The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-03
wild Flowers.

Il; IS not customary m pnfsaIas len
suage, 20 term the heart s-ease violet: yel
such it really IS. Two species Of the pam
sy violet grow wild in Great Britain. This
flower and the dahlia seem 10 have taken
the place in the esteem of the fOrisi. once
engaged BY the aITicula and tulip; and lis
culture has, Of late years, received great a.
tention- The large and handsome varie-
ties now produced, 50 beautiful in colour.
so well shaped, and in many cases so fIag
ran, OF violet order, prove tina; the flower IS
well worth the care bestowed upon it.
The frequent occurrence Of flower show.
in our large towns has had great effect in
exciting attention 10 lis improvement, and
few of our floral ornaments are exhibited
more often on these occasions, when 50
much pleasure is gwen TO the lover Of aOw-
eIs, and 50 much encouragement 10 their
skilful culiivators.
FLOWERS, it is tue, can never De seen 10
50 great an advantage as when bsheld
blooming in the garden, OF on the country
landscape, when they art accompanied BY
50 many things that are beautiful or the
green earth, and where blue shy IS over
all. Beside, noSegay, however tasiefully
disposed, will not allow the unresirained
display of that gYacefulness OF arrange.
ment in the leaves and stems Of foweTs,
which is peculiar To each when viewed sing
". We shall perhaps in few years see
a, these pleasing shows less OF that desire
Of exhibiting something STANCE or uncom-
mon, which seerns now 70 prevalent, and
simple elegance Of grouping arrangement
Dahlias placed together TO resemble pea
cocks. and other flowers clustered to mi
tate parasols, or similar uninteresiing OBJ
ects, often greatly destroy the pleasure
which flowers in their natural simplicity
would convey, and seem scarcely less 10
amuse by their absurdity, than 10 offend by
their ;astelessness.
"The taste OF the bo;anist and florist are.
indeed, often somewhat at variance To
the bo,anis;, the wild flower, or the flower
little changed by culture, is an Object of
more interest than the highly cultivated one,
as it affords him better means for pursuing
his study of plants. He considers the bios
SONS which have been by the gardners aid
rendered double, or otherwise altered, Us
f having an artificial character, and in botanl-
cal language such flowers are often called
monsters Few of my readers will perhaps
agree with the sentiments OF the German
bo,anis,, Wildenow, who remarSsuPon the
subject Of highly cultured flowers, 'Flons':
|, value them, more especially amateurs. io'
| they have acquired 20 unnatural taste a
= to despise nature in its simplicity. and witt
u care often transplant these Determines IND
. heir garden Few, Indeed, will look uPor
: the rich double wall-fowcrs, or stock
u Of the par,erre. with the dlspleasme WI
$ which this gentleman would regard them.
c The florist. by ering on the other hane
3 may Justly, however, deserve some censure
/ since angnlarity cannot equal beauty u
+ appearance; yet surely there is no reason
/ why We should not admire the blossoms
n both Of the garden and the meadow. no
y why the single and more quickly iadln:
u flower should win our regard exclusively
while the more permanent and snowy i0i
II flower should be passed by as an object IN
Q worthy our notice. -Flo@ers q their As
g sociati0ns.