Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1889 — The Opponax Tree. [ARTICLE]

The Opponax Tree.

The npoponax tree is not only a very pleasant - but a profitable one to the ladies of Charleston, 8. C. The Cour- | der remarks: “There are a score or more of ladies in Charieston who actu-1 ally get all their winter dresses from ' the opoponax trees io their gardens. A young lady who has a tree in her; Srden has already realized <23 from . e sale of the flowers, and her neigh-1 bor. who has a younsrer tree, has - bought a handsome winter nloak from i the proceeds of her tree. The flowers are made up in tiny buttonhole bou'quete and are given to lhe cook’s son to sell. Ha sells them at 6 cento a bouquet, and has no trouble in disposing of them to northei-n tourists whe pans through the oily."