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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-05-15

"In the entire vegetable world there
are probably no forms OF growth that
attract more general notice than the
Ferns."-Dr. L. M Underwood.
Ferns are associated in my mind
from early childhood days with the
cool springs, the murmuring brooks
and the messy dells of my native state
Wisconsin, Their very name reminds
me Of the Wake-Robin '(Trillium
grandihorum), and the Mayhower
(Epigaea repens), the aromatic Winter
green (Gaultheria procumbens), the
glowing Cardinal-fower (Lobelia car
dinalis) on the edge of the brook, the
dainty Hepatica and the stately Lilies
Lilium superbum and L. canadense)
in the meadows made cheerful by the
frolicking and the sprightly and gush-
ing song of the bobolink: The shady
cedar swamps with their wealth of
Mocassin-fower (Cypripedium regi-
nae), the snowy yellow Lady's Slipper
(Cypripedium pubescens), often grow
ing together in large colonies, rise
again from oblivion The sonorous
song of the veery and the hermit
thrush, the charming strain of the rose
breasted grosbeak, and the f1ute-l1ke
chant Of the Baltimore oriole, the med
ley or numerous vireos and wood
warb1ers, as we'll as the drumming of
the ruhed grause is again recalled to
my mind, and I again see the cleaning
of the scarlet tanager perched on a
bough underneath which the vase-1ike
gigantic fronds of the noble Ostrich
Fern (Onoc1ea struthiopteris) add a
peculiar charm to the scene
Here in Florida, everything is diff
ferent In this subtropical climate
different associations are formed The
climate is warm and humid, the soil in
many localities is moist and mucky
Lakes of smaller and larger size
abound almost everywhere, and ex-
tensive bayheads (swampy places
where the Sweet Bay, Magnolia glauca,
predominates), cypress swamps and
shady ravines are found everywhere
near my present home. Rocks, though
found in many parts of the state, are
conspicuous by their absence in this
vicinity The climate is decidedly
subtropica1 and frosts are slight and
far between These few outlining
words alone are sufficient to lead to the
conclusion that Ferns must be album
dant. and indeed they form quite a
conspicuous feature in the Florida
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-05-15
FERNS IN FLORIDA
By H. Nehr1ing.

landscape More than fifty different
species abound within the limits of the
state. They are found almost every
where. Most abundant they are in the
swamps, along brooks, in shady ravines,
and as epipytes on the limbs of Pal
mettos, Magnolias and Live oaks. In
suitable land for Transforming into
orange groves they grow in countless
numbers and in great variety. On
the seacoast large tracts of brackish
swamps are covered almost entirely
with the noble growth of Aerostichum
aureum. Even in the water we find
a species-the Water Fern-hoating in
the same way as our pretty Water
Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes).
The tourist from the North is sur
prised to find all the woodland cover
ed with two species Of Bracken or
Eagle Fern-Pteris aquilina and Pteris
caudata*). Especially the former
grows in such dense masses in the high
pine lands during spring and summer,
that scarcely any other plant is notice
able. Nature spreads her treasures
with lavish hand, but the majority
Of her worshippers look for flowers
only, passing by the grace and the
charming beauty of the cryptogamic
world. So these two graceful Ferns
do not find the appreciation, they so
well deserve. In fact, they are very
often despised as troublesome weeds.
In rich soil both species grow to
very large size-often three feet high,
Among my Amaryllis I scarcely can
keep them down. The long under
ground stems or runners spread to all
directions, and, stimulated by an album
dant supply of commercial fertilizer,
the color of the huge fronds changes
to glossy metallic green, and the
plants themselves attain such large
size, that Hippeastrums (Amaryllis).
Hymenocallis and Crinums are entire
ly Overshadowed
Not far from these Amaryllis beds,
on the edge of the lake, two other
Ferns-moisture loving species-en-
croach upon my Fancy Ca1adium BEDS
These are the evergreen Woodwardia
Vlrglnlca and the Marsh Fern (Aspi-
dunn Thelypteris). Both like the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-05-15

Street, Looking West.
perfectly dry and withered, but i'm
mediately after a shower they unfurl
and are as green and glossy as ever.
1t grows on a thick layer of vegetable
mould, which has the consistency of
felted mass of dark brown peat, and
which forms excellent material in which
to grow Orchids, Bromelias and many
Aroids particularly Anthuriums) and
Ferns We frequently find pretty
clumps of Epidendrum canopseum and
E. tampense and dense tufts OF Air
Plants (Tillandsia caespitosa, T. juncea,
T. utricalata etc., growing among
them.
/ have already alluded to the fact thar
Florida is exceedingly rich in Ferns,
many of the Northern species associat-
ing with the more tropical forms,
which latter may be regarded as the
elite of their order. One of these
tropical kinds-Phlebodium aureum-
1 have already mentioned. Another
one is quite as abundant in many 10
calities Polypodium pectinatum, the
Ravine Polypody, which is also found
occasionally on the trunks OF Palmet-
tos, but which is much more abundant
in shady ravines A few weeks ago,
visited my good old friend, Mr.. Theo-
dore L. Mead, at Lake Charm famous
all over the world, where the regal
Orchid is cultivated, as hybridizer Of
this class of plants. His hammock
woods were particularly interesting to
me, for their beauty and for the many
Ferns and other plants that are found
there. Here he naturalized quite
tium Ba1ometz Polypodium St; Cath
arinae, Pteris marginatum, and many
other plants. A deep ravine runs
shady subtropica1 woodlands, where
almost every tree is covered from the
base to the crown with wealth Of
epiphytal plants. This ravine has
walls sometimes six to seven feet high,
and entirely perpendicular. Particular
ly on the north side of it, where not a
ray of the sun penetrates, countless
numbers OF Polypodium pectinatum
'grow most luxuriantly, suspending their
graceful fronds, often over three feet
long, in very charming manner.
have never seen a more beautiful and
striking Fern picture. The entire wall
is mass Of elegant clusters Of emerald
featheriness. In many places they
grow so close together that nothing
else can be SEEM They do not root
very deeply, and are therefore easily
collected. l brought quite a number
home with me, and they now flourish
finely among my Caladiums, Marantas
and similar moisture and shade loving
plants. They are exceedingly well
adapted for baskets. The fronds are
plnnate, from one to three and one-half
feet long and enc to two inches wide.
Much more delicate is the similar
Polypodium Plumula, which naturally
grows as an epiphyte on trees and
very often also on old logs. The
fronds are only twelve to eighteen
riches dong and about an inch wide
It is common in hammock woods in
this vicinity, but the distribution is
rather local.
The common Polypody, Polypodium
vulgare, almost cosmopolitan. THOUGH
by no means numerous in this
state, is sometimes found on rocks and
even is an epiphyte on old trees.
A little farther south from here.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-05-15

Observation-Disclosures
company of the Blue and Yellow
Pinguicula (P. elatior and P. lutea),
several Polygalas Up. lutea and P.
nana), the yellow Pitcher Plant (Sar-
racenia fava), terrestrial Orchids, such
as Calopogon multihorus, c. pulchellus,
Platanthera b1ephariglottis, Habenaria
conspicua, Limodorum multihorum and
others. Both, however, grow much
more vigorously in the rich, moist,
half-shady soil of my lath-house, where
commercial fertilizer is frequently ap-
piled to the different Arabs and Mar
antas which here grow
No type of mere beauty in foliage is
so generally admired as that of the
Fern. This admiration is never more
enthusiastically manifested than when
the friend of nature for the first time
casts his eyes upon the huge masses
of our most exquisite Golden Polypody
(Phlebodium aureum) growing like a
wreath just underneath the noble
crowns of the Cabbage Pa1mettos. A
few years ago [ came upon a large
group of these Palmettos on the banks
Of the picturesque St. Johns. Every
Individual was covered with these
Ferns from the base of the trunk to
the very leaf-crown. The sight was
beautiful beyond conception. Each
frond swept in graceful curves, some
bending even to the ground, with
majestic beauty that thrilled me.
Among the epiphytal kinds this Poly
pody is Our most luxuriant and tropic-
al looking species, having always a
noble and most refined appearance
Very frequently these Palms are over
grown by tangled masses of Carolina
Jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens),
Bignonias (Bigonia crucigera), Trum-
pet Creepers, 'Moonfowers, Smi1ax (S
laurifolia, S. 1anceolata. S. Beyrichii)
etc, but all these adjuncts to the
"Princes of the vegetable kingdom"
lack the peculiar charm, the dair1tincss
and the delicate grace of these
epiphytal Ferns, which appear to
have been particularly designed to
form an additional charm to the
Palmettos, for we scarcely see
them anywhere else For many years
the bases Of the old 1eaf-stalks of the
Cabbage Palmetto adhere to the trunks,
giving them very massive and gro
tesque appearance. Between these bases
and the trunk a considerable amount
Of leaf-mold accumulates and the Cold
en- Polypody finds everything prepared
for it's reception When these cid
leaf-stalls drop off it climbs higher and
higher until it forms huge and e1e-
giant wreath around the trunk directly
under the crown. In my garden large
colonies of these Ferns have settled
on the trunks of my various species of
Cocos, particularly Cocos Datil, C.
Romanzof1ana and C. Gaertneri.
Where the spores came from do not
know, as for miles around none of
these Ferns occur.
Usually in close proximity to the
Palmetto groves we find huge wide
spreading Live oaks and magnificent
Magnolias magnolia grandif ora), the
latter pertaining the air with the power
fu fragrance of it's pure white bios
SONS. Both, Magnolia and Live Oaks.
are frequently covered with the richest
emerald green carpet of the dainty
little creeping Resurrection Fern
(Polypodium polypodioides). In dry
weather the fronds curl up, looking
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-05-15

*Dr. J. K. Small, in his "Flora of
the Southern United States'' (19O3)
calls these Ferns, Pteridium aquilinium
and P. caudatum.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
MRS. RRADLEY'S TRIAL.
Hearing Of Evidence May Be Con-
CIuc'sd This Week.

Washington, Nov. 2G.-When the
trial Of Mrs. Anna NJ. Bradley, charg-
ed with the murder OF former United
States Senator Arthur Brown, was re-
sumod Monday in criminal court No.
|, The belief was entertained on all
sides that TIE hearing OF evidence
would be concluded this week. 1t Is
not expected that court will sit on
THANKSGIVING day, and as trials, as
rule, are not conducted on Satur-
days, the finishing testimony will be
crowded into four days.
The arguments will begin next week
and the indications now are that the
case will go to the jury not later than
Thursday, Dec. 5.
A number of insanity experts on
botn sides were in court Monday and
their presence added interest to the
case because Of the conflict Of opin-
iol which they are bound to entertain.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
Little Newsboy Killed.

Atlanta, Nov. 26--Buford Bailey
the l2yoarold sen OF Mrs. NJ. A.
Bailey u llS South Pryor street. was
ran over and Ai''aI by a street car al
the south end @, the Whitehall street
yiaduc' shortly before O'Clock sun
day afternoon The BOY Wa PLAYING
with companion. and In irving 10
avoid one car ran "a front OF another
anu oas insanity h,Uei Atlanta
neWsooys a. ge'upg up a suJsc-lp-
ton 20 pay funeral expense and a-d
ais widowed mother.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
Bio Football Receipts.

New Haven. Conn. Nov. &c. 1t Is
announced that the foot ball receipts
for the season for Yale will reach ap-
proxmatc'y $50 600. While this Is not
a rccord.breaking amount. ii is un-
usually high. Yale and Harvard
shares equally SOS, 900 after Satur-
days game and the receipts OF the
Yale-Punccton game, also split even.
ly between the teams, amount to sec. ..
600 The sums spent by visitors
TO the game Saturday and the enOr.
nous amounts won by Yale students
on the game will completely break the
money stringency in New Haven.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
CARLOS THRONE sHAKY.
IortugaI Thought To Be on the Eve Of
Revolution

Paris, Nov. 2G-Reports represent
ing that Portugal Is on the eve Of
d revolution are received here with
caution as dispatches coming direct
from that country have been censored
and those directly across the frontier
are held Yfore or less under suspicion
Both the reports OF the Punishment OF
the crown prince and the mutiny OF
the fleet are denied by the Portugal
embassy here; nevertheless, the max
ing OF arrests, the suspension Of a
newspaper and other repressive meas
ures which have been taken by what
Premier Franco terms IAN administra-
tive dictatorship" seem conclusive
that matters in Portugal have entered
upon a critical stage.
This condition undoubtedly has been
precipitated by the interview with
King Carlos which was published last
week, In which he announced his alb
solute faith in Premier Franco and
his intention to allow the premier to
chose the time for the holding of the
election OF the cortes. Tho parla-
mentary opposition, which has been
stirring up the country for months
past expected by gigantic demon
stratlon planned for Jan. 2, next, to
force the king TO dismiss Premier
Franco. but his majesty's bold en-
dorsement of the dictatorship removes
this hope, abruptly consolidating the
entire opposition In the direction OF
republicanism.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
Furry VIII Soon Be Over

Admission, Ala, Nov 25.-J. NJ.
Barr, president Of the Woodstock Iron
company, declares he believes the
financial furry will be over in a short
time As far as his company is con-
cerned, its blast furnace in this city
has lost but one day since II was
o'erhauled and started operations last
spring These views are shared by
II. + DcRardeleben, the great Ala.
bama mineral expert. and others con
nccted with the Woodstock company.
This company will not retreuch apera.
lions. 10 is understood.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27

Nashville. Te0r.. Nov &c Sun.
day afternoon - zee u - ..
goo or l'-''' Pee q yosu1r statue
Of ,ae lare JoaE " TAoras preyi.
dent ot TIE " Ny1'e. C.aranoorA
and s. Louis rail:cat a. unveiled
II Sas erected 6y tee John " Thom.
A. Memorial Ass,aciat,c1. contributions
cSmins eniir's from dirvcsors. Oh
cers Sre cEE'oyecs o; enc NasAvil!e.
ChaitaPooEa AID s. ilogls Rzslroal
eensanI.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
Stabbed Through the Heart

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov 2G.-At
BT,HNood small VILLAGE aear this
city. Garfield I'M. 90 years Old. WAS
stabbed through the heart and IN.
s'auty hilcd by Nathan Dixon sun
daN aftecuoon The boys were with
crowd Who Vcre laughing aud jok.
Ing Won Dixon struck maIyu for
the pu.p's" %! lighting his pipe Hll.
blew oU' tar match. lie was told
by plNy0 uut 60 repeat he perform,
ancc Nc lighted another match
which vas pNup,t blown OUT In.
stau,ly Dixon whipped ou. q Knife. ana
plunged it into u.lrs heart BON arc
mCwAvrs Ot prominent 'awil"s Dogs
are ON ,ac trail o, tAe ma-ly.rr.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
SHIPS SToRM.TosSED.
Violent Storm Sweeps Along Atlantic
Coast, Doing Damage.

Coast, Doing Damage.
Delaware Breakwater, Del, Nov.
2G-1he northeast gale, which swept
along the Atlantic coast Sunday, was
especially severe in this vicinity.
One life was lost rs a direct result
OF the heavy seas. and a schooner
was blown ashore ana Is IN danger
of being pounded to pieces. All yes.
sells kept within the harbor. and some
had trouble liz preventing their an
chors from dragging aud being blown
ashore.
The schooner 8 NJ Bird, With a
cargo OF lumber, from Charleston +.
s. c., for New York. parted both
anchor chains while anchored on Cape
Henlopon and was blown on the beach
at lcwcs, The Lowes Life saving
crew went to the assistance Of the
schooners crew and brought ashore
the captain wife aud child with great
difficulty, Captain Boidt and ais
crew refused to leave the vessel
The man who lost his HE was W.
J. Walker, OF Grace Point, Va. an
oller on the ocean.going tug Luck
enbach. He was pitched against the
machinery by the rolling OF the tug
and his left leg was crushed Later
he died from loss u blood
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27

New York. Nov 2"--A According 90
reports received In NvN lurA former
President Grover Cleveland Is agAtu
conAued "a at his home in Pr.uce
Ton lie Is said 10 have suffered q
relapse Of the Old intestinal trouble
Which troubled him last June The
nrcseu, attack. Il IS said, developed
% Thursday last and although severe
Il nrst. Mr. Cleveland showed Goa
siderable Improvement On Friday The
details of hts condition could not b
learned a, his home. Beyond az al
mission that Ne vas very III and
cooased to his bed, No iaforuAiion
Nss eiysa oat~
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
HAD NARROW ESCAPE.
Secretary Taft's Train Came Near Be.
ina Wrecked.


Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Nov. 26,-it
was learned here Monday that the
train upon which Secretary Taft and
his party arc travelling over the trans
Siberian railroad from Vladivostok to
Moscow, rad a narrow escape from
being wrecked Sunday at Chita.
A switch in front of the Taft train
became open when 1t should have
been shut, but an employe dis
covered this circumstance one minute
before tire train came along. closed
the switch and kept 1t on the proper
rails. Had the train been-thrown
on to the siding, il would have crash
cd into a number OF freight cars.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
PROHl CRUSADE
Reform Movement Has Beer -i.7i''
ed at New Orlears

New Orleans, La, s..
q dry" New Orlcan, a-
prOhibitionists, and o &C..
Orleans. the object -, -.
crusade reGCctu- ..
movement in other parts
began here Sunday.
Ministers in nearly
Protestant churcncs Co.,.
their sermons 20 apgaa
up the liquor traffic
simultaneously pcrs',
ed az home from cHu-,.
in Sundays papers '."
ed plans 81 influenza.
first, to force o." -....
The Louisiana liuG1r-
tectionable member Co..
petition the city coUa.
the saloons Of such g'...
The closing % dive
gor resorts. f. one. g.
the liquor dealers
create such surroUnt.Ht-
arr sold as wi, miu.u
and violence.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
Company Probea

Birmingham "A
EXAMINATION Into rf'
the Southern Bithu.'.-
been continued 20 r'N
With a clean bill thus 'a-
pany. MAYOR Wart
nc knew Of no gan az
missioner McCariIu ID
litic pavement 10 .-
hat the company F
Catholic cb1rcb SO
pay is assessag1t. .at
UNFAIR ard rot sra'
ulderuOn declare ;hvy
ana Mare pot Aeiecel .
hers d stands ~ 70 as
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
FINANCES eRiG-TE2.
Believed Esnks VIII S,.r r...-.
Payments in C-Da.-,


Payments in C-wu-,
New Work. NOV. -. .... ,
banks OF New lD.l a..r
the country will soon ..... ..
ments in currr,cy !. .'. ....., az
pressed by men pr1u,u,t. t.. .
cial world. The i-,la.. : ~.
600, 900 Of treasury iuIvD,... =.
by most made the basi, ..r '... .....
ment. The banks, il h. 49,. az"
enabled, because OF the oG0... .a
pOrtations of gold, to tato 49, u... %
this, and therefore increase '.a ..',
note circulation.
1t Is said that scy,ra. nj ions ,
currency will he released '' NaT
York banks for loans AN ma ..l.
rate will fall 70 norma is '>n"."'
Bankers are Of the op'u..' . "
currency premium wi. S.. '..
short time disappear,
During the furry II lie '....t
Sl25000, 900 has been Nj'.. H. .."
the banks OF New York, 4a. .. ..
withdrawn throughout tie
estimated al $3.50. oO0n". ing
house certificates are In r.. |..
three cities OF over l". ...
ton. the amount ~ '.e
outstanding in New Ny.a . ..--
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27

mothers body was badly burned. That
OF the child bore scarcely a mark,
but it was dead from suffocation. On
every side Of the mother and the babe
Iay the bodies Of other victims.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27

boss" sale of the express company, a
jug OF whisky. It is alleged to be in
violation Of the prohibition laws for
the express people TO adopt this meth
Cd OF getting charges Ost of uncalled-
for goods. A test Of the right to thus
realize on delinquent charges will BIZ
made
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-27
Heroic Mctstr.

m ore 81 ,ho ,ra9s ,to h. &c
roVerea wt-aa who had made one
assl desperate EFFORT 20 save The ME
~ her baby even whSn she hnew taa,
are herself was doomed 10 a horrible
acAib. she had folded her arms usal
a. around the little one and then hut
died towr ~ .s e er q 2
loaY .es sAss y ssAsA.sa: Iss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-24
William A. Dillon Co.

The William a. Dillon Go. presented
the comedy drama entitled His Law
full Wife" TO q full house here last
evening. The play in three acts was a
pretty story OF heart interest ami in
Guided high class comedy and thrilling
climaXcs. The special feature OF this
company was the vaudeville between
acts. there being eight spec;eltcs. four
between each act, given by Harry and
Anna LABEL, staircase novoity aero
bats; the Van Cooks in their comedian
and musical act, WHO created laughter
from start to finish; Sisters la Del.
singers and dancers, two particularly
clever children. and one Of the biggest
hits was the Broadway Snxtct in Il
comedy singing act; ard last but not
least was VIM. \. Dillon. The man Of a
thousand songs, who was well cn.nrcd
AS whole the company was fine.