New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-13
Striped Roses.

the study OF nature Ougat, according to
the poets, TO foster love OF truth and slm.
plic:ty. Unfortunately. it does not always
closely studies canine nature is by no
means exceptionally truthful IN his asser-
| tons as to the aga and breeding Of the dogs
| which he sells to his confiding patrons; and
the farmer who studies crops and cattle will
occasionally mix extraneous substances
with his oats, and send decayed apples and
abbreviated tons of hay to his city GUS
TONERS. Even those who love and cherish
tiowers do not always learn from them the
lessons of modesty which the violet and the
pink are theoretically supposed to teach.
On the contrary, there are many parsons
who become d.scoreeu.e with the simpl;-
city aud samsness of the flowers known to
botan.s-s, and pine for roses of more bril-.
liant hues and lilies Of ''ioude7" patterns.
So widely difused is this desire for more
demonstrative fashions in flowers, that GER
tain ingenious seedsnen have undertaken
to supply the demand. and are now Offering
lowers and fruits OF the most astonishing
coIors and dimensions.
1t is asserted that there are shops in this
city where rose bushes warranted to bear
roses six inches in diameter, and OF all the
co.o-s Of the rainbow, are Offered for sale.
Ihitner flock the lovers Of eccentric flowers,
in order to purchase blue, black. AID scarlet
roses. Those who desire striped roses can
also have their wishes grat:fed, and there
is hardly a pattern of striped hosiery wlich
can not be matched By the striped -osrs o.
fered for sale a. these extraordinary flower
shops A blue yladio'us can be purchased
for the low pr.cs of 81, and the purchaser
can not only 81 Joy tho beauty of his novel
flower, but caE nave the additional bliss Of
refu.:ng the dul, botanists who pretend
tina. blue glaiiolus does not exist. That
the ordinary strawberry plant displays
manifest lack Of courtesy in growing almost
peIIing Us to s. ,op down in q painful and
uadignifed wa. N order to gather its fruit,
no one will deny. The day of the straw.
berry plant il, however. about to pass
away. The ndor of floral bric.a-brac
offers for sale the strawberry.tree, q newly
invented shruo of a reasonable height,
which produces berries nearly as large as
an orange. The fruit of this delightful tree
has not made lis way as yet into the mar
that only the seeds of the tree have been
placed on sale. As soon as these seeds are
planted, and tia ensuing strawberry trees
bear fruit we shall buy our berries by the
dozen. and the iL:sera Die little berries now
sold by the quart will no longer find Gus.
toners.
Now, it ought to be evident to every gen
erous miad tina: the seadsmeu who offer to
furnish US with striped roses six inches in
diameter, and strawberry trees with fruit
as large as oranges. are public benefactors,
and deserve grateful recognition and sup
port. Il is, therefore. painful to find that
spirit Of envy and hatred prevails among
horticul.uris.s who deal exclusively in old
fashioned flowers. The other day the New
York State horticultural Society held
meeting. The room in which the
society met was decked with flowers.
There were the crytomerica joponiea pygn,ea,
the Juniperus japonlc1 ourea, the gymno-
1raniiuo deconposita. and, in short, every.
thing which could contribute to the COM
fort and happiness Of the members. And
vet, in the mids: Of these floral blessings, .
horticultural was found who actually ridi-
culed the striped rose and the strawberry
tree, and insinuated that the seedsmen who
sell those ingenious Inventions are little
better than deceivers. Not only was he
permitted to make this unblushing charge,
out his fellow.members Of the society re-
solved to take measures to suppress the al.
legged dishonest dealers. Thus are the ef-
forts Of inventors and philanthropsts per.
petually misunderstood and maligned:
Who could blame the aggrieved seedsmen II
they were to arm themselves with cudge!s
cut from the strawberry tree, and beat their
revilers until they should be as diversified
in hue as black and blue striped rose
That man is to be called swindier merely
because he sells beautiful strawberry trees,
in the branches Of which the lobster can
build her nest and the merry clam can perch
and sing, is disheartening evidence Of the
deep-ro0ted skepticism Of the age.-Ne,o
York Times: