The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-07-31
WHAT LOVE Is.

Love is the centre and circumference
The cause and aim of all things; it's the key
40 joy aud sorrow, and the reeompense
For all the ills that have been or may be.
love is as bitter as the dregs of sin,
As sweet as clover-h honey in its cell,
Love is the password whereby souls get In
To heaven-the gateway that leads sometimes to
n hell.
3 Love is the crown that glorifes-the curse
That brands and bnrdens-it is life and DEATH
1T is the great law of the universe,
And nothing can exist without its breath
Love is the impulse which directs the world
And all things know it and obey its power.
n Man, in the maelstrom of his passions whirled;
The bee that takes the pollen to the flower
ghe earth uplifting her bare, pusing breast,
Il The tervent kisses of the amorous sun,
Each but obeys creative Loves behest,
Which everywhere instinctiyely is done.
Love is the only thing that pays for birth,
Or makes death welcome. All dear God above
This beautiful, but sad, perplexing earth,
Pity the hearts that know, or know not Love-
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, in America
The love of flowers is inherent in almost
every woman's heart. 1t is elevating and re-
fining and gives its possessor many hours of
unalloyed happiness. pity the heart that is
closed to the softening, purifying influence of
flowers. l never pass an humble home or hut
IN the city, as often do, and see little shelf
extending from the window with few boxes
of bright flowers on it but think there is
something to cheer the weary hearts in that
home; there may be poverty and trouble, hard
daily toll, yet there moments when the
sight of these bright flowers cheer the dropping
thoughts and make one forget for a while daily
cares. There is no excuse for people who have
ground not cultivating flowers, and yet YOU
pass many homes and never see one little
bloom. Railways feel sorrow for the inmates
of such home. OF course there is a great
deal of labor and trouble connected with the
cultivation of flowers, but what pleasure do
we have in life that is unattended with some
trouble to attain it. This being the case, why
not take the trouble for what pays us best
Nothing does this more than our gardens
Aside from the pleasure they give us, there is
nothing SO conducive to health Every spare
moment woman can get (and if she cannot
get the spare moment why just put down
everything and take it spent in the open air.
digging and working among her flowers bene-
fits her physically i'll every way, besides divert
ing her mind from household cares. But there
is one thing that so many, even dear lovers of
Flowers forget. that is, that the success of your
flowers require almost as much care and study
as the raising OF your children. So many
sadies write, 81 have had bad luck with my
flowers this year, etc." Now it is not luck, it
10 a want of knowledge. If you love your
children you study their different dispositions
and try and adapt your management to suit !;
and it is just so with your flowers. If you love
them this love will lead to study of their
habits and requirements, knowledge of their
wants, and when you have learned this you
may depend on being successful in their cult
walton. The simple thing of watering plants
Is not always understood; some require so
much less water than others that we should
study that When 1 first turned my attention
TO flower garden l made O complete failure
the first summer; L could not understand what
was the cause. and friend told me l was kill
ang them with water She was moro ex-
perienced and saw at once what was the mat
ter. Another time l used too much manure,
and the flowers were burned up. Tho ex
perience is a good teacher it sometimes proves
Father expensive, and so the best plan is to
Study carefully the wants of flowers if we wish
to prove successful in their cultivation, and be
sure and not trust to luck,