The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-05-14

Tdntottng over the rich eXpanse
Inc claims of Flowers to the cultivation and
respect OF man in a state of Civilization have
oeen advanced by poets and diyines in varied
ana reslstless language. As far back as histo-
~ takes us, either sacred or profane, enthusi-
astlc mention is made of flowers. Christ
Taught many Important lessons from flowers
ana they nave ever been typical or emblemat
lcai OF be auty and purity Il who love flow
ers--and VINO does not desire to become IA
mlliar with them; they wish to know their
| names, habits, peculiarities. They desire to
know whether they urtiye or foreign bred:
whether tney live to good Old age, or run
their race in a single season; whether they
deignt 10 scramble over q treilis, or feel con
tent 10 mOdestly hide beneath theiraristocrat-
Ic and broad leayed neighboTs. In fine they
desire frequent and intimate intercourse with
theH varied and pleasing forms. Ii is not
enough hat we observe them casually as we
pass, blooming in silence diffusng fragrant
doors. and displaying dazzling tints they
must be treated as ialnltiaT friends and daily
associates they viii not brook neglect. And
few indeed are debarred tifer companionship
j ii6 most humble citizen may secure q few
gems and scatter them around his dwelling,
whether living on the open prairie, in the
d9ep forest OF more socially situated in the
country town OF metropolitan city. Even the
whitening influence OF / he Iliser or Spectator
| has not been able TO drive them from their
most frequent thorougiares for occasionally
! the eye OF the selfish, busy merchant, as he
/ hurries along, is arrested By some eloquent
witness, something eminentiy, tefniteLy supe-
rior to the shining dollar, pointing, as 1t does,
| to a Superior Power, mindful of our most del
| icate Qualifications.
| We presume that in the perfection which
mans intellectual nature will reach, and the
gradual debasement OF the sensual, the taste
for flowers will be almost universally diffused
The progress within the past few years has
been rapid and startling. The achievements
Of the past have been, however, more i'll the
leXpensiVe and snowy departments than Ia the
popular branches More has been done TO
enrich the Conservatives of the more wealthy
of our citizens, by foreign and rare introduce
tiOns, than to extend the general taste among
the laboring classes. Yet it is in this direc
ton that we hope for the most salutary effect
from the cultivation Of this refined taste.
desire to live to see the day when every fam
lily shall be in possession of a flower garden,
: or, at least, to find every dwelling surrounded
by its neatly kept grounds, wherein, with the
Intelligent care of the mistress, iudiciously
bestowed, boquet Of flowers can be had eve
, ry day of the season, in addition to the beau
tifiying of tbs homestead. We have much to
hope from the universal love of flowers. 1t has
| been said that the man who truly loves flow
, ers cannot be a bad man. BY so much as g
man has n generous love for them in his heart
, is he the more man. This love Of flowers ID
. natural. Children love them The infant o.
less than q twelve-month is attracted by
Them and Will frequently cast aside his rattle
t for the tiny blossom. o. the flowers, the flow
ers, The beautiful flowers SO exclaim the
frOiiesoYne children as they bound away ever
the lawn and through the woods, on the frs
! iowcry days of spring. A little clump y
Spring Beauties here, a Hepatica yonder, ma.
be all that has caused such enraptured out
bursts of admiration, But it is natural sou
felt. And it is not the child alone which feel
such ecstatic pleasure at the sight of the earl.
spring flowers. The mother, as well, per
lhaps the father.
How intimately associated too, is this in
nate love for flowers, in all our surrounding
E and associations. They are laid under con
ftributions to deck the brow of infancy AM
: childhood, and also to surround the remain
. Of age, when laid away to moulder back t
its native dust. Their forms are interwovel
Q in the very fabrics which clothe Us. They ar
ehiseled upon the stone which mark our las
resting-place. We close the book which W
the ever present semblance Of the flower. w
q / aise our eyes to the wall or ceiling, and
prig of leaves and blossoms, or a basket 0
flowers ave imprinted there. Not conten
e with their beauty, We appropriate their fra
lgrance and within the cyystai walls of be
g hemian flask reserve their delicious odors.
: Much might be written upon the history
the legends. the poetry, of aowers. But thi
: must be passed. desire to stimulate the II
nate love for Notwithstanding their GU
if minds of children Let them grow up SUI
rounded by flowers. Encourage them to ans
tlyZe and investigate. Let botany become
common branch of education. No bOtanif
was ever an inidel. While Analysing th
flowers the mind is naturally directed to tn
> Great Author of nature, and the heart en-
" larges and becomes better. The study c
8 flowers cultiyates aud DEVELOPS taste fc
a the highest department of artificial and natl
e raj seience--a love for the beautiful and good
: With all this love for flowers, regret t
3 say, there Is very little knowledge OF thei
q culture. plant Is living being it drink
and brcathes. 1t is IS sensitive as the mos
D. delicate constitution to changes of tempers
ture, and eXtremes of heat and cold It's ii:
s sues are as delicate as any in nature 1t ha
wants which must be attended to, as the
Iarise, and neglect is sure to result in diseas
t or death. There are two extremes in plan
r culture, as usually pursued the plants ar
either starved 10 death. or Oyerfed. The re
= suit is The same, whether caused by neglec
% or kindness. We hdYe often heard WOEde
" expressed at the beauty OF some plant grow
/ in the poor man s parlor a beauty whic
a those Of his wealthy neighbors do not attain
q The reason is simple; in the one case til
wants are well supplied or provided for i
!, the other, they are neglected or oyer supplied
II Some persons have a knack of making al
S kinds Of plants grow in the most untayoFabl
r | circumstances This may be owing in par
. | TO magnetic attraction existing betwce
q such persons and their plants. The plant
o seem to know that they are loved-that the
are household treasures that every new lea
and flower is as welcome as the new word
and expanding thoughts of q babe to it
i mother. Apparently conscious of this, the
: do their utmo st, and in places the least adapt
ed for successful house culture of plants, W
0 often find stands or individuals equal to tn
, best green house specimens.
"a have those among us who would gua9
i down everything to the mere grade of utility
q who think 1T the height of wisdom to ask
when one manifests an enthusiasm in the cul
ture OF flowers, "Of what rse are they p
With such we have no sympathy. We vii
not say us did the late Henry Coleman tha
four first impulse in such case would be t.
S look under the hat and observe the length o
I the ears, but we are always inclined to thanl
God that our tastes do not correspond witt
4 theirs. "Better (say these ultra utilitar ians
devote our time to the culture of something
useful and needed to sustain life, than employ
1t on things, which, like flowers, are INTENDED
only to look at and please the eye. l woulC
ask such individuals, why should not The
eye be pleased What pleasures more pure
NOR: warming to the heart, more improving
TO the mind, more Christening to the affections
han these which come through the eve
Where are more luminously displayed thu
PROJECTIONS Of the Creator than in the star
spangled heavens above, and the flower-span
gled earth beneath.
Your yoiceless lips, OH flowers, are Twin,
preachers.
Each cup pulpit and each leaf book,
Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers
FROM the lonelest nook.-HoRAcE SMITH
! Do any Of the members of the Kenosba Hor
, ticultural Society tell us it is useless 10 cuIfi
yate flowers? IT cannot be. Why, nv friends
they not add to the charms of our homes
rendering them more attractive and beautiful
DO they not multiply and strengthen the do
} nestle ties which bind US to them? In tn
cultivation of flowers we need not neglect tn,
prosecution of the more necessary affairs o
) every day life. Attending to one does not in
YolYe the neglect of the other. Every MAJ
engaged in the culture of the earth can fnt
time to embellish his premises, who has til,
twill to do it, and we pity the family of In,
man who has not.
cannot close this essay without ali-dinf
to some reparks upon this subject made al
the festival of the MASS. Hort Society" hejf
} at Fanueil Hall, Boston, Sept 1S45, BY some
OF our them most distinguished orators anG
statesmen Some six or eight hundred latie.
and gentlemen had just partaken of most
sumptuous entertainment In response "a