Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1877-04-13

derful, being something new un-
der the sun. This was the
white dewberryy and being a
native of Texas, is a very hardy,
and a very desirable fruit, being
with all a wonderfully, prolific
bearer. This is a most delicious
berry, and very large, measuring
fully an inch in diameter. The
vine is easy of culture. and we
hope to see the time when it will
be found in every farmers gar
den in the State. Yet we are
not so selfish rs to desire an
exclusive monopoly of all the
good things, and are willing
that our sister States shoald
share in the pleasure of the
new discovery. The white dew
berry is no doubt destined to
spread with great rapidity, and
will settle in other States, just
as readily as the immigrants
from tll,,se States attach them
selves to the fertile and healthy
soil OF Texas.
THE ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT
is perfectly hewildering TO con-
template, both on account of the
endless variety grown on the
area devoted to it. and the cap
tivating beauty of the delicately
tinted flowers. cAs We wendell
our way oyer the smooth walks,
"fiowers on the right of us,
flowers on the left of US, flowers
in front of u.s." we thought the
view which we took in, would
drive a French florist, with his
inercrial temperament, into
ecstacies of delight bordering on
the frantic and while we had q
frenchman in our mind, al
though flowers are not calculated
to call up visions, other, than
gentle and pleasant ones, we
could not avoid thinking how
easy a matter it would have
been to comply with Voltaire's
last request, "cover me with
flowers" had his career been
destined TO terminate at Oak
Hill, as it is, instead of in Paris
as it was.
For evergrcens and shrubs,
the four quarters OF the globe
sem to have been taxed heavily.
and contributed literally OF their
rich stores.
1t would be pity TO pass an
motto d the symmetrical and
grand magnolia, appropriately
called the pride of the South.
Thousands of these young beau
ties rear their attractive forms
in the nursery, ready tor trans
planting, and in a few years
will furnish their beautiful
blooms of spotlcss wEite and
rich Fragrance, while they. con-
sti-utc from the start, an object
on which the eve will rest with
pleasure and delight.
In the hot houses, the climb
ing and trailing shrubs consti-
tute an array OF beautiful at
fractions seldom witnessed even
in establishments devoted to
similar purposes.
The most perfect system has
been practiced in the manage
ment of. this mammoth enter
prise. 1t is as easy for either OF
the proprietors to give you the
history of any OF the plants or
trees, running through their
multifarious varieties, as it
would be for tile cashier of a
savings bank to give the names
of depositors, and the exact
amount due each. Systematic
in everything connected, with
this gigantic establishment, the
| packing department is by no
means an exception, but rather
the perfect elimination OF the
whole, for here everything to be
shipped, is put up in the best OF
order, to undergo It's pleasant
voyage in neat style, insuring it
a welcome reception from its
new owner.
We turned our back with
some reluctance on this enchant-
ing location, where the useful
and the ornamental vie with each
other to give it charm for all =
the purely practical, or the "soul
with sensibility imbued, who
sees sermons in stones, and good
in everything"
Regarding it as a sort of low
ers' paradise, we were not sur
prised to meet, as we left in the
afternoon, SO MANY gay and
handsome couples driving to this
charming resort, where " il
there's love to b. found in this
world, the heart that is anxious
might hope for it here"
From Fridays Daily.
HoPPERs diving.