Oviedo, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-08
FLORAL DEPARTMENT..

Address all communications to Floral Depart
ment AGRICULTURIsT, DeLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-08
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES,

For market gardener.
For tobacco farmer.
For pleasure resort.
For vineyard.
For dairy farmer.
For sanitarium.
Address FL. LAPENOTIERE,
tt Tampa, Fla.
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Real Estate Directory,

A'sy one contemplating the purchase Of ,sGs
estate in Florida should zUvite to the ba,ties
6el07O tn zOAate0er section they visA to Acat<G
tits Mee60vte the Ag'temltwrsst to haze mon-
but first class firms rebresented TN this eOltmnt
D EST BARGAINS ever given in orange groves
lands. Call on or address 81. A. DeLand, De-
Land, Fla.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-22
CITY SOLDIERS ARE BEST.
Modern Warfare Is Easiest Learned
Ey Them,

Modern Warfare Is Easiest Learned
Ey Them.
The old saying of the recruiting SER
geants that 1.-THE best soldiers come
from the plow-tail" is hardly correct
when looked at in the light of modern
military experience. 1t is quite true
that in the past regiments recruited
from the country districts have again
and again made themselves conspicuous
for gallantry and endurance, but the
changed conditions of modern warfare
appear to have enabled the town-bred
soldier to rather more than catch up
with his country-bred comrade. Sta
tistics show that he is more rapidly
promoted, that he is more fertile in re-
source, more adaptable to clrcu1n-
stances and quicker in learning the de-
tails of his business, while the improved
conditions of town life seem to have
placed him nearly on par with regard
to stamina. In France there are no
two opinions on the subject-the best
soldiers come from Paris; and when it
is remembered that after the practical
destruction of the regular French army
ut Metz and Sedan the victorious vet
Grams of Germany were held at bay for
five months by the raw levies mostly
drawn from the French towns, there
seems but little doubt that the French
opinion is correct.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-22
FRENCH PRETENDERs.
How They Expect to Gain Possession Of
the Throne of France.

How They Expect to Gain Possession of
the Throne of France.
The prominent French papers have
Of late been devoting much space to
Prince Napoleon and the Due Orleans,
the pretenders to the throne Of France.
The former has written an open letter
setting forth the principles Of the ple-
biscit upon which he bases his claims
as the will of the people. The Duo
,d'orleans rears his claims upon the
grounds of the "pacte social conclu
jadis par la nation franchise avec SEES
ancetres," that is, upon the social COM
pact concluded in olden times between
France and his forefathers. The prince
desires only ratification of this COM
pact by the people.
AS to the struggle the two pretenders
are making, the Figaro says that of the
royalists is eventual insurrection,
while that of the Bonapartes is "event-
ual submission" In the Echo de Paris
q writer, who signs himself "Per-
tinax,s says that the population of
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-22
A COMMON MIsQUoTATIoN.
Our Orators Should Read tho Declaration
of Independence Again.

Our Orators Should Read tho Declaration
of independence Again.
Probably three out of four Fourth Of
July orators in their speeches this year
quoted the Declaration of Independence
US claiming that: Cali men are created
free and equal" The mistake has been
common in the past and it Is as preva-
lent now as ever. Presidents Of the
United States, members of congress,
governors and host of lesser lights
have made the blunder, and to their
number can be added editors and dis
tins1lished orators like the late Henry
Ward Beecher. Nevertheless, the Dec
laration does not say that sail men are
created free and equal" and it would
not be true if it did. No person Is
created free. He or she is subject 70.
years to the control Of parents or guard.
ians, and natural laws recognize this
subsection as right. What the Declara-
ton does say is that: "All men are
created equal" There may be some dis
sent from that doctrine, as there is an
evident difference among men in mental
and physical endowment at birth. But
while the Declaration of independence
is quoted as saying they are, 1t had bet.
ter be quoted correctly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-22
WOULD RESTORE PARITY.
Free Coinage Would Give Us BimetanIsm
In a Practical Way.

Free Coinage Would Give Us Bimetanism
In a Practical Way.
Agoldite organ trying to reply to
the assertion that this country is suf-
fering from money famine says that
there is an abundance of money in the
United States, meaning by that paper.
silver, gold and all othes kinds of cur
rency. In this it displays its igno-
rance. The country is suffering from q
famine of standard money, and 1t does
SO in common with all the remainder
of the gold-using world. It makes no
difference whether there is more gold
or less in a particular country. The
trouble is that there is not enough in
the whole gold-using world taken to-
gether. It is because prices are meas
ured by the whole quantity of gold
in the gold-using world that they have
fallen so low, and it is because they
would be measured by the whole guam
tity Of gold and silver taken together
that they would rise if we had bimet-
allism. Free coinage would give US
bimetallism in a practical way because
it would restore the parity between the
two metals, and it would do so be-
cause of the great power of this coun-
try to absorb money. The commerce
of the United States, foreign and do
nestle, would create such demand
for American silver dollars that they
would be accepted upon q parity with
gold where.-Exchange
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-22

may be considered as the result of an
extreme development of conditions
which otherwise produce thunder
storms.
a cyclone, on the other hand, is a very
broad storm, oftentimes 1000 miles in
diameter, and sometimes can be fol-
lowed half way around the world; the
wind circulates about it from right to
left, or the way one turns clock hands
backward lin the southern hemisphere
this motion is reversed). The air pres
sure always falls Us one approaches
the center, where, at sea, there is
portentious calm, with clear sky visi-
BILE at times. The cyclone winds often
rise to hurricane force, but are not to
be compared with the extreme violence
of the tornado, before which the most
solid structures are RACED.
The French term trombe, or tour
billion, describes almost exactly the tor
nallo, which term was first applied to
severe squalls, with funnel-shaped
clouds, experienced on the west coast
of Africa, and which to this day in
spire the utmost fear in the minds of the
natives.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-22
A Curious Test of Coins.

In America an alloy of one-tenth cop
per is used in coins to harden them and
make them less susceptible to abrasion.
In England the amount of alloy is less
Recently controversy
arose among the mint officials of Lon
don as to which coins, English or Amer
lean, would last the longest. In order
to put the matter to test two small
steel cylinders We're fixed on a re-
volving rod and one filed with United
States and the other with British coins.
1t is needless to say that all Of the let
tiers, milling, reading, ETC., We're worn
from the English coins 10 hours before
they were finally totally eifaced from
the American coins.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-22
PRINCE NAPOLEON.

France need no longer worry itself
when 1T gets up in the morning as to
whether the sauce for breakfast is to
be the royalist or imperial or half-and-
half. Each pretender is fighting for
himself, and it does not seem that there
Is possibility of their ever joining
forces. This has led the Figaro to
Like the situation to that in one of
La Fontaine's fables, in which the cat
set several disputants to fighting in
order that they should devour one an
other. "The cat" says the Figaro, "is
socialism. Beware of the cat."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-22

Hs ges s5'Sss s SSEs ia. 3 sss
Howe s painting Vernon Springs bridge s 50
Howe G w bridge work 8 so
Hamilton 4 work 'f for p0cf ia." ~
Haley John twp trustee eco
= !" county road work SO so
hildahl bridge work IS 90
Hollister Lumber Co bridge lumber 261 81
Iowa Institute for feeble minded clothing
1nsl assaaR Waiter witness, e 1 1S
Irvine James com work poor farm Z 90
September session q 20
Irwin Joseph bridge work 8 90
Irvine James county road work 40 20
johnson I S mower for poor farm 80 90
y ~ goods poor farm 2 20
jacobson Hans September session.. % a
Is committee work on bridge 146 Al
kach Albert planting corn poor farm 20
Klemme Bros bridge lumber Ss4 % g g
Keilow VIM jr goods s for R ggSr ?, = ( :
T" " sundltes court house so
Klemme j W & B bridge lumber SO SO 80 10
kessell Geo wood for poor 90
/" professional services for poor 9 90
LOOMS 7 goods for poor farm 81 80
nails for bridges SO
Independence 20 04
Lean w j sexton work for poor 3 90
LOOMS H E goods poor farm and poor s Gu
I-ei6o Fred bridge work 1920
LIE valley work at court house 275
Ludwig John bridge work $50
Tomas q Kessel medicine for poor 20 IS
Martin Nick horse killed by dogs As 90 80 IS
MCPHERSON m .siling tubes 90
I" :. postage and express IS
>, :" salary for July 1903 90
M Mssd'ss I fR;]a sIss xsTs 50, IS
McAndrew Andrew balm grand jury 6 90
marsh A + stone to I'll waShOut IS 90
Mead w re F printing 10 70
MCPHERSON A salary for Aug l04 90
+" % postage and freight SS7
mailing tubes 90
Meredith III township clerk 20 e.
Morris Evans house rent for poor 4C1
Mabry j professional services for poor s so
Merrill George two days meeting with
board education 6 65
Merrill George September session 25 IS
:" repair county, line bridge 81 90
eom Mork D on 6rid @es Isl Is Is
Palmer Bros bridge lumber IA 40
Ringold J II work on soldiers monument 40 20
Roche I II baliff dc is 90
Reed Hall paint for poor farm 1S 10
River E l. bridge work 10 25 I'd over
Radford member soldiers relief com 8 80
Ru t,e 70 r. having at poor farm go
Roche W & Son goods for poor 900
Richards mar surveying and plating
simo Ga i 5 coroners fees sc go
:. - Services for poor 34CO
Sawyer W bal,ff dc 20 so
:. 8 sheriff fees 500
Salisbury d w sand for court house 20
Thorn Frank horse injured by dogs Is 90 IL IS
Thomas j postage $40
NerDa Wenzel steer killed by dogs Is y I'd over
Meoster d postals and blanks Z 90
Wittenbreir II damage Of horses by
dogs % 90 I'd over
Webster e B blanks 90
Welsh jacob assisting G. Jerk Of court II so
Wells A bridge work 43 so
White E bridge work 27 so
Webster G digging basement for
court house BIS
Widman note books for court reporter Cd
Webster E B printing 575
Mllbraham VIM salary Sd quarter 1895 125 90
MatrOs u L goods and work for pr 81 12
Zetner Bros goods for poor $50
On motion board adjourned sine
die.
w. G.. FISH,
County Auditor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-22
A Perfect 1rlt Needed.

a well-known club woman the other
day went to her dressmaker to order
n gown. The woman asked ct once:
"Shall you Wear it at club meetings?"
The reply was in the affirmative. "And
to make speeches in2" was the next
question. Again she said yes. "Then
I must have it trimmed accordingly"
said the dressmaker. SIT will be eyed
closely and for long periods Of timo
Mt once by women at leisure to observe.
Such a gown must be absolutely per-
feet"