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SEMI-TROPIC 
CALIFORNIA 
ANI» 
SOUTHERN CALirCRNIA HORTICULTURIST. 
T*f rated tn AgrimUvre, ff art ifii Hurt, and the tlelvl- 
opmmt nf Southern California. 
Term* (1.60, per yrar, in adranrr, pottage prepaid. 
Addre«», CARTEB A RIOT, Lon Anfflm, C«L 
CIRCULATION 
5000. 
At the request of a number of suh- 
Bcribera, wo print nil the letter* on grape 
culture by L. J. Ruse, Rsij., in one num¬ 
ber, so that they will be in convenient 
form for reference Sir. ltose has now 
resided on Sunny Slope for nineteen years, 
and in tlml time lias probably made the 
moMt valuable fruit farm and unevard m 
America. 
OUR MONTHLY SERMON. 
Think iian((hl a trifle. tbnligk“ mnnll (ipprar; 
Snmil Kauila the mmiiitnln. ..iciitu mat. the- yu.vr, 
And trill--, life. VoiVo. 
OST, yesterday, Bornowhero between 
1 J sunrise ami sunset, two golden boors, 
|each eet with sixty diamond minute* No 
reward is offered, for they are gone for- 
ever Such are the beautiful and terse 
words in which Horace Mann '•peaks of 
the loss of time. 
One of the most important lessons to 
be learned by every man who would pet 
on in hi' calling, is tin- art of economizing 
time. 
If i* a truism which cannot bo too often 
repented, that hat wealth may be replaced 
by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost 
health by temperance or medicine, but 
lost lime is gone forever. 
In the long list of evctiRe* for the neg- 
b et of duty, there is none we hear oftener 
than tin- one " I have not the time.” 
How tunny good und useful things might 
be done, ir not for the delusive excuse 
'if I "ill;, hnd liitu." 
RANCHO CERRITOS. 
rilHE com misers on this rancho do not 
1 need the instruction*, ho prominently 
Btt forth by so many agricultural impure; 
“How to mine one hundred bushels of 
corn to the acre." What they want to 
know is how In raise two hundred; one 
hundred is a common necitrrcnri without, 
any special cure and without irrigation. 
Fifty bushels of w’fiBut In tin* nine is the 
uverugo yield, and Air Hit by bns over six 
hundred acres in wheat tins season, and 
llu prospects were never better fm an 
Immense yield. 
the rancho contains 2. r »,000 a ere* of 
land, lies in between the Santa Ana and 
WilmingLau hrumhes of the Southern 
Pacific Railroad, and between the old and 
new San Ouhnel rivem. and inn continua¬ 
tion r»f tin Los Nietos valley, the fin famed 
nun uml pumpkin district that oxtenrla to 
the ocean by tun port of AVibniugton. The 
soil is of a diversified diameter, and upon 
tliis ranch can successfully be cultivated 
every product known to a -mnu-tropical or 
temperate diumte. It is right in tin* Ar- 
i. . - i . o uiperuie eniimic. n in riirnt in tin* Ar- 
J <*irsuiiK ms Jihviiy^ I livnj^C'I v«'h t. vi .i. u , n i • « 
* I, iA*n »i. n » «1 11 . J ff:M4U ben.wifJi a larue mmitir«r of flowing 
.—* 
had time. 
Snell are tin* pleas by wliieli the lo/y and 
... t,IB w,1 fi»h excuse themselves from a‘thuti- 4 
His entire tune has been eueu- ** nu d which cniixi leiieedicWoe to be 
pied in that and the making of wine and doll". Those who do the greatest things 
lirundy. The past ynu 1 be has increased I " r acconjpfi.h tlm in lie I good, do not. so 
his rapacity r,.i til. milking of wine and i'O' ffK*«t arid fitful efforts, but bv steady 
brandy, and his establishment ran now | unremitting toil; by turning even me>- 
wm k uji 100 tuns of grapes in 10 bourn I to ‘“’‘fount. 
am! double distill 2011(1 gallium „f brikiuh " A ‘‘Ontimud dropping wears awnv the 
in 24 houra. < it is believed that for econ- Htone.’' A little dnun this hour, and n fit- 
omv in working, and amount of work that 11,1 11 u hour, day bv tiny, and year 
ran be done, it is superior to onv establish- l,v J ear < brings lunch to pass.' 
incut in tin* world, ft was worked during i " Old-fashioned ixmiornist*, 1 says the 
last, vintage to it* full aq.aoity, night and "‘i. t, ‘‘will tell ymi never to 
“ay. and yet it was noUuflicieui to furnish l'" hH «" (,l, l “oil ot hornu shoe or buckle 
good, for the housea in wbiah Mr. Rum is at »*«",» pin. witlumt taking it up; he - n , HlJu , 
partner Mr. Hose, some years nine*, although you may uot want it. now , J w ’*^r, ttlld IraiiBpor- 
nesocialed himself wit!, the firm of P.-rkius Wl11 Gud a use for it aonm lime fmiJlUit-M. its healthful and almost 
Stern & Co., the pmm c, California win.-' ^'“briOUs cjimate. together with 
~ , However useless it may Heeu. to you at . *.- 11 * 
tlm prosent, seize up „|| that is* faith 
within your reach. 
A\ lu-iit, barley, rye, onl«, corn, sugar- 
herls, alfalfa, and the whole vegetable 
family grow to perfection. Mr, Jotharn 
PrA.y, the worthy owner of this immense 
ranpb, and whoso generous impulses are 
m keeping with In'wealth, segregated aud 
put Upon the iinu het, about two veins ago, 
several thousand acres of this ranch near 
tlm port of Wilmington, at prices and 
t*rnis that, enabled farmer* of mu all means 
to purchase and loeate a colony; nt. the 
moderate pru e and easy terms Mr. Hi*by 
has given these farmers they will make 
enough corn on the land to pay for il tliis 
'rar lie has much more of'these tine 
Uml-. for sah , and will. tl„ rich productive 
lo.ee of this soil, it* water, and transpor- 
nlir.i. to.ril.i .. .. :a I 1.1 z 1 . . 1 
, -- I ■ ' 1*1 ii• ai iiWHIG. 
houHc* m New York. Mr. Perkins dying, 
Ihe tmu inline was (■Imnged U, Sturii A 
tLl ‘- v uow ban* a house l | 
mid II. \mv street, New York N',., *27 
Lake street, Chicago; and No. 41 Milk 
s-treel, Boston, when our Eastern friend* 
(an with certainty find pure unadulterated 
al.foinm and we feel ponMaut you will 
& a « vU V l,, 1 ,n - "'Bare pleased to 
b Mr Rose a kinder ^ bv recommending 
h.s goods; for much good has h. d-mr to 
loir portion of California, \\ r would Jv 
mote, hut ", W e have pnhliabod los |,*ttera 
•mil have taken vmioOB extracts from d.C 
h-renl papers in tl„, emu.ty and Stm,. W(1 
prefer to J.t oU.ers sj,. u k ’ ‘ 
Mias I'loreuce Carter has placed in our 
him.li a pretty huuou' t 0 ( >■ ,i.l u 
T uu ‘ “i * . T; 
i luary ,1 J hunks, N|,„ |q fJ 
" " l.ul -.licit I llu lc*t life ill mlciu'i, .,1*. *" 
Anil ir il da 1 
A‘"l m v..'i j,r>iinT<l H,,- t.oiyuf n.iisy l,ras» 
\\ li it n»t-l» t 11., hi ni. ‘ 
Iwawml .ir «>, tin il.-cps miiio: 
I lie 'll/ll Ini- k imir; 
Wert Ii 14 11 ,, ist.ii, Fa nn• in |.|„. 
All'll^ tin «liuo-. 
f'Onkhu aaiil: Dost thou love ljf, 'f 
11 ", „ , ', lot B 'I ,,tt,i,,l 'r time, for that is 
IlM wl l| IT ||f<* Jz| Jiuuii u f 4 
U liil-i thegrenl,i v-pren.,er «f England, 
« *ll *ls “..e s„l,l '' Be, ii. .. wl( „ n , 
you that thrift of , 1Ilir will .,. |mv you Ul 
ufto< life with n usury of profit beyond 
your most syngmm. dieniim, and tl„,i ||„. 
,f ' •■••'•wuuble ]1 nc.c an.I favurul.le tcrmH 
of porrhuNO, I hen- is no land on thin cast 
1 "“' tH slleh favoralile imlueemcnt to 
! , ' t,U ‘ t l,,t4 . v '• borne in tin., famed 
'“'■b -or pniticuhira address Jotharn 
His by, Cumpton, Cal. 
v. 1 ,,A s',' 1txl " Tu, ,: Cn the prem- 
S's of Mr. .Montague on Main street, H a 
ail... peach tree which was brought here 
Mute II is of the vm.elv known ns the 
*mly i aw ford, has borne fruit f or (wentv- 
ye.,,' an. |„d., fan to he a ..fiialje 
dec for mlluii time to i-uine. 
Tire. Los AmiI n . Aenn MV, under the 
. of |, "* f ... obvi-h 
to nuiiilH In see„i*tf, 
" -..I..,,.-, II.I ■■•II 1 ljf .mi in »JI 
was oof It wall make yon dwindle uliki pei'ior advantages to nui.il* I.. 
dark M rcLnnire*' h.’m of"tl,c' ,l 'l ‘'T"' '‘I'' 1 m, ‘ k " 'lie 
“ Bt " f tl »° educational institutions „f Cali- 
— - —_ forma. * 
orein-i 
In planting ..range ■ eds, o.,h use* Hire, 
a!,ton " fl ,mtVBt>n 11J ««•*- 
histHTX' ‘ ,[ . 1 7/W« , e«*'v. , l have 
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