New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-28
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Days" 1t breathes the fragrance of early Spring, and
gathers the riches of vernal nature with wise and low.
ing hand What an exquisite picture in the following
paragraph: 7-hl1rE .s.I0f.-... .8be.Q
There are no days n the whole round year more de-
icous than those which offs come 10 us IN the latter
half of April. On these days one goes forth in the
morning. and an Italian warmth broods over All tho
hill' taking visible shsre IN gliaeping mist Of sl
vered azure, with Which mingies the smoke from MANY
bonres. The sun trembes in his own soft rsys tifI
one understands the old English tradition, Tat be
dances on Easter Day. Swimming 10 a sea Of glory,
the tops of the bills look than their bases and
their glistenDg watercOurses seem close to the
is their liberated TO the All across this
broad interval the teams are blowing. The grass In
the meadow all to have grown green since yee
terday The blackbids apge in the oak, the robin 10
perched upon the elm the soug-sparrow the hazel
and the bluebird the app leree There rises hawk
and sails eOwy the satelest Of airy things floating
dream Of long and langud Summer-hours But AZ yet
though there is warmth enough for Of luxury,
there is GOODNESS enough for e&ertion. No topics can
offer such BURT of Joy indeed, much warsr
than our Northern States can offer genuine SPRING.
There can be where there is no Winter, and the
monotone Of the seasons is broken ouiy by wear
rains Vegetation and birds being distributed over the
year there is no burst Of verdure Of song. Bat
with u.s. as the buds are swriGg the birds are arr.
ing; they building their nests almost simultaneous.
Is; and in all the Southern year there Is no such rap
ture of beauty and Of melody as here marks every
morning from the last of April onward.
Here is description the truth of which many OF our
readers can attest, closing with pleasant narrative
The first wild.fower of the Springis like land after
The two which, throughout the Northern Allan
tic States, divide this interest are the EpteGa reeHs
ay-fower, ground-aurel, trailing-srbutns) and;
the Hpaticd ni0bd iverleaf, vervor or blue ane.
mone) OF these two the latter Is perhaps more I'M
ediately exciting on frst discovery; because IL
does not like e;ges, exhibit rs buds all Winter, but
opens its blue eyes almost IL energies from
the ground. Without the IL and deli ous odor Of it's
compeer it has iexpresiby fresh aud earthly scent,
fxL rtn. tla.. ,bah
with it, indeed the cld Of fresh turf with its To-
halation OF which Lord Bacon deli ,hted TO begin the
day must undoubtedly have Teen fl Of the roots OF
our little hepatica. Its healthy sweetness belongs TO
the opening year ike Ciancers poetry; and enc
thinks that ar thing more pOteDt and voluptnO1s
would be less enchantig-unil one turns to the May
flower. Then fas, lnEtion for the senses.
To pick the May flower is like following in the foot
steps Of spendht amy which bas scattered the
contents of ito treasIe-chest anoog beds of scented
The fingers iii the soft, MOTT verdure, and
make AZ each instant sOme superb dh coyery unawares;
ayan aud again, stray ing celes ~ they clutch sone
new treasure; and, indeed all 10 linked together In
lit netk by secret threads beneath the surface,
ana where yOu grasp at one, You bold many. he
hands 20 wandering the over the keys Of
piano, and bring forth fragrance for melody. The
lovely Irvine and Lese and lay their glow
ing faces the very earth beneath withered leaves,
and what seemed mere bauenDess becomes fresh and
fragrant beauty. SO great is the of the pursuit,
hlt the eTigsa is really the wii-hower for which
country peoE lie have hearty passion Every val.
age child knows its best hauns, and watches Tor IL
eagerly in the SPRING boys wfeaihe their hats with it,
girs twine 1t ia tier hair and tue cotagewindows
| are filed y itn its beauty.
L. collecting. there e.ly fowcrs finds or fairies
singular natural affnities h,tier myself with being
alto alvey if hepatica, ii there Ia any within
reach for was brought up white Cockatoo be know
me berry well d but oths erGons, who were broueht
up witl May flower, and remember searching Tor ID
with their almost baby -it gers ind that better.
The most remarkable inslace Of these natural afniS
ties IN the II H. T. aId his Couble anemones
J.. bad always gift for w!-howers, and used often
TO bring Cambridge the largest Willie anemones that
ever were seen FROM certain specil bill IN Wafer
| town; they We're not Only magnificent IN sze and
Wilderness but had that exquiiie blue the outside
ofthe peals the ssv had bet down in ecstasy II
- it, dariiDgs and left NisiUe kisses there. Bus
this not enough and one day he cane
with something Yet cb0icer. IL was o Fne-leayed
anemone A. tdctr0adis and, If you will believe t.,
each OF the three white flowers was double not
merely with that mulifcity OF petals in the dusk
which Is common with this spe ies bat technically and
horticulturally double lbe tie double Towering al
mond or cherry-tbe most exquisiiey delicate little
peals seeming like lace-work. He had three speci,
mens-gave to tie Auocrat OF Botany, who said 10
was almOst or quite uneAamFled, and another 70
As the in the fable says Of the eleon" Lave
II YET, and can produce it,
Now comes tie marvel. The next Winter L. went
20 NewYork for year, and wrote TO me- Spring
drew near, with solemn charge 20 visit his favoit
haunt ana find another specimen. Armed with tin
letter of introduction, sought the spot, and tramIec
I
WOO -anemones found, be sure, trembling theh
fragile stems, deserving ali their pretty name,-Wud
flow er, Easter-fower Pasqu flower and home opstl
Pulsatilla; rue-leaved aneusoles l found alo, ris
ing taller and straigter and irmer in stem, with
the whOrl of leaves Little higher up the stalk than
ianCes ii ought TO be, as if there SUPPOSED
danger that the flowers would lose their balance, and
II the leaves must be all ready catch them. Lness
found but the special wonder was not there for NE.
Then wrote TO L. that be must evidently come him
self and search or that, perhaps Sic Thomas Browne
that smoke doth follow the fairest' bis lit
tie treasures had followed lin toward New-York.
ter out dropped from those folds of metropolitan pa
per, veritahle double anemone. He had lust been
out oboken, such pl ce, 20 spend after.
noon, anu of course bis pets there TO meet him;
and NON that day to this, have never heard OF tho
thing happening to any one elfe. ...
Cities and Parks" is the tile of lively paper dis,
cussng incidentally the comparative advantages Of town
and country life. There is force in the following
statement:
Cities and the immediate neghborhood Of cities are
raridy becoming the chosen residences OF the enter.
prsng, successful and ihteliyent. AS might be sup
posed. the movement works both ways; the locouo-
tive facilities carry citizens into the country wen
countryrnen into the oity Bot those who have once
tasted tie city never wholly weaHed from IL, and
every citizen who moves into a village continuity
sends two cOmtrymea back 10 take bis place. He in-
ecs the country with civic tastes, and acts as great
conductor between the town and the country. IL IL
apparent too that the experience OF ten years, during
which strong reaction npoa tie cehtnpetal ten-
denotes of tie previous ten yehrs drove many q tho
wealthy aud the seIf-supposed lovers o. qietude and
space the country, has dispersed several very
urll prvjudces and returned the Larger psIt OF The
teuhlis 10 their OH iual ways. One of these preju-
dlccs was, that Ordinary Northern climate wis as
favorable to the outdoor ha5is Of the isuvy cass -
the English climate where's, lesiteo not fpying
lestly class, anu never being destined to have ny,
under he Notwithstanding customs, and lot