The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-04-10
The Love and Culture Of Flowers.

rNOtnlHS lS SD lDlcaSantnnu cncOurngln
as success, and no success quite so satisf,
ing rs success in the culture of flower.
1t Is pleasure with no compcnsatin
pain-onc which puritics while it please.
We gaze upon the beautiful plants an
brilliant flowers with delicious com
mingling of admiration and love. The
nrc the offspring Of our forcthoughi
taste and carc-a new, mysterious ant
glorious creation. They grcw-truly, bu
very like the stars and tho rainbow. 4
few short weeks ngo the brown earth,
beds were bare and lifeless; now they ar
pcoplcd with the fairest and rrailest o
earth's children. We have created nj
this grace; moulded the earth, the sun
shine and the rain into forms of match
less beauty, and crystallizcd the dew
drops into gems of l0vcliness. There il
no greater pleasure than this in all tht
earth, save that sweetest and noblcst o
pleasure, the fruit of good deeds. -....
| There may bc heard-hcnrtcd, selfish
people who love flowers, we suppose; fol
there were bad angels in heaven, and very
unreliable people in the first and best OF
all gardens; but it Inns never been Oil
| ill-tortunc to meet with ono such, and II
by accident We should discover mon.
strosity Of this kind we would be more
frightened than we were II long time ago
Mt what VIC thought ghost sitting on Il
cemetery gate. .
To love flowers, however, because OF
| their sweetness and beauty and cumpanion-
ship, and rs the wonderful work Of n Fn-
theirs loving hand, is what we mean
when we speak of the love of flowers.
| Many cultivate flowers from n desire 10
excel their ncighborS, or rs an evidence
of their refinement md culture, who
know nothing of the absorbing love that
causes man almost invOluntarily TO raise
the hat and bow the head in the presence
OF so much hcavcn-lcnt lovelincss. This
love of flowers is confined to no age
or station; we see it in the prince and
peasant; it is shown by the aged father
tottering near the grave, who seems nl-
most to adore the fragrant flower in his
button-holc, and by the little ones, who,
with childish glcc, search the meadows
for the dandclions Of early spring. The
love Of flowers, we fancy, is the most
pure and absorbing with the young.
The innocent and pure can love
the pure flowers, we think, with
m carncstness and devotion unknown TO
some of us that are older. 4 beautiful
sight greeted lis not long since, which we
will endcavor to portray with pencil and
gravcr, but perhaps. without much sue
cess, rs the spirit Of such scenes is not
easily copied. 4 plant stood Oh the sill
Of the window, which attracted moro than
ordinary admiration from n little cir!
whose parents were probably the owners
OF both house and plant. Pleasure was
NNnTpCSp1 n
saw the gentle kiss imprinted on each
Hover and opening bud, We came nearer
breaking that command which forDids
covctiny than We ever did bcforc-and
We didn't want the plant either. This
little girl had been brought up in an at
mosphcrc of love aud flowers and plants,
and you think her tastes would bc differ
cnt with less favorable surroundings
Several years ago VIC happened to be in
one OF our nurseries, when two little Ger
man girls, coarscly dressed, and appa-
rcntly sisters, entered the grounds, and
when first attracting our special attention,
had made their way to the house,
and were cndcavoring to purchase pot
plant. When one was selected and the
price asccrtaiHcd, each one brought few
pennies from the depths of her dress
pocket, and nm anxious counting com.
menccd. Their united purses did moi
seem enough, aud another search WIS
made i'll the corners of the pnckets. fol
lowed by more careful counting; and
when the sad truth became apparent that
their means were insufficient for the pur-
chase, we watched the sorrowful countc-
nanccs, the silent tcar-a beautiful study
for nm artist. When the good gardener,
with smile Of pleasure glow of n
kindly aCt--dcliycrcd the plant TO his
anxious customers, taking their little al!
| in payment, their joy shed sunshine all
around. We have tried Our pencil on this
scene.
This is the genuine love of flowers that
We wish to see spread all over our land
We want to sec flowers in the mansion
the cottngc and the garrett in the school.
rooms, the hospitals and the churches
Above all, VIC wish tho young to cultivate
llowcrs. This Is why we write in &
simple way Of flowers, and of simple
iiowcrs, and leave fine writing about rnrt
and costly things to others. These livinu
preachers, through voicclcss lips, are cX
crting an influence for good that few re
aliHc, and nowhere greater than in on,
newborn land, America. II is n pleasure
to feel that we have been enabled in snmt
measure ut least to speed this goud work
which brings refinement and happiness tc
so many, and sin and sorrow to none
Perhaps we could not better c0nclud,
what we ut first designed only for rrv
introductory remarks, than by copyin!
some lincs of Horace Smiths beautiful
"llymn to tho Flowers. ."-Tick's Hord
GuidC.