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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-10
AS to Carnations.

George w. Tyler, in Alameda Argus,
says: If you are going to grow car
nations remember it is just as easy to
grow a good variety as a poor one. I
will give list of varieties which [ con-
slider the best for outside planting in
the Alameda soil. In whites, my first
choice is Flora HILL very strong
grower and free from disease. Second,
tons. It is a remarkably strong
grower and throws flowers from three
to four inches across. 1t is not as free
bloomer as the former, but if per-
son wants a pink that when it does
bloom makes a flower that will attract
the attention of every one, give this
variety a trial.
In light pinks, I advise, first, Victor,
sport from Daybreak. 1t is much
stronger in growth and produces larg-
er flowers of deeper shade than the
latter. Second, Daybreak. For little
darker pink my first choice is Tr1-
umph; second, William Scott. Proba-
bly, William Scott is the best all-round
pink of it's shade that is grown Dark
pinks; I advise, first, the introduction
of this year, Painted Lady; second,
Sievers' No. 81, now named Mrs. e. Fl.
Childs. This is very strong grower
and has enormous flowers produced on
long, stiff stems. Third, Argyle, an
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not be complete without number of
vines, and the following are all Of a
desirable nature, Carolina yellow
jessamine," Wistarias in variety, rhyn-
cospermum jasminoides, the so-called
star-jasmine;;" Bignonia alba, ampel-
opsis veitchii, the Boston ivy; Kenil-
worth or English ivy, Tecoma radicans
honeysuckles in variety, BignOnia ca
preolata, Euonymus radicans, and the
Cherokee and Mccartney roses; roses
as a class are usually hardy and are
seldom injured, either in shrubby or
climbing varieties.
There are hosts of tuberous or bull
bous-rooted plants easily grown, which
are not damaged materially by severe
cold, among which are all aquatics,
crinums in variety, pancratiums, can
mas, phrynium, hedychium, heliconias,
amOmum cardamOmum, alocaSias, cal
albums, amaryllis, Iris and many 9TH
ers, all of easy growth and desirable.
The tropical plants which can be
planted out in Florida and are sure to
sprout up again after freezing, MAX
ing a show of foliage or flowers dur
ing the summer and autumn are many
and valuable; a list of them could be
carried up into hundreds of species, in
vines, shrubs and small trees.
Along the lower coast regions and
through parts of the interior the more
tender plants ordinarily hardy we'll up
into the State, are uninjured by cold;
the most prominent are oleanders, jes-
samines, roses, myrtles, plumbagoes,
Tecomas, murraya exotica, meyenias,
hydrangeas, ga1phimia nitida, duran
tas, clerOdendrons, cestrums, bauhi-
MAS, ardisias acacias, agaves, etc.
Strictly tropical growths as ALBANIAN
das, hibiscus, acalyphas, crotons, dra-
caenas, pandanus, aralias, panax, JUS
ticias, jacaranda mimosaefolia, poinci-
anas, hamelias, ficus, bougainvilleas,
aloes, with many others, combined
with tropical palms, bamboos and ele-
CANT exotic shade trees are doing we'll
on the extreme coasts and adjoining
islands.
Your committee has not been able
to make a thorough report and trusts
the suggestions may bring out valua-
BILE discussion.
Respectfully submitted.-E. n. Rea-
soner, before the State horticultural
Society.
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First, Mrs. Brandt This is a remark
ably fine flower, but the growth is not
strong. That is, it does not form a
large plant the first season. Lily Dean
is a little inferior to Mrs. Brandt and
is fine garden variety. Psyche is an
1899 introduction and is an improved
Helen Keller; while the flower is not
as full as the Mrs. Brandt it is just as
large and as finely marked, but much
stronger in growth and more free in
bloom. Mrs Northway is an 1899 in
PRODUCTION 1t is very strong in growth
and has enormous flowers of light
pink shaded to white on the edge.
If left on the plant the flower turns to
a pure white. The grass of this vari-
ETY. is from one-quarter to one-half
inch across. Princess Bonnie is an
other fine garden variety, but is sub
ject to stem rot if the foliage is wet.
This should be in every garden.
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FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Address all communications to F-oral De
partment, Agriculturist, DeI-and. Fla.
Hardy Shrubs and Trees.

The recent cold weather having dam
aged plants and trees over a great por-
ton of Florida, makes it expedient to
carefully select subjects for ornament
al planting, and your committee will
briefly touch ON some hardy plants de-
sirable for the great central part Of the
State. AS with all vegetation, orna-
mentals suffered more or less by the
severe cold of February last, and only
the most hardy came through unin-
jured. The hardy shrubs of the north
are not as a rule suitable for growing
in Florida, and we find but few
grown; of course these were unhurt
by freezing and the early Towering
sorts have been blooming during the
spring. Among the best of this class
are spiraeas, deutzias, calycanthus,
weigelias and Philadelphus, which are
all deciduous. Another hardy decidu-
Gus shrub is the indispensable Grape
myrtle, in four distinct varieties
white, pink, purple and crimson.
Among the best hardy evergreen
shrubs may be placed magnolia fus-
cata, raphiolepis Ovata, o1ea fragrans,
ligustrum amurense, gardenia Florida,
pittosporum tobira, Taurus nobilis, myr-
tus communis, euonymus in variety,
tree box, yuccas in variety, camellia
japonica, aucuba japonica and jasmi-
mum revOlutum. Coniferous evergreens
should be treated as a distinct class,
and there are many that are desirable,
in both shrubs and trees. The follow
ing are of satisfactory growth on any
well-drained soil, and will withstand
sharp freezing. Callitris robusta cy-
press pine of Australia; cedrus deo-
dara, great cedar Of the Himalayas;
nese shrubby confer; cryptomeria ia
ponica, Japanese cedar; cupressus, or
true cypress in a number of species all
of fine habit and mostly quick growth;
libocedrus decurrens, white cedar of
California; retinospora, the Japanese
cypress, in variety, all more or less
dwarf; and thuya, the Arborvitae, in
considerable variety; the latter genus
contains the most valuable subjects
for hedge purposes, for both ornament
and use.
The best hardy shade trees are selec-
tons from our native forest growth, es-
pecially magnolias, bays, oaks, holly
elm, Carolina laurel-cherry and gum,
supplemented by a few exotics, such
as the umbrella China tree, Chinese
soap tree, camphor and Japanese var
nish tree.
In palms the most hardy are three or
four species of cocos, notably. A1phon-
sii, Or Belair palm; Chamaerops hui
mills, of Europe, G. hystrix, our native
species; Latania Borbonica, Chinese
fan palm; Phoenix Canariensis, Ca
nary Island date; Sabal palmetto, our
native tree palmetto, and the gigantic
Mexican palmetto, Sabal Mexicana
These have passed through most Sc
we're freezing without damage, even to
the young leaves After palms come
bamboOs in a considerable variety of
hardy sorts, and mostly natives of
China and Japan; among the most
common may be mentioned Arundo
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Iron County register., 1899-08-17
MURDERED BY A VOLUNTEER.
Two Police officers of Denver shot
and Killed by a Desper-
ate Recruit.

Denver, Col, Aug. 1.-Two police
officers were murdered here at one
o'clock yesterday morning by re-
cruit belonging to Company L, Thir-
ty-fourth volunteer infantry, now sta
toned at Fort Logan. Three soldiers
had been raising a disturbance in
Louis Klipfel's saloon, at the corner of
Market and Twentieth streets, during
the night, and Offer Tom Clifford was
notified of their action and asked to
keep his eye on them. He followed
them for an hour or so and came
upon the men at the corner of Blake
and Twentieth streets. He was about
to accost the soldiers when one of
them turned on him and placing the
muzzle of a revolver to his breast, sent
bullet through his heart. Clifford ex-
pired almost instantly.
All three of the soldiers Their started
to run, but two were overtaken and
captured. The one that did the shoot
ing, however, continued running, with
Officer w. E. Griffith on bicycle III
pursuit.
The fleeing man lodged through al
leys and open lots for several blocks,
the SlEeSlS. oH
Sixteenth street, near the Union depot
the officer saw the man making for
the yiaduct. He shot at him twice, the
soldier returning the fire, mortally
wounding Griffith. He died few min
utes later while being conveyed in an
ambulance to the station.
The entire police and detective force
of the city was sent out after the man
and the country for miles around has
been patrolled and searched without
getting any trace of the double mur-
dered, except that a man answering his
description was seen on Fifteenth
street few moments after Griffith
was shot.
His two companions, who are now in
Jail, deny any knowledge of the muir
derer, but from other recruits who
saw the three together during Satur-
day evening it was learned that the
name of the man who did the killing
was Wellington c. Llewellyn, and that
he came from Globe, Ariz.
A reward has been offered for him
dead or alive.
There was talk of lynching should
he be taken alive, but this seems to
have died out.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

SOUTH CAROLINA TEA.

lF'rom a report to the secretary of agrt.
culture by Charles u. Shepard wbo qs n
charge of the experimental tea psrden af
Summerville. S. c. h A.
A school for the education of negro.
children in tea picking has been es-
tablished.
The fact that the tea plants lived
through last winter when the most in.
tensely cold weather in the history Of
the section was experienced is a guar
-antee that the weather conditions wills
prove satisfactory.
There are now about so ceres of land
under tea cultivation and 3,Gco rounds.
were sold last year at a profit of 2S
per cent. 1t is estimated that when all
the plants now growing arrive at ma
turity they will yield 10000 pounds an
nually.
The quality of the tea has proved
satisfactory. OF the black tea he saws:
1T has distinctly Characteristic
flavor, and like some of the choioer
oriental teas, its liquor has more
strength than its color indicates" The
green tea, he says, has attracted keen
interest in the trade and among con-
sumers, and he adds that oriental teas
can hardly furnish the like in this
country"
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The Continental Telephone and Tel,
egraph and Cable Co., capital 81 ,00o,-
600, was incorporated at Trenton, N.
J., OF The 11th.
The advisability of building a float
ing dry dock at Cavite, Philippine is
lands, is being generally discussed by
the officials of the navy department,
and it is not improbable that a rec
ommendation for such dock may be
made by Secretary Long in his annual
report.
The names of the vessels, owned or
chartered, comprising the Philippines
transport fleet, with their passenger
capacities, are as follows: Grant, L.
500 men; Sherman, 1900; Hancock,
1850; Pennsylvania, 1000; Valencia,
500; Zealandia, 500; City of Para, l.
900; Tartar, 200; Indiana, 900; New
port, 500; Ohio, 734; City of Sydney,
700; Senator, 712; st. Paul, $50; Nor
gan City, $50.
On the morning of the 11th, heavy
cloudburst visited the eastern part of
Noble county, o., doing an inestimable
amount of damage to corn and tobacco
crops. 1t is feared that much stock
has been drowned. The water rose
five feet over the Belleaire, GAINESVILLE
& Cincinnati railroad tracks at Har-
kins' station, and through trains were
abandoned.
All the eastern roads have agreed
that persons taking advantage of the
rate of one cent mile to go to the G..
A. r. encampment at Philadelphia.
may stop over at either Niagara Falls
or Washington. Persons wanting to
stop over at any other intermediate
points must pay the rate of one fare,
plus 50. This will entitle them to go
to Philadelphia by any direct route
and return by any other directr route.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
AMERICAN FRUIT INDUSTRY.
Efforts Making for It's Proper Dis
play at the Paris ExpOsf-
tiOn Next Year.

Washington, Aug. 14.-In view of
the growing Importance of the fruit
industry of this country, an especial
effort will be made to make an attract
i've showing of fruits at the Paris eN-
position, and Director Dodge, of the
agricultural department, has pre-
prepared circular which will
be sent broadcast over the
country, asking for contributions
to the proposed exhibit. He says that
arrangements are being made for rep
resentative exhibits of canned, pre-
served and evaporated fruits, but that
especial pains will be taken to MAIN
tain, during the entire period of the
exposition a display of fresh fruits of
varieties suitable for export.
To accomplish this it will be neees-
sary to provide supply of specimens
of the more durable fruits (such as
winter apples, pears, citrus fruits.
cranberries, nuts, etc. of the crop Of
the present season for display at the
opening of the exposition and until
specimens of the crop of next year are
available.
1t is intended that all of the more
important fruit-growing districts of
tie United States shall be represented
in this exhibit and the active co-opera-
ton of growers and other persons in
terested is therefore solicited. The
exhibit will be collective, but each con-
tributor will receive the fullest credit
for what he shows and the same con-
sideration from the jury of awards
that he would have if individual space
were allotted him. Collections made
by states, horticultural societies.
boards of trade, shipping associations,
railroad companies, ETC., will have the
same consideration as those from IN
dividuals.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
The Klse in Nfanila Hernn

London, Aug. 13.-Manila hemp rose
ten shillings. Large quantities were
bought on the prospect of further
rise, in consequence of the unexpect~
ed resumption of hostilities in the
Philippines, and the belief that the
military operations will drive the ma
tises from the fields, and that the
worlds supply viii be practically cut
off. The stock of hemp in the Philip
Pines was reported August 3, to he
$4,000 bales. compared with $4,000
bales in 1898.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
Mrs. Flouri.s Mistake.

Mrs. Gustave Flouri mistook dead
body at the ST. Louis morgue for her
husband. He surprised her by walk
ing in and-received her blessing.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
a pact with an officer accused of trea-
WIN Make the Fur Fly.

d plICt Will dl olIfS0i aNSoSSO ~ - ANs&-
son.
VIII Make the Fur Fly.
Cas;mir-Peri has a habit of think.
ing n1orbidly. He has taken deep of
Tense at several assertions of MERCER
and will try conclusions with him to-
day. We expect fur to fiy-in Casimir-
Perier's case canine, in Mercier's
feline.
Countess yon MINISTER'S Letters.
Some of Countess Marie Won Num-
ster's letters in the secret dossier were
to Mile Lucie Faure. They may be
forgcries. / can not imagine that she
gave them to the minister of war Us
proof that the family of the German
ambassador took an interest in Drey-
fus.
The SchwartzkOppen Letter.
The Schwartzkoppen letter, speak
ing of the impetuous intervention in
the affair of the German emperor for
reasons unknown even to Hohenlohe,
is believed to be genuine. In this con-
nection, it is said, in military circles,
that lady in whom Emperor William
took deep interest had fshed out for
him Dreyfus as person competent to
inform his majesty on French military
questions. This lady, it is said, was
relative of the late Jacques Saint Cere.
of the Figaro, who was condemned to
13 months imprisonment for black
mailing the late Millionaire Max Lee
baudy.
She came to Paris as pictorial art
list. as the story goes, and exhibited in
the solon. There was such lady, but
I should be sorry to declare her the
mistress of the German emperor and
the temptress of Dreyfus. What the
officers say about her may be another
lie, which should be nailed to the coun-
ter. Military credulity is boundless.
EMILY CRAWFORD,
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The third assistant postmaster gen.
eral, Mr.. Madden, has decided upon a
plan for the registration of mail mat
ter by letter carriers at the door in
the resident sections of cities having
the free delivery system. The same
idea is to be extended to the rural free
delivery service as soon as the plans
are perfected.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The state department received from
the Italian authorities, on the Sth, a
copy of the complete report made by
Marquis Romano, secretary of the Iral-
ian legation in Washington, on his
personal investigation of the recent
lynching of five Italians at Talulah, La.
The report represents the affair in a
serious light.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
Never Recovered From the Shock.

Mrs. Mary Earjxson, aged %, died at
the home of her father, John Marnell,
in St. Joseph. She was the widow of
William p. Earixson,a young man who
committed suicide May % by taking
carbolic acid. The young woman never
recovered from the shock of her hus-
bands tragic death
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

Acting Secretary Meiklejohn, on the
sth, issued a circular designed to pre-
vent smuggling in Cuba and which
virtually applies the United States law
on the subject to the island. 1t pro-
vides for rewards for seizure of SNUG
gled goods and for the recovery of
duties on goods fraudulently taken
into the island.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The common council of Detroit,
Mich, on the 11th, by a vote of "a to
10, reduced the price of street car
fares on the Citizens and Fort Wayne
lines to eight rides for 25 cents. The
company will make a stout legal re-
siStance
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The republican and socialist parties
of Spain have agreed to organize a
campaign demanding the expulsion
from that country of all the religious
orders Senors Salmeron and Iglesias
and other socialists are prominent in
the movement
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

1t is reliably reported that Gen.
Juan Isidro Jiminez, the aspirant to
the presidency of the republic of San
to Domingo, has sent a confidential
agent to New York to carry out GER
tain plans. The agent is fully empow-
cred to present the views of Gen. jim
ineZ
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

Reports of the Great Northern rail-
way officials place the destruction OF
wheat by the recent hail storm in
North Dakota and Minnesota at 300, ,O0O
acres or nearly 100000 bushels. AT
30 cents per bushel this means a loss
of over So. 500 600,
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The Thirty-frst regiment United
States volunteers is now practically
full. One company is made up of fight
ing fuedists from Clay county, KY,
who are not only hardy, but fine
marksmen and soon become we'll
drilled.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

NJ. Mallct-Prevost, at the sitting OF
the Anglo-Venezuelan boundary arbi-
tration commission, in Paris, on the
9th, proceeded with his presentation
of the Venezuelan case, and introduced
evidence with the object of proving
that the Spaniards elected the Dutch
from Cuyuni river, in the right of
Jurisdiction
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
Boy Kills His Sister.

Charles Thomas, aged eight, OF
Springfield, while playing with his fa-
theirs safety" revolver, accidentally
killed his sister, aged five.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
Missouri Poultry for Hawaii.

A Grundy county poultry firm has
received an order for 40 car loads of
live poultry, to be shipped to the Ha-
waiian islands, where good prices are
obtained for American fowls.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

Five hundred business men cf Cleve-
land, o., held an anti-boycott meeting
in the chamber of commerce, on the
9th, and fund of $4,000 was started
TO ferret out the criminals who are
dynamiting cars and creating discord
in the city. In a few minutes time
not less than $4,000 was subscribed.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The Cologne Gazette publishes an
editorial advising German commercial
circles to accept the invitation to be
represented at the Philadelphia expo
sition, because, while admitting that
Germany's commercial relations with
America are unsatisfactory, it would
merely make them worse to abstain
from going to Philadelphia"
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

Government estimates point to a
yield of corn of probably 1900, ,00o
bushels-a heavy increase over last
year and almost within touch of the
record-breaking crop of 1896.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The British battleship Sans Pariel,
while returning from the manouvers,
on the 7th, sank the British ship East
Lothian, Capt. McFarlane, 1889 tens,
off the Lizard. One man was drowned.
The war ship communicated the news
to the other vessels of the fleet by
wireless telegraphy.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
A Fortune in Ireland.

Jasper Strachan, n candy-maker, at
Kansas City, will go to Ireland to take
possession of fortune of $125,0OO to
which he has recently fallen heir.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

According to Bradstreet's the busi-
ness failures in the United States for
the week ended on the 11th numbered
156, as compared with 156 the preced-
ing week, Isl a year ago and PA in
1897. In Canada the failures for the
week number 81, against 26 the week
previous, 80 year ago and 81 in 1897.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

Estimates place the total wheat crop
of the United States this year at $780,
Oco, 900 bushels, with the exception of
1891 and 1898 the largest on record.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
To XIII Smallpox Gems.

Acting under orders from Mayor
Hali,the fire department of Springfield
burned a pretty little cottage on a
prominent street, because the building
was believed by some to be infected
with smallpox germs.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

County Treasurer Joslyn and daugh.
ter, Lillian, were thrown from bug.
gy at Lebanon, by runaway team,
and severely injured.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The following dispatch was received
IN Washington, on the 9th, from San
Juan de Porto Rico: Cyclone just
-passing over island prostrated tele-
graph and telephone lines; several
S;,led. nv quarters wrecked and sig
noI barracks partially demolished;
many other public buildings, likewise;
hundreds of native houses destroyed;
center and couth probably fared
worse"
Iron County register., 1899-08-17
.DREYfUS COURT MARTIAL.
The Case Involving More Than the
Fate of a Mere Captain
of Artillery.
THAT ONLY AN INCIDENT TO THE TRIAL,
The Real Contest Between Brains.
Fighting for Humanity, Justice
and Truth, and Military Caste Con-
tending for rSupremacy-Review of
the Case by Emily Crawford.
Dreyfus. Lawyer shot.

Rennes, Aug. 1.-two men am
bushed Maitre Labori, counsel for
Dreyfus, and one shot was fired, hit
ting Labori in the back. NJ. Labori fell
i'll the roadway. He is still alive.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

d. C. Padgett, prominent farmer
in the north part of Shelby county,
dropped dead in his barn OF heart dis
ease. He was 20 years old.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The various G. A. r. posts of the
Ninth congressional district met in a
four days reunion at Wellsville.
Iron County register., 1899-08-17

The Stricken river steamer Strath-
coma arrived at Wrangle, Alaska, on
the 9th, with so survivors of the Ed
monton's trail. All these men came in
with the pack train sent out from
Telegraph Creek and Laketon by the
various trading companies last spring.
They tell heartrending stories of suf-
feriug, starvation and other calamities
endured.