The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-18
An Essay on Flowers.

Read Before clear Greek Grange, La
Fayette county, Miss, by Miss Lou
Holcombe, Flora, Sent for Publication
in THE PATRON, by request of the
Grange.
Among the many thugs that
God has created for the pleasure
and entertainment of his creatures
none are more pleasing than the
beautiful flowers.
1t is true they are not essential
to the sustenance OF life, but the
earth would, indeed, be a dreary
and desolate place without them.
Who can be melancholy among
the flowers? Such lovely hues and
delicious odors, not only address
themselves agreeably to the senses,
but to the touch with a surprising
deIicacy.
What a variety is observable
among the aowery tribes! A con-
slant uniformity would soon render
the scone monotonous. Therefore
every species is formed on a new
plan and exhibits something en-
tircly new. Some rear their heads
with majestic mein, and overlook
like sovereigns or mobiles the whole
creation of flowers. Others seem
more moderate in their aims, and
advance only to the middle station;
while others free from all aspiring
views creep unam bitiously on the
ground, and look like the commod>
| ity of their kind. Some are inter-
sected with elegant stripes or stud
ded with radient spots; while 9th
ers are plain in their dress, and
only endeavor to please the eye
with modest simplicity. Some as
sumo the "Monarch's PURPLE and
same look best in Virgins white"
and various colors. But black,
doletul black has no admittance into
| the wardrobe of Spring. Nature
would inspire none but delightful
| ideas, therefore she always makes
her appearance in suitable dress.
Another circumstance recon-
mending and endearing the fowery
creation is their regular succession.
They do not all make their appear
ance at one time, but come in or
derly rotation This, indeed, shows
the wisdom and goodness of God.
Instead of having them all at one
time, while some are gladdening US
with their beauty and fragrance,
which can not last always, others
are preparing to take their places.
So VIC have them all the year. Some
even break their way through the
frozen soil long before the trees
have ventured to unfold their green
leaves, and even while the icicles
are pendant or our houses. Others
ait for the more pleasant sunshine
before they dare to venture forth.
Every, month almost, every week,
has its ornaments, not copying the
works of their predecessors bat still
forming and executing some new
design. SO lavish is the fancy, yet
so exact is the order of nature.
Who informs the various tribes
of fruit-bearing blossoms that ver-
| nal suns and more genial warmth
are fittest for their delicate texture?
Who has instructed them to file off
with such perfect regularity, as
! when one detachment retires the
signal is given Tor another to ad-
vance? Who but that unerring
Providence, who, from the very
highest things of existence, orders
all things in "numb Der, weight and
measure.
Let US behold the nice arrange
ments of the m;nutest plants and
be ashamed of our "rcpining folly" !"
Could any fibre in their compost
ton besaltered, or one line of their
feature DO transposed without it
clouding one of their beauties?
Could any fold in their vestments
be varied or any link in their or
derly succession be broken without
iniuring some delicate property?
And does not that "Allwise Eye"
which preserves such exact har~
mony among these petty toys
maintain as watchful care over
his creatures?
/ Among all the productions Of
creation, mowers are especially ue-
signei for the pleasure of man. See
the imperial crown, splendid and
beautifully grand, see the tube
rose, beautiful and Ianguishingly
i fair; see all the pomp and glory OF
the fowery kingdom, where paint
and perfume do wonders. But the
|, | inferior animals are never struck
with their beauties nor regaled with
their odors
The horse does not stand still to
gaze on their charms, nor does the