. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1 nl -Thi f h no k li 1 r ell 1 ne 1 high d 1 t n^ flat wo lb Ian 1 It is 1 etter e ei tern in 1 central than to so 1 f 11 V r et es do well n w I FI r li nl nl r tf 1 1 H 1 ( II JMuIberries will grow on hammock or good quality of flat woods land in all sections of the state. The following varieties have given


. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1 nl -Thi f h no k li 1 r ell 1 ne 1 high d 1 t n^ flat wo lb Ian 1 It is 1 etter e ei tern in 1 central than to so 1 f 11 V r et es do well n w I FI r li nl nl r tf 1 1 H 1 ( II JMuIberries will grow on hammock or good quality of flat woods land in all sections of the state. The following varieties have given good crops: Downing, Hicks and Stnhbs. Pomegranates make a more or less ornamental frviit. Acid, Purple and Sweet do well in western, east- ern and central Florida. Pecans do best on low ham- miic-k land, especially in webtnrn Florida. They succeed well in eastern and central Florida, but have not been iiirioiiiK-ctl uitii simtheru Florida sufficiently to permit -The growing of this crop is con- ti rhi-ient and reasonable transportation, li III. Ml HI f he placed upon the market promptly It is «,,itlili-s The de^elippment of this industry is, tbi'ivfore. cipincident with of efficient and reason- able railroad Probably nine-tenths of the fields of the state aie planted on moist flat-woods land, or what is loi-ally known as gall-berry flats. Such land is cleared and thoroughly drained by means of open ditches. On such land strawberries begin to ripen in .famiiry and continue until May or .Tune if properly ciilti\ It. .1 'h the season of profltnblp shiiniipnt ni I III \..lid the middle ot \ ,â-,-iMlly III I cars, so cunstiu.'!. .1 tlmt th.' !.â .⢠< I I I It entering the car. : tli.' iipiirt- ' I Ml l.\ railroads on express trains. The pi Mits II. ii-ii ill\ set out every year, in August, Sep- t. mill V . (I. , and bear a good crop the following spring. The most successful strawberry gro


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