The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-10-08

FLoRAL.-Please, Mr.. Editor, may l not dis
course little about what I saw at the Fair
| know you are good-natured and Believe you
would say Eyes" So venture. There were
choice flowers from Mr.. Hinsdales Prairie Az
enue Garden, arranged by his skill full gardner
Mr.. Hutchinson, Chiefest of these, was large
flat boquet, conspicuous by reason of its large
fragrant roses, splendid dahlias graceful fuch-
sias, sweet-scented Heliotrope, stately GIadio-
lus &C. &C.
The dahlias were decidedly the finest and
argest have seen this season. From the
| same garden, were two hand boquets, col pos-
ed of rose buds, Japan pinks, bright-eyed YER
benas &c. &c. In the report of the Commit
tee of this department, these last were not men
toned, while the fiat boquet was awarded the
second premium only. Mr.. Gait, of Kenosha,
also favored the exhibition with two boquets,
the smaller, consisting chiefly of pansies, of
very great variety of rich colors. l think
these hardy flowers, q wonder why they are
not more extensively cultivated) with their
soft velvety colors, cannot easily be surpassed.
The other boquet had fine collection of carna-
tious, phloxes, asters &c. arranged very lastly
and crowned with the brilliant blue of the per-
emnial larkspur, which Mr. Gait, with his skill
full management, has blooming nearly all the
season. These two boquets of Mr.. Galt's
though faultless in other respects, lacked green
leaves to set off the bright colors of the flow
ers.
The boquet to which the committee saw fit
to award the first premium, was brought by
Miss A. l.. Bliss of Salem and was the largest
on exhibition. Though faulty in shape, and
arranged with IN eye to efoot, contrast being
the leading principle. Though | by no means
wish to question the wisdom of the Commit
tee, the Kenosha flowers, to my taste, were
much finer .a
Still the people in the western part of the
county have had much trouble in protecting
their floral treasures from the frost. Too 9TH
boquets we noticed, composed of choice flow
ers, but so small and mixed they left the i'm
preston of pepper and SALT on the mind. My
very pen grows indignant, Mr.. Editor, at what
am going to tell you. 1t does not speak
very well for the Honesty of some of the in
habitants of Kenosha Co. but must write it. |
Before the Fair broke up, the large fiat boquet
of Mr. Hinsdales was nothing but wreck, |
all the beautiful dahlias and other choice flow
ers being pulled out by the young ladies Ooh
fe D who pride themselves on their good be-
havior. One of Mr.. Galt's elegant boquets
was carried away entire, the vase being left
emty The flowers were not the only things
that suffered from this picking process, eth
er. Let each person constitute select COM
mittee of one to watch over the good conduct
of every body in general, and himself Cor her
self in particular land people would go home
better satisfied with the Fair.
think the show offowers was meager, and
hope next year to see the whole Hall bright
ened with flowers at the Fair. | wonder, if
our Society should offer high premium to
the one exhibiting the greatest variety Of this
ties, if there would not be vast deal of com
petition. Looking at the thistle marred farms
all over the county, and the air filled with the
downy seeds at every gust of wind, wonder
how our farmers can be SO regardless of their
own interests. have even seen patches of
the Canada thistles, going to seed without re-
straint the mast summer But there is one
hero in the county mean the man that by
patient perseverance, totally exterminated a
quarter of an acre Of Canada thistles this sea-
son. May the time hasten when there will
more such heroes, is the heartfelt wish of
Oct. g. 1863. CEDARA.