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SEMl-TROPtC < 'A fJFnfiX[A. 
SEMI-TROPIC 
CALIFORNIA 
AND 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURIST. 
AN ILLUSJRATED MONTHLY 
Ihvottd to Arfricultiirr, Horliailtnrr, am! the </•<>/■ 
Oj-mrnt uf Sovlhtrn California. 
Trrmt SI. SO, prr year, in advanrr, potstayeprepaid. 
Addion, OAETEE A EICE, L«s Augole*, Cal. 
CIRCULATION .... 5000. 
not purchase) loving learls anil happy! ORANGES, 
faces, fttld those nix> HM.-r.Mary flouji nU in no etjnrioK rot: *uui.tr 
la pleasant home. ff yon nave Out one A ('KOI* well ,r rowu . 1 . | if 
| room, make that 11 bower of .. » n .| >\ ,,,... 1 ,;, fj,,’. 1'". il u 
itore r n ,nw r'V" '- P »* b,e . “ pl^:.iepei.rl f.. r 
Itme on the wall, ,l flower th« window „. „ 0 |1 L i! how win, 
ihf'se.withu ghrnpaecif sumdiiuo, 11 bright ,u,-l whor. lu 11. [ n Hi, 
K*r® 'lir*. hona f,.r gelling 
1 fiuNi and cheerful moilo, make 11 pirn urn 
will i'll eanso lli" most ilisenntButlad t o <•> - 
cluani, •• Tinn, uu jiluee like lu>mo!" 
Wbi'> .md uintbi.i*), make your Inrun., n 
plneo of tii-unty, ft Iniroi. o( pence ami rest 
nrtirl* we will 
in oramp. crop 
FEBRUARY. 
If you neglected during the holidays to 
square up your accounts, il is time to do 
it now. “ Better late than never.” 
Know how you stand. The beginning 
of the year is tlio time to atari off straight.’ 
Buy a few blank books in which to keep 
a record of all your business affairs, as well 
as of all experiments in farm, orchard, 
vineyard or business pursuits. 
A diary of every dav'e events kept by 
the good wife or one of the girls or boys, 
would, at the end of the year, be a valua¬ 
ble and interesting book. Make nn in 
vontory of everything; keep uu account of 
every cent paid and received, and von will 
timl, at the year's close, that the I’inancinl 
department will be nut tin, least interest¬ 
ing portion of your diary. 
OUR MONTHLY SERMON. 
Few are strong in their own slreugtli 
alone. \\ e all need assistance and on- 
counigoiuent to k . p in the right path. 
And where, if not i„ our butues, must wu 
look for this? There w. > \p- • I. sympathy 
in our sorrow, help in our time of imoil, 
kind, gentle words when wo do -wrong, 
and glad ones when our hearts are tilled 
with joy. There the moral as well as the 
physical atmosphere must he pun- and in¬ 
vigorating the i.db.enee* *0 alhaotivo 
that all are eontented and happy 
If in mir homos l»s* thought wen, giv< u 
to 'am display mid more to Waking them 
Indy beau til 11 I, funny who me now phi/,-, d 
m the deepest depths ol sin woulil be safe 
w.llnn their >-„‘ele. Our cum Would not 
I"" 1 - frequently shn.'lnd |, v taltiK ,,f 
foi how often, on lournin- tie historv ..f 
some guilty one, have we found that (hen 
home" w. n unhappy. Thus, r,..,,, the. 
they were easily tempted ml, 
in .uinpanNun with tie-,- ,.{ h... 4 „ ,.,j 
fnl ot beauty, but which, alas! generally 
end in ruin, 0 J 
Wealth is not essential m making our 
lioiiies lovely il is true, riches can pro¬ 
cure many things which an, beyond th, 
M ueh of the poor; Hun home, cun I,, 
made stately aud grand; but money can 
ready for market. 
<’*it the orange off, t-uMing *» close to 
lie fruit n. possible, and be tnruful 11 ,1 In 
; ,. , , •. ........ ......... bruise it; and tle-n -1 1 . ,.d . lit for r,,i 
" lb< V',. . ... weary and pet I. 
1’T [W ««• Joy's labor. I which will ban- . .I .. th. 
at m. com plain I of your own care greet Lf tli„ fruit. You ud f,| r to 
os -am; offer him bright sm.lcs, gentle ship unlt-s .. ,„t.n. U fi.il. 1 
Words, and loving nets. I,-t b.m ciate j The drying.be 
.am. , forge round Inin such a ..•ham of l.nttm/, of the ,p„,bm. of.. 4„i i,.„ M 
•- will dr.w him fn..i. ..very other . 1 . pollution md th. , 
H,., f,. b.,/;,. nn.I ... produce* evil results upon a w„l 
Anil your children, giro them all the m- than nil other mna. - c.ml m. I 
fSg'i ... Waving gathered and dried the foil 
„ di. ll "rV 1 r"T H art ' T 0t ! >' 11 si/- and ."'lor pk.i-ing „i 
urnlu the roof-tree. Teach them It) love ,t he same crate onlv tie -t o,n, - i|,.,t 
; Jlhl1,1 -. Ww#vu»ini»...m.f-,,,, .. n„ 
Hlrealu ... til. run , , 
''"'V Wllu:l1 ' fr . . i- .. a ... I- hi h 
drawn, they may ghde safely to the (lohlm, U help. tCc maltoi . 
Gate. 
Husbands and fat here, do not let your 
is a positive hurt -to hide th 
fruit in the renter of the crate 
, , ■ , . ■) ‘“O. O, MIC reuier ol IUO «-| 
prerc net cast a gloom over Hie household, - i„g them with th- choicer 
(In in; 1 rnirtri \* ■ t I. I i / • . 
kit. dark 
lOirou ud- 
- Cl 
tlo net coma with frowns or words uf re 
proof; make vone little ones love you; 
leat-li them todread yourabsonee ami lon- 
fm- your return. When Iheir glad voices 
nng out in tunes of welcome, do nut hn-h 
Hu m nor their joyous laughter, the ovel- 
llowmg of happy hearts, hut give them 
1 1 your poor oraugi - nr. not t. j>oor 
W *JuP 4 l«U?k II. ; . I 
your best fruit as first -chr*.,- through and 
through, ami get timt-cho.- priorw. Wrap 
micli u range in the thin paper uotd for 
wrapping fruit. Park in .-lo-e crute. sr- 
| ranging thorn in even layer*, a* close and 
also kind ami merry greeting. Enter their 1 snug a* possible. Heap ,).. 
;; l ;;vr, S* Sff it . 1 • . ...— *« 
. 1 “ n .°‘ 1 T mly 1 iv 
High* oappines#, and rtiinemfniriug to force it down to th. I- ,.i • . 
how coldness chilled your own heart in j Have ..yenthing d.»t and diio ii- . 
je and the 
era would 
’xing and 
sal prims 
i of trails- 
. , •> . .*.**•• " i C J " , "lift' IJ I A ' III 
yom y.ml.h, give I he in plant* of wunn, tin paper, thu b- ,\, ... » 
i * i * 111 • 1 1 111 ^ uvhiioiHiii \ . I i. n . 1 
marking. If all the large g r . 
adopt * ou-ont rnlivc pim > i I 
shipping anil sl.iml together, g 
cun lie had, as well »s low rat., 
generous sympathy. And through all, 
guiml ami keep them fimii evil, fm it i> 
wliilo young the seed is sown, winch in 
1 1,1111 bring* forth good in bad fruit, L1 „, 
Kd all membtus uf the family do Iheir porUtiuii 
part toward muling honui huppi. T h.in, , 
as tin. yanrv roll by, mil tho /ullncs of ' UL ' U,,> ' ' 
tbeii- I., arts each may wiy, " My hoin.i is 
to me tlie mosl l.cntitiful . u eaiih." 
RIVERSIDE. 
IIi|ki\ I loeiii - ft mil (hire uimll \ue 
vaids, the large tin.» lining us well tn 
OffMigo to 
nurseries, 
iiuipenlHUi 
eellelil 
o injury to the you 
in 1'label . Uieblird—U \ (.' 
m imiwi 
con 
i; 
betler- and last year ivas consult ini a*' ' S , «*" * 
... u. i» ii i. , ml ,iul Thud 
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i urn 
the 
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Il Mih*i hit • I it 
iril<’ li t ** to Ii*" 
Jiorl, crop Mr. Ii H. II. mb i son. from 
Iw.i uert-a of mu. yuid (all he had'), sold 
«'l|_yr,ll, . vpeme, fl 7 I 85; piolil, ^7 1 1 .S>. 
' I'. Com bn, from Kittl viues, sold #7 1 ) 1 . (Hi, 
expeii »e, ip.J10.IIU; piolil, ' I, I N8. H \ 
W' dbrook, from (IIH) vines, sold M'.K- || 
cost, *102.85; profit, 
Hreosn A.nscvi, Cmim Fun. at River 
side, will be held during llih* month (d-.l. 
not yel liniiml). II. ,1. ftudisilj and \ > '" ’ ! ‘ ' 
White, committee, with full p,,weis to " ' Ml ' ,l ' 
appoint Hllb-eomiuilt.- and comph-te 111 "" 1 
ruugixuuutN for Hu I an. 
we I .1U l.’.tify from pt I>,mal 
I heir anliru «took is in , \- 
liou. ami reiwlv f'tr th* mar* 
sorting of stock iu 
k iu> as the model 
for market. The 
•..rtr-t ns to first, 
-. ami a hat no 1 
non would .all ,nd thud 
hey consigned to,-, in. Many-d 
. thu* Uuucd would h»». 
lot W e nolici d the 
Hus nursi i-y, ami it vi 
way of preparing tic- 
i*ie llioi'.illghlt 
not 
III s- 
tlen 
ouili.ei.il 
III th 
dll' 
I Hu- tn . ► with It,, ir 
roots without . ul to. 
1 orchard, but Mi l 
lb. bird- 
Ilia! he w.-a'.d out 
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fl 11 r • v* *1 
n tn» nurot-n Hurt 
h* could 
Another onp.«i, 
- IN the good nx.U 
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