The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-06-14
TIE FLOWER CRAZE.

Love of the beautiful, as manifested in
| paintings sketches, carvings, embroideiies,
etc, seems rapidly developing in our town,
and has the good will and encouragement
of all. But when the beautiful is persuad.
ed to come from the heart of Nature, in the
form oftrailing vines and glowing blossoms,
it seems doomed to destruction. The few
who attempt much floral culture in this
place Notwithstanding the fine climate
have large experiences in short space of
time. Their annual annoyances, if pub
lished, would fill volume equal to the
congressional reports, and be much more
enteresting. Every year they call upon
Vick's catalogue and Des ROcher's gar
dens to yield up their treasures, for their
benefit, and they begin their trials OF river
scares, sipe. water, early frosts, wind-storms,
catarpillars, grasshoppers, army wroms, in
sects of all kinds and drouths. Favorte
plants die under the kindest treatment and
are constantly being replaced by others;
till by degrees, as their pockets get Lighter,
their homes grow brighter, and their floral
off-springs are promising and beautiful
They waited the development with
painful love and pride, and rise with the
birds, to enjoy their fresh beauty. But, Of
ten noisy chsntclier, who reused them from
their dreams, has made his morning call
and shipped the tenderest plants ere he
went home again. Or, it may be, the i'm
mense track of a dog is all that explains
the broken stems of the window plants. Or,
the roots are perfect, and the tops are re-
calling the meek eyed COW who gently lifts
the gates with her horns. The porkers' en-
curing noses often work their way under
the fences, and the border plants are flat
tened to the ground by the yarping felines
that rolled over them in perfect frenzy OF
fendishness AS soon as they VIGOROUSLY
sport few living plants or vines few feet
long, they are met by the unbearable in hu-
man form; the howertramps of all ages,
sex and color. Their love Of the beautiful
is shown in their demands for everything
in the floral line that their neighbors can
raise. They take great baskets with them,
that would hold all the roots as well as
blossoms they see. If plants are 100 small
to cut without injury, those who have them,
are abused for their want Of liberality, or II
they give what they can spare
they are scorned for their meanness in not
giving all and are crushed with indignant
looks and impudent mutterings. Flowers
are demanded tor decoration day, funerals,
school examinations, church festivals, con
irmations, commencement days, or in fact
any OCCASION The flower craze is abroad,
and some persons must be the victims and
furnish the material for display; for those
who are on the war path, have no time tc
garden; and those who do the work, have
no flowers for their own use. 1t is getting
to be noticeable fact in Cairo, that those
who make the finest floral display on pub.
lie occasions, rarely ever buy OF the hot
houses, or have plants in their homes; bu
depend of the donations Of strangers. Thii
is all wrong. The parties should either
have plants of their own, or restrain theil
inordlnate desire to exhibit them to thu
public. Their taste is well enough, Du
their principles are Objectionable
A friend told me she was this spring call
ed in where death had just occurred, ant
the corpse not laid out; but as she entered
the door she was asked for flowers.
Another had different calls tor flowers fo
corpse, before it was prepared tor TIT
coffin. Each one of these four expected t
be favored Of course. A family was las
week startled out Of sleep by violen
ring of the doorbell, at five in the morning
Instead of q calamity as was expected,
was nothing but ilower.hend little car
+. her than usual
A lady overheard couple Of grow
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