Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-15
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of the Carnival, surrounded by her maid
of honor, with bees. butterflies ard othe
insects that make the garden thei: home
i while in the distance lowered ugly an
gigantic moths, csterpillsrs aud beetles
that threatened the howery kingdom.
i Then followed Rsx's host, each @
which had assumed for this day the form
and
DISGUISE OF FLOWER.
The Daisy fairy was driving q chsrio
drawn by dragon-fies through fores
covered with monster daisies rising tC
the height OF trees.
The Pansy fairies, four In number, clat
only in the gold, purple and blue leaves
of that flower, Aud with gossamel
Wings, were paying homage to the Queer
seated high upon throne of pansies.
In sn srbor Of strings OF golden flowers
the Spirit Of Honeysuckle, rosy girl In
red and yellow, was receiving the homage
of the hummiug birds and bees, Fasting
on the sweets of that flower.
The SunnoWer maldeps, clad in sober
vestments Of yellow and brown, were
fitting through forest Of these plants,
pursued by ugly black beetles, whose i'm
mense jaws threatened their destruction
The Corn flower tableau was western
harvest scene. The wheat and corn had
been nearly ell cut and Stacked, and
around the shocks were gathered armies
Of locusts, grAsshoppers and other de-
vouring insects consuming the grain. In
the center OF the Geld, where some few
blades yet stood untouched by the scythe,
was 6 temple built wholly Of the beauti-
full blue corn 70 Hers, where stood the
spirit of corn, the goddess Ceres, her
robe Of the heavenly blue Of the corn
plant.
The next q Dat showed mass of steep
and precipitous rocks, from one of which
gushed rlvulet, the water pouring down
in q cataract upon the stones beneath,
and running OF Ia hslf dozen streams.
Clinging to these rocks in all directions
were "the lilies of the valley" and burst
ing from each plant WAS q beautiful
maiden, holding in her hands the long
sceptre like branch on which chung the
white and golden bell lilies.
The Rose Queen went alone and unat-
tended, sailing in ship built wholly,
Prov, body and ssils, of roses, roses of all
kinds and colors, Marechal Ney, Jose
phine, white, pink, red aud garden roses,
and sailing over sea OF
GRERN PLANTS AND FRAGRANT FLOWERS.
Ga swampy pond were gathered the
water lilies, the flower and immense
leaves floating on the water, and carrying
the lily fairies in so many snowy canoes.
Through the dark green water swan
shiny snakes, while from the floating
leaves hoped immense green and golden
frogs. FIamlgoes, kingashers and
other water birds completed the scene.
Int corner OF the forest weres gathered
the for get-me-nots. The ground WAS
streWn with broken branches Of trees,
upon and around which were thousands
of the tiny but beautiful blue flowers
that "never forget"
The Nile lilies were gathered in gar
den onthe banks of Egypt's great river.
In the center of q clump Of rocks foun-
tain sent up spray twenty-feet or
more. In the water running from IL, the
lily fairies we're bathing and playing.
The next scene showed the prim Wslks
of q garden, filed with immense Japanese
flower pots, whence grew, ly1uriautly,
the golden rod. The many plants met
above head in canopy urder which were
gathered the spirits of these flowers
The eastern lilies were sailing over q see
of green in golden boat, from whence
there rose high throne ornamented with
jewels.
The ConVolVulus fairies, some twenty
in number, were gathered in an old for
est. In the center stood the rotten
trunk Of an old oak. Here
lizard had made its home, and was catch
ing the little golden flies that filed
the air. In the trees and over-growipg
1t and in all the ground around were
thousands of the flowers Of the conVol-
vulus.
Ina fernery in corner Of the hot
house were the garden pots and vases, in
which grew the preitiest and most fash
ionaole ferns.
The Aster fairy was seated on the sum-
NIT of an immense flower, so large that
is oyer-shedoWed all the scene. Around
it played several streams from fountain,
pouring back into marble basiu, around
which were gathered the four Aster maid
ems seated upon golden lions and holding
aloft the Aster flo \ ers.
An immense flaming tulip, looking
like bowl Of fire, covered nearly the en-
tire front. Seated in its center was
THR TULIP QUEEN,
an orchestra of moths, csterpillsrs,
grasshoppers, playing upon flower instru-
ments, while crickets and butterflies
danced upon the photographed earth.
The last float represented the fairies at
heme amid the flowers. Ruttercup,
Peachblossom, Mustard Seed and Ooeron,
mad gathered in snug corner OF the garden
and were pelting eacn other with flowers.
The tableauI were greeted with
applause along the entire line Of march.
The d.splsy, indeed, was the handsomest
day display New Orleans has ever wit
messed. Hundreds of thousands Of
natural and artificial flowers naa been
used in the decoration, the colors
were brilliant, the air was periumed with
fragrant orders and the flower fairies on
the aoats pelted the passers-by with
bouquets and posies. Il WAS such dis
play IS Nice sees on the fesst of flowers
or Mexico on "1oWer days"
The Independent Order Of the Moon
followed with fifteen floats, generally of
comic and humorous character with
popular scenes and pictures that kept the
crowd in constant laugh. Then came
the unattached maskers on foot, on horse
back and in vans, and the rsgtag and
bobtail