SEMI-TROPIC CA UF<)ItWA. 
Wo will fcliowt r >l| CDiIUOnlonlloDf «dlln e.l |„ _ 
ro/ofeiiro in Oa|lf"iTi n ihniDKb llil« ■tome W. nin 
liwor ri (fiil«l Villi— nl.ora bf l- r...n.| l„(Ur. r ... . 
Ifn'tfwd for |'..>in v , 
'J’lit Horticultural Ito&rrt of Direi tor» i> 
inniii the twine a* Iri*t year, except Ompl 
C 1 C. Tbom succeed * L. M. Hull. removed 
to Sim BtirpnrdinoCounty. Tin* mender- 
(if the board arc giving their linn.* uml at 
tontion free to carrying on tint good work 
of the nocioty. They have nettled up all 
the old debts, anil placed the society in 
good trim for a ‘'boom" at the coming 
fair. The expensive njamige merit hu> been 
cot off, and instead of paying out big mil 
lilies the year round, no salaiii an* novr 
paid, the board doing the work without 
cost, to the society, thereby saving hun¬ 
dreds of dollars. The various pudHoti* 
of trust and responsibility dining the fair 
are to la* tilled by merntier- of the society 
us far as possible, without pay, and volun¬ 
teers are asked for 
A LETTER FROM PASADENA 
Editor Se&u-Tuomo: Permit run to call 
attention to a few facts concerning the 
effect, of the season, or something cl-n, 
upon the growth and apparent vigor of the 
citrus family of trees the present season in 
this vicinity. 
Visiting my neighbor, Mr. John Low. 
yesterday, lie expressed a desire to have 
me walk through his line orange grove, 
which I was pleased to do. Not a weed 
was to be seen, and no garden spot would 
need to l,o in butter condition. “Well, 
wind do you think of my ti. es? 1 ’ “Cmihl 
not well look better," I replied. “How 
many times have you irrigated them tin*, 
season ? " I asked, “Not once, and but 
once last, season. My neighbors," he said 
" ate inquiring every day what I do to my 
trees to make them grow *n; and I till 
tlieiii that I am allowing the sun t«. warm 
up the soil, instead of pouring on the coin 
water every few days, thereby reducing 
the temperature of the Mir hue loot' tem¬ 
porarily, uml lint deep routs purmatreuth 
the entire unison through, that tire y rm'| 
grow naturally, at least, if id all " Now, 
this iirc.liuiil is nearly one mile from my 
urehanl, to the i ,int mid probably in a 
somewhat different soil; lieurc, d is hard I \ 
fair to Huppcme Unit my soil alone is p. , u- 
liarly adapted to perpetually maintain >, 
nt->i kill vigor uml nmionl growth of wood 
without nrUfired irrigntiou. It is non m 
its fourth y oni, en(truly ■ I> pi mb id upon 
the i loud'ami . ipillarv iittrartlou for its 
supply "f water. I uln also told by many 
of my neighbor** Uml my 11. . - uro‘making 
an ux(.'optionally tine growth. 
omri: I t itimis. 
I bey me doing exceedingly wi ll In ro. 
Lean than fivo pel ei-uf. have so fur failed 
to strut piomptly and crow iig'ioiislv out 
of feu thousand put out m March last 
I ho n roc ess w as with mi tnm bm I . m.ke 
the hob- with, and *«it from fifteen to 
twenty inches deep; then the soil, free from 
lumps mill stone, was carefully washed 
Into the hole by „ small jUt of «,«ter 
i through n Imre attaobnl to a barrel -r 
sprinkling pot, nntil full, Thi, last pro¬ 
cess well doui . two da\a after and the , -,t- 
ting will bo found a* linn as a post, ,r,,| jf 
wii.l cutting wm good ii the fli 
full to come ill doe Urn* and hI-. mute a 
•tang vine. 
Don’t ns<- suckers for cuh-iiL-K, which 
are usually long-joiutcst straight and fin 
looking. Talc the mure erriibl.y-lo..kmg 
•hort between the bod«, and Y.p. dully 
fruit-producing cutting*, if you can git 
them. Ho* few th.it have no far fail- 1 
't'ut this season with me, are of the uln., 
tionuble libuw ttlxivo III' litioiie |. 
f 1 . 1 
wptnble to the public, uml also more b.,, 
elb-inl to horticultural interests, fi r r n- 
I tnbuion to the prina ta coniine therusslv. - 
| t.i fact* instead of hypothec** or tboonre 
j There is a •crene* of hurt multure, and 
everything should lie reduced to facts m 
this ns in that, of uuy other -. i- mm In 
' thin way we could "rein i staldish n eooi- 
[ inun foundntum for all in each of the 
various branch' - recognized as In longing 
to the general department. 
Hnvo lint a luoroeut'* time to scratch 
down the above, which Lhe public can see 
lerifiwl, and much more of intere st, bv a 
pleasure driv. out to «nir prosperous —t- 
Momenta. Q. H. Cciama. 
August 35 , 1880 . 
EXCHANGES 
.SV.xf-’Aiar 1 mui Hun - •> is the very appro¬ 
priate title of an illustrated quarterly hor¬ 
ticultural magazine, edited and published 
by Isaac F Tillinghod, Ha Plume, Pa. 
Any muglii article from Mr Tillinglmst s 
pen in worth many times riiorn than the 
yearly subscription price, which is only 
twenty-five cents. 
Tub AVm> York HY-Cy //. cm 7 is one of 
the largest, newsiest, and l*e*t family news¬ 
papers published ioilkt vr.irld, and can I - 
u*ol for one y* «i, post p u l, for one dollar, 
making it lire ofiuapcst as wall aa tin lar¬ 
gest Subscription* loo ired at tb>*"th. < 
P11a Covm.oni'rrreres — tV' 
edge the receipt ”f com pi i men 
In the Htate F ,ir, S ,. r ,m#tito 
-•*, Mechanic* , San Franct'« - 
Sept II; t'.th rXatrict Agrieu 
Ang.-les. O. t IK £1 VIso fro 
V.ml ion of Kar-.is nitv * 
1 Louis St Joe, Atchison 
Topeka, and Nfrwho Falla 
To Vim Cu.irnMi(, —Rn,id 
mention n report that Mr. Job 
K"r> hrslrf-n, one I.f th» .inualai 
of <be It'iynl Conitntaaion uo , 
Ha* rdreivcil instruction • topi.,, 
i form.* to report on the agnet 
- saHircea of thia country in vi. 
j approaching barre-t 
Nivrn in the history of Ca.‘ 
tin muI returned more hoantif 
{the md.wlnouahnxUr.dm.iu 
who tilU the anil, and plant* an 
the grain, who plant* the ornr 
fig, and the vine, and hr hi 
| bring, them to perfection, doe* 
j try uwu her pn>*ferity. No 
jllir world produce* a greater 
I production* than due*our mud . 
I Southern California. 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
!«■*-. tit muu vH a, rvasini. i 
I >|»eu for competition Ur the 
j the public reboot* nl Southern 
Best original c*»*y .. ,, 
! Best recitation . 
! IW song - 8 olo f n strum mi 
compnnimaiil if dwured. 
Bi't drawn map of California 
Ruin governing tire school • 
I'onilaiu actual atUoi lanca ir 
J achmil* nu»y compete for three 
must notify the aeeretirr on oi 
j tenth of Cmtuhar for which pr>; 
ixvmpete Tin public aterei.. . 
I bntlon of pn.. H will lake pH, 
tM-.her I'.'th from tin *t..yi ,r 
i'll it 
7 
_ _ _ >inie* to in i 
bright and fresh, wdh lmth side* printed 
at luune Wo admire tho pluck >f our 1 
friend Scipio, and hope he may Hiicceed in - 
buitdiug up Co I ton to the Manila rd of lu* 
Ncmi- 7 'i'opie, or wliat we think la a Iwttvr 
iviall, that lie would come up to tire no 
tro|WjIl». j.apci and all. We vtaut you 
Am a-hi n tii» HoiiTi-tu rt’iui Fua. t 
\b-T*. Peal X Kimball are nuanng no' 
pain* ill etpiuisu to perfect their inillBia] > 
i-u I ii net before •iieliUu it to tin II ll- 
till ■ * 1 l.xpmiil ion. Lux \nj:»'bs, a* a reple 
sioitntivn of (he tulncrul ». alth of -outlrern 
An 'Oft. The t-ollo- In n ely i o-'bi >■ ' ' 
choicpipocimpii* funu fifty tulual'li- iciik's. 
a lut of w hich will bo appended • • * 
Hut a short tuur inter''-m * biTW'eD tin 
present (llid the date uf ihipliKlit nod a- ! 
i* uomili-xl.lv to the irdvrot of evi-iv oue 
ha«ing valuable property to ha'*- it t»|• j• 
aelltod, we f I ilsf that addlt I'.’lis to til - > id>- 
tuct may l>. f<>rwardrd without d<-l*y - 
AJi.'iAi itfi. 
« „i)i> ,.‘f t m«- si-n I'd atruu 
F.-aay a mutt cm non not I*, 
iiudml Dot more tb-m e igli 
I wurlla, and U ocvonipai.t.-I bv t. 
| of lint Uswlnir iu wl.«*se who'. I 
Itrlonga, that ftom In* It now b- 
riliw !>• Wliwvw th i- it l* 
iWion I*- hared ou on* 
tllu.ight, atol clegali. x vf • »p*e 
Bucitiition and d-. bunation tv 
Giun two bumlrtsl u>>r more 
hui lt‘d wonl* for piqul* uu 
vrui-a, and tint Ire* than four hil 
luore ttuui tuoe hundred for p 
tar hi* - cara. 
S>ng int rretriotiotn* a* lx* lai 
Vwur.l I., b. I u-d on m»l-dy 
lion. and •rpreiuuott. I Indruiu 
isuiipxiiiiuBDt piaoutcd by tb» * 
Map* to l>e of uiiifi-mi wir-- 
Is ’in d lUxl'J, willi oua ih- t- bt;i 
tu Ins drawn *-u *- /osd. m*--- •.a; 
tc-e ti«r’s i-»Kitli'«l* 'Latu g tha 
or l'J*|i W»* cull sit I led. 
V*;u of pupils Wlil be WUlllll 1 
