Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-11
FLORA's
What Two Legal Gentlemen Know
of Pinks, Pnnsies, DAISIES. Etc.

What Two Legal Gentlemen Know
of Pinks, Pansies, DAISIES. Etc.
A SENTINEL reporter CHANGED to stray
into the law Office of Merrill L Fitzgerald
yesterday afternoon. and found the gen.
tlemen breathing an atmosphere redolent
with the perfume Of sweet and beautiful
flowers. On a table in front OF them
stood a glass cake dish. which was covered
with the tiny plants Of Flora's Kingdom.
where did those pretty flowers come
from 2" asked the reporter.
"Oh," remarked Mr.. Merrill. "from
down the road. They were grown at Mr..
Wenban's place at Cortez. Ny wife sent
them up on the train last night, packed in
q little box. Amt they lovely. They re-
mind me Of days gone by. when / was in
my lettuce period. Now, there's q beauty
pointing to an exquisite red pink. How
admirably those colors are distributed;
and with what delicacy they blend They
wouldn't grow any purer in q florists hot
house. Look at that m~ignonette (reseda
odorata). Amt it charming, and what a
delightful, pungent odor |! II my memory
serves me, this flower came originally
from Egypt. Linneus compared its per-
fume to that Of ambrosia. At sunrise and
sunset it is sweetest and most penetrating.
Towering from Spring till Autumn, in
doors or out. 1t is q universal fayorite. BY
keeping it in q temperate, even atmos-
phere, like that OF Nevada, it grows
woody and becomes q little tree, living
several years." -.
"This daisy" said Mr.. Fitzgerald.
s'catches my eye. Its bright yellow looks
like a bud Of gold fringe that ladies wear
in sunlight costumes at a masquerade. !
think II means, to share your feelings.
In olden time when the lady of a Knight
allowed him to engrave this flower On his
arms, it was a public avowal that his af-
lection was returned. Then there is q
cowslip (dodecatheon medal, q most
brilliant yellow flower. is it not? 1t is 90
beautiful that o botanist might well fable
that the whole circle Of Grecian gods con-
spired to create it. Another plant, the
caltha palustris, is also called the Ameri'
can cowslip, but its more general name is
marsh marigold.
"But this gay little pansy," Clipped in
Mr.. Merrill. 7" is the most thoughtful and
meditative blossom Of the lot. No painter
could lay on a deep purple color like that
/ believe Shelly says:
Lilies Tor q DrlQal Deu,
Roses fer q matron's head,
violets for o maiden dead
Pansies let my flowers be-
There is no end Of fanciful names for THU
flower, such as. three faces under q hood
heart's-ease, kiss-me-quick, ladies.-deiight
love-in-idlsness, and, among the Germans
little stepmother. but 1t don't appear t.
have the strength Of it's companions. Yoi
can see it is already whiting, though II wa
| plucked but yesterday"
Here ID q modest flower" exclaime,
Mr.. Fitzgefald. "Tt Ia somewhat rare II
this latitude. It Is called the fragran
| coltsfoot peculiar name, Isn't tT. Il
spite OF its sweet odor. botanists tell US !
| lived q long time unknown OF the foot O
| Mount pila. A flower, like genius con
| cealed under a.'modest exterior, does no
strike the vulgar. But II the eye OF q dis
eliminating Judge meets 1t. Immediately !
obtains the acclamations OF those who's
| stupid indifference could not comprehen'
it. Plants are like men; they often re
quire a patron to be appreciated" :.
"You are right" broke in Mr.. Merrill
Everybody is not constituted to under
stand bowers, and but few take the pain
to- cultivate them. I Am told that Mrs
wenban, who grew these beautiful bio,
SONS. IL quito q botanist, and has a. pref
" a garden a. can be found In the State
She IL constantly In her realm OF sleepin
fragrance, and trains to bloom every shru
that grows in this latitude. Her garden
her paradise, and she maintains 1t. bette
than u Mother Eve did hers. Take on
Of the collection for your button-hole, bu
don't give IL to your girl"
And selecting a pretty pink the reporte
withdrew.