Litchfield enquirer., 1842-10-13

The following article on Horticulture and Fiorieu- lure, from the New.York Express relative to an ex hibition of Flowers given at Constitution Hall in that city, will, douht moi, he found interesting and he read with considerable avidity by many, particularly the ladies, who take nrrest in the cultivation l Flowers, in this quarter. Though not quite tle thing locaehere yet ii speaks of he progress of this branch of culture in New York and will in some degree np. ply 10 OFT case and mere particularly exert on incentive far general participation in ,he depart. nent of horicuiture. In the country there are far greater opportunities for cn'fivatng flowers The blessings of a genial soil-cxtcnded gardens-ihe warm and viviviG9 ci an uninterrupted sun--a saiuhrions atmosphere, tocerler with the dilgent hands of our fair daughters, almost every kind of flow CT from every cline may be brought from sR'e ot incpiency to state of maturity and perfection II we mistake not, the Horticultural Department (which embodied FlorculIure) at the late Fair, the attractive par, of the Exhibition. We hope another year it may be equally as abundant as it was a.:ac. tive this. .......
 An exhibition of flowers and fruits next tO the beautiful creation which bears the form and impress of Him who created all things well, is the faircst sight that can be presented to the eye of man, The book of Revelation derives half its beauties from the work of nature. Wordsworth, we be- licve it is, says there is music in everything if men had ears, and so beauty would be found in everything if men had eyes. Who will forgot, even of tho world who have not seen the beauties told of-the garden of our first parents, or the beautiful description of the lilies of the field that toil not, and nei- ther do they spin, yet arrayed in more than the glory of King! Whose imagination has not wandered, far back to the gardens 0f the Prophets, the watering of which is compared to the descending spirit of hea- ven, and the growth of which, to the faith of the just made perfect. It was the pride of Solomon to have "his gardens and his orchards" and the pools of water and the wood that brought forth trees" Through Nature up to Natures God, is tha' sure and safe journey which good men never fail to travel, and Nature too, seen in the fruits and flowers of the field.
 It is hardly within our province, though an editor is bound to know a little of every thing, and to speak good deal of every thing, to dwell much upon this subject. In a city like ours, however, where the sight of flower or a tree is like a green spot in memory's waste," there can be no pleasant CT theme to write upon, certainly nothing more beautiful to reflect upon. If the man who makes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before,' is benefactor, doubly benefactor is he who adds not on- ly to his own good, but to the welfare of all around him, ny the cultivation of flowers and fruits. Health and beauty, if not wealth and contentment, are the rewards of labor so we'll bestowed. Walled in as we arc in city, we hardly sec the light of the sun or any of the beauties of the heavens. To the sense of sight we may travel almost along the length and breadth of our spa- cious land, and cry tall is barren" We are behind our neighboring cities, and worlds distance almost from the many ci- ties of the old world To soc then as we just have seen, a beautiful exhibition of flowers and some choice fruits, Is really good for sore eyes. The exhibition, too, we are glad to learn, is but foretaste of that we shall have at the October exhibi- tion, where nature and art are to go hand in hand in an exhibition of the skill and beauties of both. We saw, however. more flowers than we can name. There were delicious fruits too, but the exhibition of flowers for New York, considering how neg ligent New York has been in this matter, was really creditable to the city and highly honorable to the ladies and gentlemen of the city who made the contributions. The Dahlias were very beautiful, and of every form and color and shade of coloring as well as of every name. To the ladies, now as ever, mostly, were the visitors most indebted for the exhibition. It was Lady Holland, we believe, who brought the Dahlia into fashion some. forty years since, and from Eve to the present day, the ladies have shown themselves,- at too dear cost someiimes.-almost the exclusive patrons of Flora. The Muses and the Florists have been the fruits of the same parent tree.- Evelyn, Lame, it is said by an ancient Reviewer, never to be mentioned by garde- rers without reverence, says somewhere, in describing an English place which he had visited, My lady skilled in the flowery part; my lord in diligence of planting;' and this is a division of country labor which almost universal consent and practice have sanc- toned.
 The same man truly asks-Whither did the poets hunt for their sincere delights but into the gardens of Alcion,is, of Adonis, and the orchards of the Hesperides Where did they dream that heaven to be but in the pleasant garden of Elysium? Whither do all men walk for their honest recreation, but thither where the earth hath most bene- fcially painted her face with flourishing colors!
 The countryis not the only place where flowers and fruits properly belong Their home like that of their cultivators is every where, and almost every thing in nature and art ministers to their cultivation. It may be as truly said of the Island of Manhattan as it has been said of the Island of Great Britain in answer to the wealthy grunblers, "There is no country that offers the like is not one plant in the wide world wholly incapable of being cultivated in England.-- The mosscs and linchens dragged from un- dnr fh1. enov,S If Trclnnds md thG tenderest