, 1874-03-29
Annuals and Others that Grow
Well in This Locality.
The Verbena One Of the Choicest OF
Flowers, and Grows Best
in Sand.
General Hints on the Cultivation
Of the Beautiful.

peclally the ladies', there are some who would
like to hear the experience Of others concerning
| the growing Of flowers from seeds and bulbs,
write the following. wish all our women, rich
| or poor, would take one-ffth-yes, one-tenth-
| the interest in the culture OF howe1s that they
do in fashion. Oh that our women were in
| spired to cultivate them aYerywhere. Oh that
We we're inspired as
THE POET WHEN he WROTE:
Ddsstarst that ope yonr frownless eyes to tw!nkle
From rainbow gala11es Of eafth's cresti0n,
| And deW-dEop8 on Aer lonely altars sprinkle
Aa 4 uhatou.
| Ye 1uatin worshipers! who beutlng 1ow!y
Before the uptlaen sun. Gods liiesa eye,
Throw from your chalces sweet und holy
| 1ncaase on hsgh.
| Ye bright nosatcs that, with storisd beauty,
] The door Of hatures ternoIe tessallSta,
What numerous enable1ns OF Instructive duty
Your forma create.
Meath clostered boughs, each floral bell that swing
And tolls It's perfume on tho passing ai-,
Makes sAbbath in the fields, and ever rlugeth
call 10 prayer.
Not 70 the donea where eruahline arch aud column
Attest the feeb!encaa Of u3rtai .ud,
But to TINT fanc, most catholic auI solemn,
Which God haE p2annA;
70 that cathedral, boundless Il orr wondar,
Whose quauculess lampa tho and moon supply !;
It's choir ths winds and Waves, fts organ thunder
1ts dome the sky.
There. "a in solitude aud shade wander
Through the green a5les Or stretshed upon tha nod
Aved by tho l.nce, reverentiy ponder
Tie ways Of God,
Your voceeaa lips, dovesst are living preachers,
Eoch cup pulpit, every leaf book,
Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers
From loneliest nook
Floral Auostlcs, , that in dsvv splecdor
Weep without wne, and blush wi,honta crime"
o, may deeply earn' ,;'1 ana nesr anrsendsr'
"?hou vFett not Solomon ). ~ a al thy gory.
How vain your grandeuri ah, how tranRI&ory
Are human 1oTersW
In She sweet;scsnted pictures, heavenly artist! ,
With which thou p2iutest Natures widespread hall
Wait delightful lesson thou tnpartast
OF love to al
Not useeas ye, flowers though made for pseasure
Booming DER aeld aud wave, BY d.y an;i night,
From every source your sanction bids ansftrsaEare
Harmless delight.
Ephemeral aaRe.l whst Instructors hoary
For such world CT thought could furnish scoFn
Each fading oslyx : namano mon,
Yet f1unt Of hope.
posthuraous elories! Apgell!ke collectionl
Upraiaed from seed or bulb interrad in earth.
Ye are to ne type Of resurrection
Au1 HtfVuu 41Etu
We're In churchlags soiitndes renstning,
Far from all voice OF teachers and dts1uee,
Nv soul would find, In flowers at Gods ofdatntu2s
Priests, sermons, ahrinea!
Horace Smith.
Now iet ra proceed to
BusIsRss.
T hear the question asked, Where and what
shall plant? Plant anywhere whore auu and
air will meet your plants, in almost any soil, and
OF such seeds as BY little study you will 1tarn
ase best adapted for your purposes. II you
want fragrant f1owaEs remember tho Carnation,
Aiguonaste Sweet Pea. Sweet Rocket. Stocks,
Vcrlena Montana, Erysimum, Tea~Roees, Tube
roses delightful to pin. on your sweetheart's
coats fold), md Slliuu1 Auratum- II co1ors Ito
bloom the whole season) for beds, choose the
DiAnthus (the seed We planted in April. 1873,
came true; We had flowers in abundance tue
whole season; and uow-11arch 20-the old
roots are seoding up new shoots, as I saw
while aimirinS three Crocuses that bloomod to-
day in the garden), the Portulaca, double and
single, tho Phlo1 Drummondii, Pansy, Vsrbepa,
aalpiglossis, Stocks. and Zennlna. If for ribbon
borders and heds, take the Tall Orange Mari
gold, A2eratpm Me1icanum. and Tom Thumb.
Tagetes Siguasa Suuaila, Celosia Huttonii, Alys~
sum, White CandYtuft, ETC., etc. II climbing
plants are desired, take the 1pomna Scarf,
IpomnA Quamoclit (Cvpress-Vine, e,-one OF the
hest: pour boiling Taler upon them before
nlantin.-. and let them stand In Gun for ten
miuntes}. Cobea. Conyoivuius Major Morning
Glory, Maurandy, Tropteolun, not forgetting
Trop,nolum PereSrlnum Canary Bird Flower),
AysuxLs
Annals are plants that ara raised from seed,
{}oycr mat11re tholr seeds aId perish the same
aoaaon 9,r,a can ho Ind tn H,Tar ma second
soaaon 49, x.aaat;,o ~ .,., an,a-;n, ~ 49,
se1aon u ny p1oneu usAt eia,6 o a1.o
Lucy a1e ui'tHeu 1utp -nA g tl"Soeo' "a a!no
Blennlals and Ferennlals s,-th1o hafdy, natl-
hardy. and tender. Most baruv ANIMALS may be
soyn b7 the LIST OF May tout Of doorB} },-perhAps
ft;a var he Anri1 an 'Half-kardy not tiff Jnna
~ tf,.t }ba aa faat r,n7a ia tn atart half hardy
!!.'u IT, ~ -; .oLa,n -, - -. I,a.o -,a;
9uo te4Qet ~ EteeuA4oeo ~ wa te'"i unl41s
ao"eE-pots) IL warm room, Iemelnuet'ug Always
to admit plepty OF a1f fnot coid}. ~ better
plants ere produced, When I commenced
to piant eeedg I used earthep flower
rota and a. a mia snw thn tinv
PIIAs,4 :n -. a.a1. ,,1 ~, Iii ,f sr3iar
plaet fse lot ~eoa, a''u snost, a. ~ ~ l ea,
peE1an; WHICH /! tnouEAt naa tue saeuAaas
fanlt In not sending good seeds. had violated
Natures law In either letting them ''dlT TOO
mt1ch or ttwaterinr'' than too MUCH the or
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