The Lake County star., 1877-06-07
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HOUSE PLANTS AND FLOWER GAR.
Ns.-We presume that all our lady
readers Of this department have among
their household pets, some plant or
plants that receive daily share Of at
teption, a egeranium perhaps, q Gala
or q, monthly rose, that with small
amount Of care sends forth blossoms
and fragrance to cheer their owner.
Others we know have large collections
and take great delight in daily watch
ing their growth and studying their
habits; the slender vine with Its twin
ing tendrills and modest flowers, the
sturdy geranium with Its snowy clus-
ters, the elegant fuchsias with their
lovely pendant blossoms, and many
othei easily grown house plants are
| within the reach of all, and their pres
ence lends an air Of refinement to the
plainest apartment, indeed no amount
of costly furniture can successfully
compete with few fiourishing win
| dow plants. Va NN' 1ol
But while many cherish few house
plants, there are but few who take the
| pains to cultivate q flower garden.
Although many beautiful and hardy
ANIMALS can be grown with but little
| expenditure oflabor or care. The plea
Of no time, Is, think the principal
excuse for the neglect of this, as 1t is
for many another claim upon us, and
with some 1--WE are ashamed to say) 1t
| Is the fear of husbands derisiOn, or
neighbours ill-tempered remarks that
deters them from having "posy bed"
Now we know there are men who
value their wives according to the
amount of labor they are competent to
perform, and who would not hesitate
to demand of her strength the lifting
bf barrel of rock salt, rather than to
expend 1t In fine display of tulips,
or patch Of sweet corn and cabbage,
than q border of balsams and snap
dragons; but we believe they are few,
aud we think even they can be con-
verted by little womanly tact and the
right kind Of management. The love
of flowers Is q trait of character that
should be cultivated for the refining
did nature, as well as for the gratifica-
ton of our sense of the beautiful. AS
we ride about here and there over the
country, we are pretty sure to form an
estimate of its Inhabitants by their
| surroundings; II the fences are broken,
the gates off their hinges and things
generally in a demoralized condition.
we know that shiftlessness is at the
bottom of 1t, and II we see front yard
strewn with bits of boards, corn cobs,
broken crockery and presided over by
flock of screaming geese, we have ut
once profound pity for the owners
thereof Poor souls, primrOses and
sunfiowers, cinerarias and dandeliOns
are all the same to them. Paper cur
tains hang in tatters at the windows
where an ordinary box of money wort
would betoken presence of the Graces.
Sometimes q haggard weary-loOking
face peers out, but oftener q coarse reso-
lutte one seems to defy our opinion as
we silently look our convictions. If
we enter such an abode we shall see
disorder and mismanagement on every
hand, and to our query, "do you ever
cultivate fiOwers?" the mistress an
swers, "Posies? No I don't ever get
time to fuss with them, fact is don't
know nothin' bout 'em." Another
will say, IL like flowers. bat have 50
much house work to do that can't at
tend to them" And here we say,
my dear woman II you value your
SOULS salvation, let some Of this ever
lasting Homework goundone. Put ON
your bonnet, seize spade, hoe or trow-
your most emphatic tread take bee
line for the garden, or where the gar
den ought to be, and set your first
stake for "posy bed" and don't
swerve a hairs breadth from that de-
termination If the housework goes to
Chaos. You will soon find the lasei-
tude and inertia Of which you are. wont
to complain giving place to renewed
vigor, and the house work will be ac-
complished with an ease and energy
that will astonish you; yes ma'am,
and you will soon get to thinking Of
other things than your own little trials
and will take an interest In something
more elevating than Mrs. Jones' hired
girl, and whether she gets two dollars
week or less, will not disturb you, as
you pluck few flowers for your own
room or to gladden. the eyes of sick
neighbor. And, my friends, even
though you be Indifferent to the love
or c,,Ifure of Aowera accor,t IL aa n dntv
W vo,, ~ nwa vonrseif ~ and IN fthe ~ cnr,ncT.
nitv in In which vo, live You viii snon
doi}Uht to Craiifv their imnle' wsnts
and the practice will open, the way TO
q pleasant and friendly Intercourse not
only with. your immediate .neighbors
but with others whom. You have
been in the habit OF termlng proud
and rstuck up" For whose careth
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Tor Kitchen use has made its appear
ance In our hardware stores, 1t -
very handsome to look at, and is high
~ poiisned, IN imitation OF dark gray
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