New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-23

LECTURE or HENRY WARD BEBoaRR UPON HOR-
TIOULTURK.

TIOULrURB.
at the meeting on Tuesday evening March I.
Of the American Institute Horticultural Society. Mr..
Beecher gave discourse in which he treated ofbe do.
veopmcnt Of taste and love Of horticulture which snch
pursuits created leading to admire nature In all h,r
aspects. and giving Us just appreciation Of the
ne arts more particularly applied to landscape garden
nr. Abiding TO the perception Of beauty he remarked
that VIC make those beautiful which We make our
own az instanced by the mother who alndys lad a
beautiful babe though others failed to discover H.
Early association has msoh TO do with this love for let
us travel in after life much as we may and where 90
We Grd lovely spot as the native village. Beautiful
objects don't decay and though he fels TO any hol
in beauty. yet he does believe i'll the beauty oil
holiness" He assumed that man never became better
from the Inspiration of beauty nor that nation was
led from bsrbsrsm by the beautiful alone.
Art followed but did not preoede civilization, ana
religion was necdful to make the whole complete.
Nothing should be moro beautiful than real life ITSELF
Tie study Of the beautiful in the nrts leads to eiemi
macy. Any one who has Travelled ia Europe through
what called their beautiful cities ard seen their
towering oa;heiras las noticed the filth. poverty
neglect and even wrotchedress which surround them
Athens is described nasty city" md the snrround
iDes Of many Of tho cathearais arc such ttat y has
further FROM God" The the masses become etu.
Gated md cIlgbcned the ess desire f0r this outward
ostentGtion ard display. We ~ nation are destned
10 witncsa degree Of prosperity utterly unknown here
tOiore. Though now somewhat pressed with % large
debt tho ability 30 discharge II is such that 1t viii not
long Cypress us. We arr learning TO educate the
masses. and where intelligence and scbool-houses art
mott abundant there Is loyalty while ignorance very
much coupled with treason or Ia other words where
there schoohouses there true fidelity and where
there none lore is the devil.
Wealth viii yet he cur greatest danger as a nation
Too much prosperity is damaging to American human
nature Tue wealth producing power OF this nation is
without a parallel and we are in great danger o.:
launching out into unbonnded extravaganza. The
speaker here pictured ,he disposition OF those who bed
suddenly aassed wealth. 10 surround Themselves WI
snowy ohects and especially to ornament their parors
with rich paintings. with no taste whatever for the
beautiful and 10 appreciation OF ant stl Their noieh
borl with no more income have pctGres. and II GER
tainv viii 10 TO ~ behind; Off order FOR
several luUdrcd dollars worth OF paintings 10 have IN
The parlor with little regard to their appropriateness
Ils high time taste for the beautiful Should De al
rected into other channels.
1t fortunate that the majority Of men began NE
poor. they no better fitted 10 start ON wealthy.
with previous training labor snd economy To &c
cure that wealth than appleree Just set out IA pre-
rc3 TO bear full crop Of fruit on its weak bIanches
wc ,.' fc efaqE sG o Whai una, MnSa
pa the Ky itself presents to who knows how
to hook ~ H. No wonder that the Psalmist saw such
beauty in the hesvcns while TO most 81 rs they nre
only barometer thermometer Could man. ~
patient toll accomplish months that beautiful etch
ing which frost spreads over the windows II = lew
honrs. ne would take FIRST rank as an artist But We
hook uTon with tho remark that II IA only frost. .
Speaking OF the training o! children. he remarked
that taken into the garden and catechled among the
flowers. the lessons would be lasting we pflnB Ou
children up poor irthey do not gather Joy IN iheir
Journey II man has gsrdcn. even though smell, he
Lao endless source Of comfort III he "a poor most
~ must necessarily he devoted 10 veEef1tles but
few flowers should always find place II yog despis.
flowers vet listen to The posclgs Of wife ald sisters
For myself would give more for ore morning glory oil
bedeckcd With dcW, than an arniul OF beans ana raa
ishes St the man who raises even vegetables eats
his lettuce twicp-Oncc with his eyes. aerword VITA
his mouth Yetwe want something besides vegetables
The reason why some PEOPLES flowers do 30 much
lo,,, -. ana nj N
the and the flowers susceptible to this love-
Flowers make IL Summer oil the year long and moth
Ing could induce him 70 give,them up. lie arr AEON
parsoD between putting IN tie Autumn bGios ior tnei
Winter rest preparatory To new ii;o n the sping
and consguiug those Other darling. to ile ea5ih 10,
short sleep 20 fisc again more bee1tl 'hhn ever ~.
and thougbi it eormeEdnbe for those shon God bad
given ath. "a dspose Of il in such wey that me
poor sloIer even miEht enjoy equally VIA h ns ,I H.
beautiful outlines OF tie trees upon the Shy, sho 'He
flowers growing along the walks ,,
An Instance was gi'oa Of man OF taste who moved
into village whore house bad rot been painied ioi
twenty YEAR, and other things were In keeping. ny
biz example in lxng up setting out shade treeS &C.
split u emulation was created, and IN Few years
ever house wrs seurcnoted and fine trees shaded tic
streets all owing the example Of that new conner
In Posing fine place well laid cut, with trees ana
shrhbery ludic.ously dsIDsed 20 give good ei'ot IN
Hight end shade with flowers Interpreted, The tire,
,b,ror returning home .t night pauses to enjoy The
scene nnd OFcte his hunger IN a4nring the oesulil
prospect
Al the conclusion Of tie lecture. which yr listened
10 with deep interest b. large audience. who nam
tested their interest by repeated npp!anse Mr Mead
ore Ted the lecturer very line baskets OF n9"tr
a. behalf OF tie audience. which were accepted win
arpropriate rcmarks aud being loosely disposed WIN
green leaves called forth his appreciation oil TINS metuod
Of arranging fOwcrs rather than wiring them IN rt
form 10 stick lie had rather have three flowers end
tree eayes arranged IN tbs way, than an arniui oil
Tho q louprss 30 commonly made and now, rs tbefo
81 ne, ,r,rs hlacks 10 free let Us free tho innocent
Govrtr. one OF the flower baskets was made Up by MI
Ireae Buchanau florist 81 th oiy Other BY Thomas
"a ro.e anon. The fowers Seeding from Soa,h
C,rolina. Mr. Beocbcr laid it was customary to ute
bob yhc aHd red loscs 10 dress OF The dead ana lie
hoped We .boud both kBds ABOUND our h,rc' owe.
S!ayehoi.Ta' val.
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