Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-03-22

draw near a hundred or so and eat as
many as one pleases. Some wise man
says they are gold I'm the morning,
silver at noon and lead at night" That
sounds very pretty. but we who live in
Florida haven't found il always true. L
knew a girl who came here and on that
theory took eighmt before breakfast. at II
she decided to risk the silver, and ate
a dozen; not suffering any, she tried
them at bedtime and lived to tell the
tale. but did not tell how many she had
left OF the three dozen she bought. But
this is a depression.
Early the next morning we begun our
sightseeing. The first thing was big
bunch Of orange flowers on the breakfast
table. They looked as good as the dainty
meal set before as. We went to one Of
the show places and it would do you
flower-lovers good TO see it. The owner
was connected with the department of
agriculture for many years, and knew
Just how to plan and plant truly trop-
zeal garden. Foreign countries were called
upon for their choicest, and their sue
cess in Florida proved. 1 can't tell you
definitely about any right now except a
flame vine II has a leaf something like
a gloria; the flowers are more like the
wOodbine and of a deep orange; cluster
looks ike some one holding a torch that
Sui is made of every sort of Florida
wood and is beautiful, of course.
At 10 the call came for us to go on
Mr. Covers boat wish that you could
have seen the hampers we had. There
were Mr.. and Mrs. Cover, Mrs. Hubbard,
Alice, and the three from Jacksonville.
Crescent lake was like melted silver, a
faint breeze rippled its surface and the
fleecy clouds seemed almost near enough
h. H1Nr sz#uf rrfea
and on that island is where l wish all Of
you could land. right in a packing house.
The oranges are dumped into a sort of
trough that is considerably inclined, a
crank at the end turns and the oranges
go into another trough that sizes" them.
Then they are carefully wrapped and
boxed. This packing house is out over
the water. some distance from the shore
so that the Crescent, which draws seven
feet of water can pick them up and take
them to Jacksonville.
Are YOU good at walking logs? That
is. what the runway from the packing
house TO the shore amounts to. The
oranges are gathered at the grove, put
in a tram car and taken to the pack
ing house. Or. that grove, every sort of
orange you can think of, from tiny
KUN quats to mammoth navels. To so
many people an orange is just luscious
rieties. but 1 think that we sampled at
least ten on that island, some of the
earlier sorts were all gathered, except
what are known as the June CROP"
they are the ones that come from the
blooms of June. In Mr. Covers grove
saw nasturtiums loaded with blooms.
rambler roses climbing palmetto trees and
ferns that seemed like some mammoth
variety. There were four acres of pota-
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thousand tomato plants that are well.
rooted and very promising. We spent
two hours there and all the time some
of the party were eating oranges. Until
you pull them on the trees, you can't
imagine how fine the flavor is
Out of the lake we went into Haw
creek. and that is where you need your
kodak. / have seen beautiful streams,
but, even the famous Oklawaha does
not surpass it. The government has
had il surveyed as one of seven prob
able courses to form the inland water
way. Fall trees hung over the water,
all sorts of birds skinned its surface
and fishes inhabit its waters. Once
Mrs. Gowen called attention to an eagle
in the top Of very tall cypress tree;
some of the others were pointing to an
other. Mr.. Goven said, On, pshaw!
you only see 1fmbs with moss on them"
/ Immediately one OF the GdEAG6 SDIGdu
both wings. tapped them slowly a time
or two and settled himself more COM
fortably on his perch. With a twinkle
in his eyes, Mr.. Gowen said: Did you
see that-eagle cal me a liar?" All of
us had to admit that the eagle certainly
had sided with the ladies.
Up Haw creek, thre miles, we found
the landing for Mrs. Hubbard's grove.
/ II was decided to eat dinner on the
boat and / am going to make you real
I ize. the good points in thermos bottles
and freless cookers by telling you that
we had boiling hot tea and coffee out
OF the bottles and hot soup and deli
cious baked chicken with plenty of good
gravy from the cooker. This particu-
I lar one looks like an ordinary brown
/ bucket and is treasure. A little fold
| ing table was set up in the boat and
il was loaded with good things.
After dinner we started for the
grove, and there is where we had to
have level heads Think of a trestle
almost half a mile long over water and
cypress knees. one might not drown
| i'm the water, but striking a stump
would be awful. Sometimes the plank
down the middle looked none too safe,
and sometimes walked the rails in
preference. Louise and Alice tried
l their mothers patience many times by
7 all sorts of athletic feats. Finally the
ladies sent them TO the rear so that if
they would persist in their athletic
bouts nobody else need get nervous
That grove is a beauty and the camphor
trees have proved 10 the world that it
can be produced in Florida.
-Four o'clock; time to start home"
called Mr.. Gowen, and once more the
trestle was crossed, the boat entered
and the beauties Of the sky and water
enjoyed. Everybody was invited TO
help eat the fried Rhode Island Red,
the cup custards, the hot baked beans
and coffee that had been left from din
ner. but too many oranges" murmured
the visitors, and our hostess lamented
the fact that half she brought was un-
touched. We promised TO do better the
next time. But Will there be a next
time? Little we know of the future.
One year ago today / came here for
only a few months at the longest. 1t
has been a pleasant year. In my MEM
DRY are many pleasant things to flash