The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-08-28
TIMELY TOPICS.
Mangoes in Lee County-Abandoned Farms-Faty
Species of Orchids.
Edited by W. E. Pabor.

Pink Moccasin group can be found on
dry hillsides, as we'll as in the cool,
shady woods. A collection of orchids
can be made a more interesting feature
in the conservatory than cacti, but it
is said they are becoming more rare
every year. A writer ON Nature and
Science in one of the monthly magazines
closes an article ON these curious child
rem of nature as follows: ''These rare
and beautiful American orchids are be-
coming more rare every year. Heed
lessly they are picked in quantities and
uprooted by the ignorant, who know no
thing of their wonderful structure and
the remarkable movements their parts
describe to continue the race. Let us.
who know them, pledge ourselves to
leave them undisturbed in their secluded
haunts, so that their queen may reign
indeed, so that her faithful servitors
the moths and bees, may freely per-
form their curious and needful office, and
allow this royal race of plants to in
crease
Says The Tropical Breeze 'Mark
this prediction. In eight or ten years
the production and culture of mangoes
in Lee county will exceed the production
of oranges and grapefruit. 1t is fruit
that will create a market quicker than
the grapefruit did, and will be great
deal more profitable than raising citrus
fruit. And the best part of it is the
fact that Lee and Dade counties are the
only counties in the state that can raise
mangoes." It is no doubt true that
Lee and Dade POSSIBLY Brevard) are
the only counties whose climate is suit
ed to mango culture, but The Breeze is
an optimistic prophet when it makes
the prediction recorded in this para
graph. AS yet, the Mulgoba variety is
the only one worth cultivating, coming
true to name.
The Executive Committee of the
American Association of Farmers In
stitute Workers have announced that
the next meeting of the Association will
be held at Washington, d. c., October
% to 25, 1907. This meeting promises
to be one Of the most interesting that
the Association has yet held, a very
complete programme having been ar
ranged The opportunity for conference
among the farmers institute workers
of the United States and Canada is OF
such value in the improvement of their
institute work through the new life and
inspiration received as to fully justify
the expenditure which the trip will oc-
casion. Excursion rates to the James
town Exposition can be secured until
November 30 with stop-over privileges
in Washington. The National Hotel
at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and Sixth street, has been elected as
headquarters of the Association. All
farmers institute workers are earnestly
requested to arrange to attend and con-
tribute by their presence and counsel
to the interest and value of this meet
ing.
State Chemist R. E. Rose becomes
quite practical when he describes Horti-
culture as "the elder daughter of Agri-
culture, with a few more frills and
furbelows of modern young lady,
But as we see it defined in the encyclo-
pedia as ''the art of cultivating and
managing gardens" and we read that
the first garden was planted many cen
turtles before there were farms and fields,
might I suggest that Agriculture is
rather the younger and more rugged
brother of Horticulture than that the
latter is the daughter? And does not
Crowly say, "God the first garden
made? If so, Horticulture is the moth
er of mammoth nature
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