, 1874-05-17
FLOWERS. ''~*"-
The influence Of Roses on the
Female Heart. j..
Recurring Determination to Have a
Flower-Garden' I:
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The Pleasures and Sorrows Of Cul-
hvating Bulbs.
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The DeceIts of Flower -Vendors-~-Ihat
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is thing which they loAo" mote o1 'oeo LII toar
turar life, when amusements have become
secondary consideration. No one who walks
along the residence streets can fail to observe
the promptness with which the first wGrm day OF
spring opens the lockers In which have been
bibernating tops, skipping-ropes- and marbles'
or the rapidity with which open lots. as soon as
the sun has converted them from saturated
swamp into springy sod, become go
many baseball grounds. Later IN h1e'
this iiosyncrasy, though not 1ess
marked, Is 60 diversified by taste that 1t becomes
less noticeable. Tho boy who looked FORWARD
through dreary winter to the 1oJs OF top
time.', when man, steals i moment from busl-
ness to anticipate the delights OF summer strou
by the seaside, roll in the surf; or day Or TWO
among the hills, dells, straamlets, and brook
trout of q summer resting-plAce, and, when tue
season has 30 advanced that the leaves hayo
budded and lie knows that tho familiar streams
are rolling invitingly down the mountaln-sldo
and the speckled beauties are waiting lot MN as
of wore, the inclination to invest in new hy-rod
and q ticket to the White Mountains is rs certain
Of recurrence, and as irresistible rs WIS OF OLD
the longing for now top OF complete set-out OF
alleys and agates. =,
yos1AS IN SPRING.
And the girl who in the spring-time devoted
her leisure hours to the delights Of skipping or
the mysteries of hop~scotcb or lack-stooes,
feels. at settled eeaEons, all annual longing Tor
new STYLES OF bonnets, for tho horrors OF house,
cleaning, for croquet, for theatre-eolns, anu
most certain OF arrival Of all. for horticulture.
Il ia possible, in fact cases have been known, u
which, woman has allowed spring to pass by
without indulgirg in new bonnet, and occa-
sional mention is made OF 3 happy hnsDund who
Las been spared the inaiction Of an annual
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flowers is as certain Of arriving as the ho"e1s
themselves. It is Just possible that this rule
might also have it's exceptions, we're it not that
interested parties in the shape OF the 1tnerant
agents Of suburban hot-houses, fully alive to this
wcmanly weakness, carry round IN carts noral
tenn :ations, slowed away IN handfuls OF earth
secured III pots, hanging baskets, and other de-
vices, to excite the admiration Of pnrcnasers. II
there is anything In the world which appeals
with irresistible force to tho love ct the beautiful
in woman, it is spring bonnet or q brown pot
with flower in it. The love OF the bonnet ls q
thing that in ordinary circumstances 1s only
gratiied once season, but the hoWer-pot Is m
inexpensive luxury that insinuates itself Into
favor under the guise OF cheapness, and is IN
du1ced in over and over again until the pnrlor,
dining room, and kitchen Of the tive-room cottage
OF the proprietor present the aspect OF SO many
hot-houses.
IN THE MATTER OF FLOWERS
women buve in common very decided prefer
ences, which tbs aatute dower-peddler studies
Tifl, tbs utmost care. "a thing Of beauty
sang Keats-"i is q joy forever" and as his Gus
toners insist upon the providing OF such plants
as tlower early and often. and remain long, he
takes care that every rose ho sells s one OF the
kind whose buds file an appearance, open and
attain full bloom, once month. as regularly as
the moon goes through her phases, or the lantt-
lord calls for his rent. And hence arises many d
litter disappointment; lady walking aIonS
Madison street encounters = f1ower-peddlcr, and
is enticed into examining his stock She has come
downtown On ashopping tou1 to purchase spring
dry goods, and though her means are not
too ample for succeesful fo-ay among the stats
street stores she thinks an examination OF the
lovely lowers will not do her any harm at any
rate. 1t takes but q short time for the oily
voiced peddler to persunde her that his flowers
are not only beautiful but cheap, and that IN her
preference for monthly rose she has shown q
which le had never before met. This induces
an immediate purchase OF three monthly roses
and gorgeous lily, whose snowy crown, enfold-
ing wealth of golden petals, stands three feet
above the pIebeian pot from which Its swan-lke
stem arl6ea-
Having paid for her purchases she gives the
man her address, but is astounded to find
that he has no means Of sending them
home. With true womanly tact, hoy: hoy,
ever, she overcomeB this difficulty
by hiring hack In which she and her Hora
treasures drive from store to store, until tlt
shopping is done. The hack costs -, but then
she economies On the flowers which she knowf
she purchased at only half their value In get
ting out of the carriage On arriving home. sht
unfortunately breaks the stem Of the Lily, bu,
this fresh disappointment is atoned for BY tht
air ct elegance which her husband acknowledges
the rosea lend their back drawing-room. Al
long as the roses remainin flower, the peddler il
even wban the blossoms have decayed, and thei1
detached leaves fallen into the mold, there il