The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-05-25

| ing the morning air are freshness and
beauty of cheek and brightness of eye,
| cheerfulness of temper, vigor of mind and
| purity of heart. These are certainly the
| greatest inducements for us to cultivate
| flowers. But we think also that the gen.
tlemen have a right to assist the ladies in
this work, and to share with them the adj
miration of flowers. Show me gentle
man who is really fond of flowers and adj
mires them wherever he sees them, and |
| will show you gentleman of fine sensi-
bilities and noble heart. We would ask
the gentlemen to co operate with us in
| adjoining and identifying our homes with
| flowers. We have flowers to represent al
most every sentiment. In our departure
from this life, flowers strew our pathway
to the tomb. They soften the grief of our
friends as they are placed on the coffin,
and are strewn upon our graves, for they
are symbols of the beautiful world above.
Brothers and sisters, it is positive duty
required of us as Changers, that we cult
vate flowers. We would refer you to the
latter part of our manual to the solemn and
impressive, though very beautiful funeral
ceremony, where each brother and sister
are required to provide themselves with
bouquets of flowers, which, as they pass
around the grave of departed member,
they drop rs tributes in the grave, and it
is also stated to us that the members shall
be required to gather liberal quantity of
everlasting flowers during the summer
months to use in the winter, i necessary,
in our funeral ceremonies.
We sometimes complain of "bad luck"
in the cultivation of house plants, but if
we look a little into our modes of treat
ment of them we might see that our bad
luck, us we are pleased to term it, often
arises from our own carelessness If we
would make bread according TO an APPROX
ed plan and put it into cold oven, we
would have bad luck. If we would I'M
dertake to can fruit without putting the
covers on properly, we should have bad
luck" The demands of plant are few,
but if these are disregarded failure is sure
to follow One of these few demands, and
one from which q good many failures re-
suit, is in watering them. Plants must
have water; but many thinking that you
cannot have too much Of a good thing,
water them constantly until their roots are
in mass of liquid mud, a pretty sure way
of killing them. If plant gets too dry
it can generally be restored, but if too wet
we think there is no remedy.
Then also plenty of light and air is essen
tial to the life and growth of plants
Place them where they can get all the light
possible and when there is no danger of
freezing them open the windows and let
them have plenty of air. Dust is a great
annoyance to house plants AS often as
practicable we should set the pots in a
sink and give them a good shower bath to
remove the dust. We can be taught more
by experience in the cultivation of flowers
than in any other manner. We are con-
stantly finding out something about them
that we did not know before.
We are prophets sent to the needless world,
The skeptc's heart to teach
And tits well TO read your love Alright,
And mark the creed ye preach.
| never could pass we careless by,
For mine is the old belief
That midst your sweets, and midst your bloom,
There's soul in every leaf"