9 
SI'MI-Tltoric <■ ll.tl'n/tXIA. 
SEMI-TROPIC 
CALIFORNIA 
AND 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURE 
AN ILLJSJRATED MONTHLY 
Iterated to AijricnUuvt, ! tetri ictf Uurr, Iitul the 1 1r On I ‘ 
Dliou lit of Soul/o in California. 
Term* $1.60, per year, in m /mnw, pont/uje //repaid. 
Addro«i, CARTER A RICE, Lo« Augolo*, 0*1. 
CIRCULATION .... 6250 
J N sevonng my connection with the 
SOUTHERN ( 'lUI nllSU Muin irill.lTnl.ir, 
if is hilt proper that we nay n pm ting word 
to the Isadora nml friendh of the Society 
who have given un so much valuable namst- 
anee (luring the past, two year*. 
Nearly three yearn ago, the Horticul¬ 
tural Society wum organized, nml in the 
autumn following, IK77, the first iiuuihei 
of the Hoimei’LTtrniST wna issiiial. The 
work of establishing a new publication at 
any timo n a hazard (.hjb one, and in times 
of a financial depression like those wit¬ 
nessed during the past two yearn, when 
prices of everything have been on a dn- 
clitic, the undertaking becomes extra 
hazardous. Notwitlmtandiug nil the difH- 
cultieH encountered, the Hoimeei n an,r 
and the Horticultural Society have been 
self-sustaining, until within the past six 
months, when expense- exceeded irccipth 
bv several hundred dollars Under the 
cirou main neon, a change become desiiabh , 
nrrniigfmwita were eutered into with 
Messrs. Carter & Kie> to osmuik pulilion- 
tion nl the periodical. A broader field 
will he occupied by the publication under 
its present nuuiageinent, and the well 
known ability and In .mas cnterprinii of 
•he present publishers wairnnls us in »a> • 
nig Mint by the eliango the Hoi i ici i.niitisr 
will l.eeomo more In mlv ■ dnllliahed, nml 
ihe interests of Southern California will 
be carefully guarded VS e command the 
present publishers to our friend* every¬ 
where. 
In milling from editorial work, we re- 
lorn thanks to our friends for the iiHhiat- 
nnee they have given us, and to I ho 
brethren of the proas for the uniform 
kindness which wn have ever iceivid at 
their hands. L, M. Ilngr. 
W i s»Mo this number free to a great 
ninny who luiVn been Milwciibtn*i to the 
Hoarnui/ninisi, and whose term# of sub 
»cnotion have expired, n ipieitmg them to 
Mend in their mimes nml address, inclosing 
Sfl.fiO for IhJSO, I1H we will not enter name" 
■ n our Bubsciiption books iinh'SH paid for 
in udvalire. 
Wi: m v tv i our bow, with li.it off, a -j we 
take our sent in the editor's mile tarn. Il 
wo make no promises of the wonderful 
things we intend to do, we will not break 
any. Wo intend to do our " level but" to, 
edit and publish u pftpi r, in every way ac- 
eeplnble to a gulieimi* and hospitable 
people, devoted to their interests and our 
own, a paper fot the home of every C.'uli 
finuinii who is interested in the develop¬ 
ment. of her wonderful resources. 
SVi? aiui to help you umko home beauti¬ 
ful ami pleasant; agriculture and horticul¬ 
ture practical ami profitable. 
Appreciating the importance of accurate 
knowledge nml fixperinline, w e have seem i d 
a corps of writers from among the ablest 
expcmiirntcTB, must, practical anil siiecess 
lul farmore, orohardiet gnidcncrs and stock 
men in the country. We ash that you. dear 
reader, will *‘puss our imperfections by," 
pul vour shoulder to the whod, and help us 
in a common cause. 
A SERMON OCT OF THE PULPIT 
\\ T ! would urge upon onr t noii c 
▼ V ci immunity i ), 0 neimitt of u>rrC, 
ronstaut wous. iocesMtil WORK on then 
farms. And more especially t*> the new 
comer would we point to the neces-ity of 
working if hr would succeed. That vm 
have o soil a . rich and pn dmtive n * (fin 
sun ever shone upon, m iw di nv. that we 
have more lirighl day* of to.dtli giving 
wwther in will'll to woik nut di«rr» noun 
CUD daily. I lie telulfiM ii - an to bi/ine-i 
tierc w here everything grows and pi-_.dn 
“O abundantly and all With wj bttle lals-r. 
When so mat'll ran In done with -> little 
labor, what, un irn < ntm it should be o> 
dimblo our energies mil go imbi'lrion-lv 
to work nml thoraby make our-elves h houm, 
an ludepnudaUt, happy home, whin you 
can sit beneath your own line nml fig tree 
with none to molest or make you afraid. 
What we want i* more mum lc and Ins 
speculation; inure milking your fortune* 
grow from a spuntaneou- '-oil, and !■ -and 
lot Mpce.ulatinn; mote work and It lo.ifing 
around the village street corners. This is 
onr first w nuou, we make it abort. Imping 
to lu ur of good uatilH 
The It canon why Soullicni California Inc PROPAGATINO ROSES 
put bmi to inyillng-iv field for immigrant* it i- „i.via, wn , tfaom 
I here has been little C.oveiun.cnl land who have a fow choke .. ■ on, 
open for anttlemont nailer the pre-e.mihon extra ones, cithe. t„ ;; ,v a ..I „r to 
and homestead laws, ll.o most valuable ,.,,1,,,'ge the flower muihn 
tracts are included in the old Mexican 
giants. The owners of these grants were, 
in some instances, so rich that they did not. 
earn to dispose of any portion uf tin ir 
properly In othem, (hey were land pom 
now to no rr. 
.Select ripen shoots will him .ln-d mar 
thn ground (preferring those limbs that if 
cut, oil would make a luce bushy plant). 
and COilkl no! find thu liiinh- ncrisiuiv t.i; a >“* ' v 'lh » "burp knife hack . r no, ii I to 
uinlei side so that when bent will , ome in 
contact with the soil Tin e notches 
-should liu five or mx in numlier. though in 
thu bcurt or iiith. Now. to ml the limb 
down, ami with the knife *lii thu limbs It 
inch up towards the end >>f the lop. just 
below tha notches, and lie careful not i<» 
break the limb; cover two inches in the 
sandy soil and lay a buck ot none no i it 
to keep it down. Keep Boil inmst, mid by 
spring the loot*, will have foiiod oft. u 
four ami live ineh<’* long, when it < 
wifely removed Til* luost dirth-ull 
tool i-uiih this wav, 
in l<i 
havo Hcctiou lmi’B run and nunoyn made 
I In n<- hu ge acres were imieis' d at very low 
figure*, ami there win no incentive to di 
viding thnin lip for M-tllement, 
Rut titliou have Homevvlmt changed. The 
laud jnjor in Kimin ea.sL'h have hrcomi land- 
Ji.'hk. Thn provision in the new t'oriBlitu- 
tion requiring unimproved land to be ns- 
Be«Hed at Miijilai rates to improved land of 
like elm racier, will compel the large ranch 
uvvnciH ftilhefto (iiillivati: the land them 
m'Ivch or throw it on the muiknt und givo 
otliciH auch aii opportunity. It ii now as 
auuitd ax a fuel tlial the so-called laud 
moimpLiJiidii will find it to llmir interei.t tnj 
cut: lip (lull- mile he* into small holdinga. \\ t - know of no l, It,, plan f. 
I here is already a movement in that diice- er.il iiuprovi niciif of .mi i. 
lion. Minim of tlm veiv choioest lands m i| m „ un ovrbauge of ,,| no : 
tlie Stnle ale now ofl'eiud (or sale in lract.il to natf', and how to d- i». 
1 ■ I"' 1 ' .. 1 based on (ictunl . Xp< 111 n ,. 
The hard limes lias compelled nearly all j funnels will luie. lv .ml lb- .. , 
tbe huge rum h ow ners t..eli.su out. Thne ! pcni-m e; and tluvv of 1, * 
never was. and never will be again, such a ean ofitm show to then inmv wee im._.|, 
cliiuiri' hi l»nv likihl In HlmiUioiu i uli/oruin Um, l«|hi otwl mivr* it'-miu 
US elicui'UB lit the piesenl. lirxnlght alwut by entirety dilT. r«ot pio 
___ _ cbsii«*j 
Wo cordially invite ovary timcf m 
A PROFITABLE CROP, Noiillnon (' difoiui t or ■ b , win i, 1 .id 
• I ,| , , „ , , , us hi* oIvhi ivnlioiii in air, mid ill 1 i ", lu-s 
Mi IteiiileiMoii. ot Iliuu -.hie who In,-a llf ... .. ,1 
. n j. ,l i ■ 4t< , tU v th vr r '■««■ 
lie wdl clear from it.overand above all i v 
■ the g«m 
J,' interests, 
as to what 
Opinions 
1’nv‘lionl 
' *f ll -S ,-V 
rxjrciu nrv 
pease- ,.f cultivation, picking, enting, hov 
lOg, etc., $1 III pat nere SN'heie iw then 
annlher crop Unit will pay art uollv 
i a ' .Si a, mm, for il.o Stui Taoric 
roaviv, fl. ■»•», pen ji tr, in advance 
