Daily Republican., 1881-05-12
About Roses and other Flowers.


A gentleman remarked the other day
that the reason there was such per-
feet mania for purchasing flowers this
season was because the REPUBLICAN
had said so much in favor Of the cniti-
walton of flowers and had taken the
trouble to write up i'll very compliment
tary terms, number of places where
flowers were cultivated for market. II
we have done this much good then we
feel amply repaid for the time and
trouble it has taken.
If we had our way of it there would
not be dwelling house in the City of
Wilmington without yard either in
front or in the rear and i'll that yard
fiower.plat or two filled with choice
ever blooming flowers. We take ii,
that the increased taste for flowers is
an indication of increased refinement
amongst the people. None can look an
innocent, pure flower in the face with
out having their thoughts drawn to-
wards the beautiful in nature, ana this
enables us to look through nature mp to
natures God. 1t was Thomas Jefferson,
who is credited with saying that he
could not look upon spear OF grass
and contemplate its formation without
acknowledging that there eaS God
who fashioned the grass, the leave, and
the flowers.
There are many people yet who do !
not indulge in the growth Of flowers
for various reasons. Some have but
little room in their yards, and they can
not plant them because the dog, would
tear them up or trampIe them down.
There comes the rub, dogs and flowers
don't bloom well together. But why
be pestered with pack of yelling ours
as worthless as they are ugly and dan
gerous. Dogs arean expense as long a>
they live. If they are not fed they
prowl around and feed upon and annoy
the neighbors; and besides, where
there are dogs there is a constant fear
of hydrophobia. Better by far resign
the dogs to the tender mercieS OF dog !
catcher Hunt, throw the filthy kennel
ouS of the back yard and plant flowers .
where it stood. Flowers are never moi
sy never disturb the slumherS Of the ,
night, but their beauty is enhanced by
the meek silence with which they greer
every glance Of admiration.
Flowers never have the hydrophohia. ;
These remarks may to some appear ont t
of place, but if they will he the means {
of inducing some poor hard-working |
family to throw the dog kennel out of ;
their yard and to plant where it stood ;
a bed Of roses, geraniums, fuchSiaS, YER {
benaS. phloaN, begouiaS, allySsnm. hello ;
trope or mimonette, We will fee! {
that we have done some good, and can !
well bear avderse criticism. (
Now word about our florists. There l
are host Of them in and around VIII
mington A few years ago there were #
but Edward Tatnall and Jacob Brown. h
and even then their sales Were dull. Il
Now, besides these gentlemen mentions Il
ed, there are 4 score ofothrrs, who have
engaged III Horticulture and have larg"
and extensive green houses. Amongst Ii
them are LcDnzo BayliSs. Mr. Hum- ro
phry on Henry Grants place, William NJ
Bush, Mrs. Rogers, the LanderS family, "
Randolph Peters, Thomas DOngherty, II
on the old Pepper Norris place, Patrick te
Dugan near kamenSi, Mrs. L. Magar ol
gal at Greenbank and quite a number IL
more whose name, we cannot now re- &C
call. According to the testimony Of sa
each this has been good season for the
them being nearly exhausted. They at in
FIRST feared that owing to the latencS, of tn
the season they would not be able to hi
sell their stock but these gloomy antici- ii,
patiOnS have been dissipatrd, and the is
future TO them looms mp brightly in M
Horticulture. III
Our young and enterpr>ing friend, all
Mr.. BaylisS, for the first time has made lie
a speciality i'll the culture Of roses and
his experience as an amateur rose grow
er isSo encouraging that he intends to pe
engage larger in the business shan ever bl
hntnre 10. ntr IA nf ~ !, ! il
Could not dispose Of his 5000 roses but ri3
he has no fears now, and we expect him vi
to at least double the number for next tt
springs planting, BY the way, Mr..
Bayliss bids fair to become a rival in
rose growing to the great Diugee & Con-
ard Company, at West Grove, PennSyI- m,
Vania' After all, had it not been for
the DinSee x Conard Company, Viii We
mlngton, would have been comuclled 10 . !,',
get part OF her stock from the New
YORK State or other nurseries at Il dis lC
tance. Even with the hundreds of ne
thousands Of roses put into the market f'il
py thiS hrm, we are credibly Informed lcn
that their stock is running short, and COZ
though they have already between fifty PD
and sixty large hot houses in operation in
there is a probability of their erecting is
quite number more. TO
Their straight forward honest manner ,..a
If dealing and their libcrality with
heir customers make them preferred Br
iealers wherever they are known, and a.,
here is no place within the bounds Of Itg
his country where there roses are MOTTO
Ne found. We wish this enterprising
irm no harm wnen we hope that Mr..
'ayliss, our home rose culturist, NAV NJ