The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-11-19

can initiate We can Manufacture no col !
ors to equal those Of our flowers in their
bright briliancy, such, for instance, as the
Scarlet Lychnis the Bromallia, or even the
common Poppy. Then see the exquisite
blue of the humble Speedwell, and the daz-
zling white of the Star of Bethlehem, that
shines even in the dark Bring one Of ev-
en- Our common Geld-Aowers into a room,
place it on your table or chimney piece and
YOU seem 10 have brought ray of sunshine
into the place. There is ever checrfulness
about flowers; what delight are they to
the dropping invalid the very sight of them
is fresh bliss, coming as messengers from the
country without, and seeming TO say-'Come
and see the place where we grow, and let
thy heart be glad in our presence
What can be more innocent than flow.
ers Are they not like children undmmed
by sin They are embems Of purity and
truth, always nc source Of delight 10 the
pure and innocent. The heart that does
not love flowers, or the voice of a playful
child, is ole that we should not like TO con-
sort with. 1t WAS a beautiful conceit that
invented n language of flowers, by which
lovers were enabled to express what they
dared not openly speak. But flowers have
voice to ALTO old and young, to rich and
poor, # they would but listen, and try to
interpret their meaning. TO me- say S
Wordsworth,
The meancst flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie deep for tears
Have flower in your room, then, by all
means 1t will cost you only penny, il
your ambition is moderate and the gralif-
cation it will give you beyond all price. II
YOU can have flower for yoar window, so
much the better. What can be more deli
cious than tha suns light streaming through
ilowers-through the midst Of crimson fuch.
sias or scarlet geraniums ? Then to look
out into the light through d,wers--is no.
that poetry? And to break the force of the
sunbeams by the tender resistance of green
leaves ! II you can train nasrurtum round
the window, or some sweet peas, then YOU
have the most beautiful frame you can in
vent for the picture without, whether it be
the busy crowd, or the dstaat landscape, oi
trees with their lights and shades, or the
changes of the passing clouds. Any one
may thus look through flowers for the price
of an old song. And what pure taste and
refinement does it not indicate on the part
Of the cultivaior
a flower in your window swectens the air
makes your room look graceful, gives The
suns light a new charm, rcjoices your eye
and links you to nature and beauty. You
really cannot be altogether alone, if yor
have sweet flower to look upon, and it i
a companion which will never utter a eros
thing to anybody but always look beautiful
and smiling DO not dcspse it because it i
cheap, and everybody may haye the luxury
as well as you. Common things are cheap
and common things are invariably the mos
valuable. Could we only have fresh air OIL
sunshine by purchase, what luxures the,
would be but they are free TO all, and VIC
think not of their blessings.
There is. indeed, much in nature that we
10 not half enjoy, because we shut our ave,
nues of sensation and of feeling. We arc
satisfied with the matter Of fact, and look moi
for the spirit of fact, which is above ALL II
we would open our minds to enjoyment
we should find tranquil pleasures spread a.
bout us on every side. We might live with
the angels that visit on every sunbeam, and
sit with the laries who wait on every flow
er. We want some loving knowledge to
enable US truly to enjoy life, and we require
to cultivate a little more than we do the art
Of making the most of the common means
and appliances for enjoyment, which lie a.
bout US on every side. There are we doubt
not, many who may read these pages, who
can enter into and appreciate the spirit OF
all that we have now said and, to those
who may still hesitate, we would say-begin
and experiment. f)rihwith; aud first Of all,
when the next fower-girl comes along your
street, at once hail her, and Have flower
in your room r-Eh-d Cooks journal.