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AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING APRIL 28, 1882
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NO. 125.
FESSIOiYAL & ItUSI.YfiSS CARDS
J. C. XATHEWU.
OFFICE OX COTTON AVENUE.
Su.'toEcriptisn. Hates:
Tui-Wkf.ki.y One Year, - $4.00.
Webki.yO.ne Yeah, -
$2.00.
Sunday Issue One Year, - $1.50. —
Official Directory.
Will practice in nil the counties of till* •!u«ltoial
Circuit, :ilmo In Dooly county, in the Supreme
Jourt of toe 8ute of Oeonria* and the District
Court of the (7nit«*«l State*, and In all other courts
ny special contract.
Ulrica m Hawkins’ now building, Lamar Street.
iMERICU*.
Amerlcua is the county seat of Sumter County,
Georgia, m.d Is film ted on the Southwestern
Railroad, 71 miles southwest of llacon. anil ulxrat
eighty Moles Mirth ot the Florida line. It is a
oily of 0.UJU inhabitants beautifully situated and
handsomely linpmred. It In the centre of trade
for u larije section, comprisin'* some six counties.
Its overuse annual cotton roeeipta being ho,<>00
bales, the average lunrket value of which is |1,.
000,000. The climate in inild, the air dry and pure,
and Americas has for many years had the repu-
tntinti of Mug one of the heallhie>t cities in
America, Heing situated but a short distance
abovu the Iropicui reuion. nearly nil varieties «,
fruits, uminsai.d flowers can l»« grown sncccs<
fully, while veK ( >lniion is luxuriant und rapid in
its growth. The city has tine public schools, gu*.d
churches, a large public library, a new opera
house completely furnished with scenery nud
which seats 1,UM) persons, u well organized tiro
department which Includes two steamers, while
tin* streets are sewered and lull ted. Three good
hotels furnish the best of accommodations. It Is
iho largest city in Southwest Georgia, nnd is rap
idly growing in population and wealth. As a place
ofousiness and a bcuutlfni atul pleasant
it presents uimictions possessed .ny few
the South. lVr*on* k nt a distance looking for a lo
cation III the South, will be supplied with all furth
er information they may desire by addressing the
Editor of the UumnuEii.
CJTtf OFFICER*.
Mayor—.!. 11. Felder.
Clerk and Recorder—D. K. Hrlnson,
Aldermen—\V. 1*. Hurt, 1*. 11. Williams, It. E.
Co'.h, I.. II. Iloswortb, It. D. Watrs, W.4. Har
per. City Council meets every Monday evening.
I'ollce Fere*—City Marshal, A. 1*. Lingo.
Policemen—'W, W. Wheeler, Pat Krskiue, J. W.
Cobb, S. U. Mitchell.
Hnxton Oak Grove Cemetery—P. 1>. Hill.
Sexton Colored Cemetery— Itichard Folder
Bridge Koepcr—J. P. Halford.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chief—W. P Burt.
Assistant Chief—J. C. Nicholson.
Wide Awake No. 1. (Steamer.) Foreman, W.
M. ilswkes.
Meclmnics No. U, (Steamer,) Foreman, H. 1)
Watts.
Vigilance No. 2—Foreman, Mingo Gluzc.
Hook nnd L wider— Foreman, Henry Anderson.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Third District, c- mposed of the counties of
Taylor, Macuu, Schley, Sumter, Dooly, Pulaski,
l>odge, Montgomery, Wilcox, Telfair, Leo Web
ster, SiewHtt, Irwin, Coffee. Gen. Phil. Cook,
oiigressmiui.
LEGISLATIVE.
Hunntorlal District cmn|»oscd of the counties of
Sumter, Schley, und M-icon Senator, Dupont
Huerry. Rcpreaentatives, Thomas Feagiu nr '
John L. Addcrtun.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Southwestern Circuit, composed of the count!*
of Sumter, Schley, .uncoil, Lee, Webster and
Stewart.
•ludgo, Hon. C. F. Crisp. Solicitor Goncral, C.
B. Hudson.
Regular terms of Court ure held am follows:
Leo county, second Monday in March und sec
ond Monday in November.
Schley county, fourth Monduy in March and
fourth Monday iu September.
Webster county, first Monday in April and flist
Monday In October.
Sumter county, second Monday iu April and
»ecund Mon<luy In October.
Stewart county, fourth Monday in April and
fourth Monday in Octolier.
Macon county second Monday in June and
second Monday in December.
COUNTY COURT.
•fudge, J. P. Pihbury. Monthly term of conrt,
first Wednesday in every inonth.'Ouarteriy term,
third Monduy in March, June, September and
December.
ORDINARY’S COURT.
Ordinary, Thomas II. Stewart.-Court held on
tir»t Monday of every mouth.
. COUNTY OFFICERS.
Clerk of Supeiior Court, J, II. Allen.
Sheriff, ,1. W. Ml**.
Tax Collector, W. It, Stewart.
Tax Receiver, J. A. DanleL
Treasurer, C. C. Shepperd.
Surveyor, M. G. Logun.
Cot oner, \V. W. Uuerry
Commissioners, 8. K. Taylor, C. A. Hunting-
toe,.). II. Mick, S. II. Ilawklus, J. W. Wheatley.
> Meet first Monday of every month.
•fUSTlOES.
IIMrlet No. 75 ,|X. .If. Wlilt.', .1 7\, W. II.
l*lillll|*. X. I'.
l)|s . No. 087, No Juatico at present.
Hist. No. 1107, James 11. Rogers, J. I'., John K.
Thomas, N. P.
Dlst. No. Britton Smith, J. P., M. G. Logan,
S. P.
Dist. No. 884, J. M. llatchcr, J. P., Jus. A. Vin
son, N. P M
Dlst. No. 1185, A. J. Williams, J. P., R. A.
Darden, X. V.
Disc No. 769, P. L. Mile, J.P., Ja*. A. Stubbs,
N. P.
Hist. No. 745, F. W, Griffin, J. P.. K. D. Ral
ford, N. P.
Dlst. No 903, A. J. Clark, J. P., Jas. A. Wool,
N. P.
W. H. KIMBROUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAIV,
LEESBUIIOII, - - GEOKOIA.
Collections a Specialty.
M.yllwly
W. D. SEARS.
W. J. 8EARS,
DU IV. J. SHIRS JcS
ELLAVILLE, GA.
C. R. McCRORY,
.Attorney at Law,
ELLAVILLE, Ga.
Collections a Specialty.
A pH 116 tf
Drs. Westbrook & Joiner,
Physicians mid Surgeons,
■lNDEKSONVILLE, : : GEOKOIA,
Office nt Drug Store of W. M. Clark.
May 18-1 y*
H C. GARDNER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OGLETHORPE. GA.,
W ILL practice In the South-western Circuit
and tho adjoining counties. Prompt atten
tion given to collections maylll.tf
Lawson F. Collier,
Attorney-at-Law
—AND-
Real Estate Agent.
DBAYTON, GEORGIA.
THE LECONTE l>EAIt.
It, Wouderful Attributes—Freedom
Pram Blight; Il»rdlneis «ad Sin,
Quality and Uamarkabla Yield- 1
300,000 Tree, In One County.
Tiiomasvllle, April 1(1 “Ifwliat
they say about the LeConte pear
is true,” said Mr. George W. Per
kins, of Xew York, to me the oth
er day on his return from Thomas-
ville, “its profits are enormous, nnd
its culture will surpass orange cul
ture.”
I have heard this same predic
tion made scores of limes, hu> al-
way
“I took a fancy to the fruit, nnd
when I came to Thomas county to
superintend this place, which then
belonged to ray brother, R. A.
Varnadoc. I brought some cuttings
from the tree. I planted these, and
those superb trees there are tho re
sult. The extra quality of the fruit
attracted attention. The fact that
none of the trees Imd ever blighted,
that they were handsome, hardy
and prolific, soon led others to buy.
Then begau my triumph.”
“You sold the enttiugsi”’
“fes sir; by the thousands. I
ion made scores »1 limes hu', nl- . > "J .
rays prefaced !>v the same caution I flol(l ' onc J quarter ot an acre n one
ignni. The laet is, the stories of *?,39(S worth of cuttings to
. ™ _ ' Vf i* l<l*i/.l/ufi.mi* t lii,rn at a I u monii
TONSORIAL EMPORIUM!
ANDERSON A LUNF0R1)
All who may wish to have Hhuvitny, Hair Cutting,
8hnmpoofng, etc., dumt in flrat-cluiia style, they
would lie pleaoe*l to have them call on them. Shop
near tho entrance to Barlow House.
J.E.
ARCHITECTURE,
To Those who Contemplate Building:
I AM prepared to furnish Detail;,Drawing and
Full tfpcL'Itieutiona in
<IUKEX ANNE AND EAST LAKE!
r of the modem atylcs, so modified t
THE
PMIX FROM HER ASHES.
Tho flneat llni-hcd, moat pleasant wearing »*nd
eleicunt BOOTH AND KlIOKtt made. Th«*
taxt repairing dona in the utoat sub-tantial and
artistic* atyle, aud all on rrnnonublo terms. Refer*
to every gentleman in A met lens. Call on mu a
nt tuy new shop In front of Cul, N. A. Smith'* of
flee, yn Jackson Street Amerlona, Ga.
ANDREW DUDLEY,
Junclff.tf
Soahrozx Feagin,
(Successor to J. It Covington.)
FASHIONABLE IIARUER,
under t. wiieatlky's, ok Tnn coiined.
8HA1U* RAZORS !
ATTENTI VE HELP!
JEWELER,
West Side Square, Ainerinis, <■«.,
•rfl/J '
f-AHKIKS
A SPLENDID STOCK!
Van Riper
HAS RETURNED!
His Photograph Gallery
Ts C) W O.PKNI
: FINEST PIC'TVIIEN,
LATEST STYLES
and ALLSTVI.ES
this wonderful pear are almost iu
credible. They can hardly be be
lieved Without seeing, nnd desiring
to believe, I have come to see.
It is encouraging to note iu the
in the beginni ng that the people
o'' Thomas county—those who
know most about the pear—have
pertect confidence in its value.
Peur orchards are stin ted on all
sides. You cannot drive out of
this city without seeing acres set
in these shapely and beautiful trees,
bearing singular resemblance to an
orange grove. Every man Ims
stories to tell you of the remarka
ble hardiness and 'ecundity of the
pear, und while giving you per
mission to doubt everything else,
even to the bulminess of the nir,
that you can see and feel and
breathe, lie demands your unquali
lied credence un this point.
Over 500,000 trees and cuttings
are now planted out in this coun
ty—although the LeConte has had
only a few year’s run. Thousands
of cuttings have been sent else
where and reports from them arc
just coming in. The points cl lim
ed for the LeConte are?
1 Perfect Irccdom from blight
,—the fatality of all other pear
trees. From 185G to date not the
slightest speck of blight lias been
seen in a LeConte.
2. The hardiness and size of the
trecs. A dozen LeCont.es planted
iu the siunc grove with a dozen of
tile best varieties, shows three
times tlie growth iu the same time,
and perfect health against all sorts
of disease in the others.
3. In remarkable yield. Thirty
bushels of pears have been gather
ed from one tree in a season, and
25 bushels is not an extraordinary
yield from a tree 10 years old.
4. The size and quality of the
pear. One peir has been grown
that weighed within an ounce ofu
pound and ahull'—several over one
pound—and a bushel will average
nearly half a pound to the peur.
The LeConte were sold as Califor
nia penrs in Atlanta ail last year.
tub msTonv or tiib peaii.
Tho first thing that struck me
in commencing my investigation
was this: If the LeConte is so ad
mirable, if it has the vigor of the
Sand pear, the flavor of the Scole,
the fiber of tho llartiett, the size
of the California, is inure prolific
than either, and is proof against
the blight to which all are subject,
why is it that it lias not become
world-famous long ago? Why lias
it not sliown iu the section from
which it cuinc the same qualities
that distinguished it here?
The answer to this question de
velops a most remarkable story.
It is given by Mr. Varnadoe, who
is the special backer of the LeConte
Mr. Blucktdicur there at $1 apiece.
“Yea,”said Mr. Blaekshear/'aml
that quarter acre that year made
more money than any acre in the
slate. I resold many, of the cut
tings at $2 apiece.”
“The cuttings,” said Mr. Var-
nadoe, “sold rapidly, and netted
stranger, never dreaming that in
the body of the slender switch lie
held so paticutly through 2,000
miles of travel, there was kindling
the pulses of tree to he worth its
weight in gold, carried it to an
out-of-the-way aunt, and tossing it
into her lap, commended it to her
as a twig of inferior pedigree and
promise ? That this despised seed
ling was nevertheless planted, sur
vived the chances of the untried
alchemy that sent tho commingled
say of two species through Its fiber,
outlived the neglect induced by a
four year’s war, und escaped the
malevolence of an inuading army
that despoiled the turm on which
it grew ? A ml that you, alter you
Imd laid oil the harness of war,
was drawn hack to this solitary
t'.ec, under, perhaps, the benefi
cence of the same divine authority
that led tho wise men of the easu
to set their faces against the dawn
$12,000 on them iua very few years, land march away towards the morn
‘ ing star star? Do you believe tbatj
the LeConte pear is the outcome
o*' that often repeated miracle of
honey-bunting, alchemy, war,
travel and providence ?”
“Believeit ?”shouted Mr. Vorne
doe, who hud, with increasing im
patience, waited for me to finish.
“I’ll not swear to tlicbce, lor it may
have been the wind. But I will
swear that It was one or the other.
Why not ? Here we have a perfect
pear, perfectly distinct from all
other pears. Look at that orchard)
There are a dozep ditferent species,
all planted as once. See how the
LcContes stand out, from three to
five times us large as the others.
It has a sand-pear basis. On this
basis are imbedded the qualities of
many other pears While it has
same characteristics of each basis
perfectly distant from oitlier, it is
clearly a hybrid. L is a chance
hybrid, for the buyer and seller
both thoughtjit was a pure, sund
pear seedling. It is the best hybrid
known for it is proof ugaius the
inexorable lute of other pear trees.
It is a rapid grower, u free fruiter,
reproduces itself from cuttings
und is, in short, the perfect pear!”
I now have over 145,000 set out
for the trade next year. I am al
ready taking orders for full deliv
ery, and have thousands engaged
already. The price Ims failed now,
and runs from 30 to 50 cents a
piece.”
“What about the sale of the
fruit?”.
“That is very profitable. I clear
ed over $400 from twelve trees in
one season, and will do i* every
season. The pears sell at from
$2.50 to $G a crate, which is J of
a bushel, or about ninety pears. I
can net $2 a bushel oil all I could
send to market. Of course I fre
quently gel as high as $8 a crate,
und I have sold at $1G a crate.
But $2 is a safe average. Some of
my trees hear twenty-five bushels
to the tree, and do that year after
year. But fifteen bushels to the
tree is wlmtu thousand trees would
average. They ure planted seven
ty trees to tho acre. So that 1,000
bushels to tho acre may be count
ed on. At $2 a bushel this gives
$2,000 to the acre. I know this
sounds extravagant but it is the
lowest estimate you will get from
any man who knows. For exam
ple, those twelve trees in my yard
Imre give me $400 profit and will
do it this year. Last yenr with
five frosts on tho bloom tliey clear
ed me $290. I can sliowmy books
on that season utter .season.'. I
have in my orchard, scores of trees
that will be ns good as these in u
year or two. VVliat they will do
tho future must tell. But wlmt
these twelve grown trees havodonc
I can swear to. The old tree in
Liberty ims done better than eith
er one of these. ”
THE WOBK OKA WANUKKINU UKK.
“Blit now, Mr. Varnadoe, since
these trees have done so well here,
why did not tho trees left in the
nursery from which Mr. LeConte
got Ilia original seedling do as
well?”
“Now, sir comes the point. You
have heard of the hybridization of
flowers? I do not mean by graft
ing, which is the work of man, b.it
by the chance of drifting pollen.
You know that the pollen ol one
flower adhering to the foot of u
b e, who is rilling its sweets, and
planted in the heart of another to
which lie Hies, tlmt lie may finish
his least, will give to the second
flower something of the nature of
the first. Iu other words, it will
hybridize it. Now this is the way
pear. lie owns a nice place a few . the LeConte pear came. The pol-
miles out of Thomasvilie, on which
there is a large grove of trees and
over 100,000 cuttings. Says he;
“In 1850 I was superintendent
of the plantation of Mrs. Harden,
iu Liberty county. Mr. John Le
Conte, Mrs. Ilaiden’s uncle, who
Imd been to Prince's nursery in
New York, brought to her place a
len of one pear blossom which
grew on a sand pear tree iu Prince's
nursery was mixed by chance with
the pollen of another. The hybrid
flower combining the qualities of
two distinct Mowers, Iruitcd and
become a pear. From that one
pear a seedling was grown. That
one seedling was brought by Mr.
Fanis i Jewelry
Tho Liatost-Soslens.
ALL REPAIR WORK
F ROMFTLY A1TENDEDTO.
J. E. SULLIVAN.
seedling pear tree. He told her it j LeConte to Georgia, who was all-
wan the Chinese sand pear, ami, ignorant of tho hybridization, and
recommended it for its vigor, add-1 thought it was a Chinese sand peal
ing that the fruit would not lie con-! seedling, as it had grown from the
sidered fine eating, hut it might do! seed of u sand pear.”
for preserving. The seedling was I “Do you mean to say that you
planted und grew with notable rap- believe a wandering bee, toying
idity. About tbe time it began to j »m this pear blossom,and that iu
bear the war came on, and 1 went! a nursery, carried from one . to
into the army. In !8lifi when I re- j another on his heavy, unthinking
turned he discovered that his seed- feet, the qualities that combined by
ling had grown into a handsome j chance, have made the perfect
tree, and was loaded witli the most pear for which the world has been
delicious fruit. It was clearly not, loojfing for centuries? Tlmt t.iis
tiie Chinese sand pear, as Mr. Le- drowsy and inconstant bee, in
Conte ba<l thought. Tne fruit was very wantonness, made the rare
smooth-skinned, Mavorous and line ! admixture toward which science
fibred, while the sand pear is rough ; had been groping and grafting for
coated, coarse and tough. The | a hundred years, and that in this
tree was graceful and pointed very ! bee's half holiday there came the
much like a Lombardy |K>plur, the j triumph of wbicli the world Imd
branches shooting straight up, dispared ? That only one seeding
Mr. Blnckslicur, who lias been
very active in developing the Le
Conte interest nnd wiio has made
money out of it, said
“There are two sources of profit
in tho LeConte penr orchard. One
is the sale of fruit, the other is tbe
sale of uniting. Wo have hardly
tested the first yet. There are
only about fifty trees in (air bear
ing. These have yielded train 10
to 30 bushels to the tree. We think
tlie trees will uvurage 10 to 15
bushels. Tlie pears have com
manded an average of $3.50 a bush
el. This price will be reduced us
tlie supply increases. We shipped
probably 1,000 bushels lust yeur.
As there are thousunds of young
trees coming in every yeur, the
shipment will he increased to 10,-
000 bushels this year, and double
tlmt for the next. Mr. Mitchell,
who 1ms Just set out an orchard ot
20 acres, says he Ims based Ills
calculations on 25 cents a
bushel for his pears. This will
give him $250 to the acre. The
price will never go that low, 1
think; but even tlmt is a line profit.”
“When do the trees commence
to bear ?”
“Jly two year olds are bloom
ing. They will begin to give a
bushel or' two ot fruit tho fourth
year. I do not think they get their
maturity till they are twelve years
old. The biggest yield we know
of eoiue from tlie oldest tree.” i
lets?”
“Oh, everywhere. I sent 200 to
omag in TsXM Iwt Year. . They
go north , ,Wj| have ex
pected the demand to decrease but
it was more active lapt year than
formerly.” ..
“Is it sottled yet whether they
will do in higher latitudes?”
“Not certainly, I think. I see
no reason why they should not.
We have good reports from every
section up to date and will know
positively in s season or two. It
matters very little to us. If the
trees thrive elsewhere we have the
nursery from which the world will
get its cuttings. If it will not
thrive elsewhere me have a monop
oly of the best Iralt Tn tbe market.
It suits us either way.”
“What about the blight?”
“I think tho LeConte is proof
against it. Of the fifty trees rang
ing from ton to twenty-fire years of
age not one has tbe slightest sign
ot blight. Of the thousands of
trees iu this county from two to
ten years of ago, not one showa it.
Every tree is nealtby. Other va
rieties planted all around them
die witli blight, or grow not half as
last. In it mixed orchard the Le
Conte can he disttnonisbed by their
great size, glossy foliage, and lus
ty look-as far aa.they can be seen.”
“But tbe blight may strike
them?”
“Certainly. It may come any
ddy. It will be a calamity if it
docs. I do not believe it will. I
think trees blight because the root
cannot throw up. sufficient sap to
nourish the heavy top. The Le
Conte sends its root deeper than
any other pear, - and the blight ap
pearance of the tree, its enormous
yield, and the;uniform health of
every tree now growing shows that
it lurnishes abundant sap. To
show that the root ot tbe LeConte
is its safety, a LeConte cutting
grafted on any other root will
blight almost certainly. No Le
Conte cutting set on LeConte root
Ims ever blighted. '
“I know it le held that alt pears
must blight, but tbe LeConte nev
er lmh, and I don’t think ever will.
If it does not immense fortunes
will be made.out of it”
“Is it a fine flavored pear?
“It is not the best. Tbe Spore,
which is a slnall pear, surpasses it
In flavor. Bo does the Dutohes—
in many tastes, the Bartlett It
is a splendid fruit, however. Its
flesh is sweet and iuicy, and will
melt iu your mouth. Thera It
more of the ‘woodincss’ about the
core, tlmt is the fault of tbe Call-
fornia pear. Indeed it lias very
little core. It is a lino shipper. It
has a firm skin that does not break
or speck easily, On the stands it
will outsell any other pear, from
its handsome appearance, and none
but experts can note tbe Mok of
perfeot flavor. We have perfect
confidence in it, and hundreds of
acres are pul down annually in
orchards. Wp arc showing faith
r our work. l ‘ l "
jf'if ■ ■ IlM* .‘/ f **f A
Tills, then, is tho situation!
It looks too bright to ,lw entirely
real, and yet it |ab*ra to sec where
it lacks substance. The price will
decline, doubtless—bnt the aver-
ago yield, estimated from the fifty
trees now bearing—twenty-flve
cents a bushel will pay $250 an
acre. Half that wp
Tbe coming trees
>ro!tflc as those all
I they yield half ae big on aver
age it will be enough.
The great danger is the blight,
not come, and y^,i»,Wff:
will pay ejdu an
■es°may noTbifiU
• already bearing.
‘ r WiiatuboiGUm^ofmilting?” j J' L^nU 1 *(ll
“That has been Hie big l»«>Ht Lm; be hardier and more prolific
with us. I lie LeConte reproduce* thun 9ny of tho ot i, er tree a, oil of
itself from a cutting. Yon can cut w|lioll J aro 8U hjeot to blight, ln-
olf a twig Irani the tree, stink it deed, the fact that of the thousands
into the grjunil, nnd it crows.
These cuttings sell for four cents
apiece. Mr. Sanlord cut $25 from
one tree this year. Those four old
tree* there snved Yaruedoe. He
sold enough cuttings und fruit
from them to sup|Kirt him, plant
bis orchards and meet his payments
on his plaee. He lias laid up
thousands of dollars, and his place
could not be bought for $25,00(1.
Many |>eople do not sell tbe cut-
ings at four cents, hut set them out,
sticking them iu rows us thick us
pens. When these sticks take root
they are known as rootlets, and
they then command 40 cents each.
They used to bring a dollar and
even more. Of the cuttings put
out probably one-third on an aver
age take root. The others die.
Borne men get more tiiuu a third.
while the sand pear tree is more l grew this flower, which held within - some less. Its a new^ business and
like an ordinary pear tree. It was I its petals, all unconscious und all
of the same family as the sand pear, j unknown, the hope and flavor of
for it would re-produce Itself from | coming ages ? That this seedling
cuttings, a peculiarity of tlie sand | was sold to a stranger by the
pear—but it was a sand pea.-cross- nurseryman, as Aladdin sold his
wl on some other pear.” I lamp in the days of old? That the
wo have not yet got it down fine
I have cut (>5,000 cuttings this
year from which I expect to get
surely 15,00 rootless that will sell
at from 30 to 40 cents each.”
“Where do you sell these root-
of trees now planted not one has
the blight, would suggest that this
species, is less suhject to it than
others even 11 a few LeContes are
struck with it. It la atill uncer
tain as to whether these trees will
11 uit well and proper in higher lati
tudes than l'homnsviUe. They are
now being tried Ik over twenty-
five states. The report from vari
ous localities sliould be forthcom
ing soon. It is a strange fact that
only one LeConte tree bos ever
been made to grow from the aaeil,
since tbe first one. Thousands or
seeds have been planted, but only
one has ever sprouted. For that
tree, now a alight twig, 9100 has
been offered.
Altogether, I’m Inclined to think
the wandering bee did a good work;
or, was it tbe wind? H. W.G.'.
Permit 7s Hshstltntlen.
Insist upon obtajping. Floreston
Cologne. It it preeminently su-
perlor in permanences and rleb
delicacy of fragrance.