St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-15
WORTH COMING
To America, Humboldt Said, to
See One of Its Beautiful Flow.

To America, HumDOlOC S01O, 10
See One Of Its Beautiful Flow
ers.
Special to the Globe.
FOUNTAIN, Minn., May M.-We are
rejoicing in the glad promise that was
given in the centuries agone-"Seed
time and harvest shall not fail. for
the promise has been kept by Him who
gave it; and the rains are coming along
in gentle abundant showers, day by
day. and we rejoice in them, or it might
more properly be said that we rejoice
in the effect of the rains on the flowers
that bloom. or those that will bloom as
the days pass by, and brings the prom
ising growth into the perfect bud and
blossom.
The early blooming plants in the gar
dens are all abloom, while the tulips,
with hearts of fire, bloom beside the
so pale and dead in its color and deli
ciOus in its fragrance that it's no wOn-
der that poets heart should be cap
tured, and that he should sing of beau
tiful narcissuS and its perfume. or that
. it should be known as narcisSuS poet
icus unto all the world of flower lovers.
I wish that I could reach out and
touch the chord of all hearts that have
no love for the floral beauty that is so
layishly scattered about by the Great
Architect: these flowers that they pass
by and call wild flowers and consider
them no account, because they grow
everywhere, and are without price,
when they never seem to think or
know that all flowers were wild flowers
at sometime in this world, but have
been taken from their wild haunts and
cultivated, and sent abroad with price
set on their beauty.
1t would be strange to find person
who is native of this country that does
not know the ''cowslip" or ''cOWslOp"
of the lowlands and along the borders
of the rivers, sometimes known as
marsh marygold." This plant was
taken to England, cultivated, and years
passed and the seeds came back to this
country as beautiful flower, and has
been cultivated as a foreign flower of
great beauty. Is it any better than it
was before its protracted residence, you
may ask, and reply No!
And yet it is more easily cultivated
and adapts itself to dry places better
than it did when taken from its wet
abiding place in this country ,and where
the family residence still keeps it's own
place In the wet marsh OF DeSlde the
river. But we need not grow them, for
there are others more lovely that will
take up their residence with us more
readily, and it was the renowned Hum
boldt that said it was worth coming to
America to see the phlox that grew
within her borders: and the wild phlox
of To-Day is as beautiful as any that
grew and Dloomed when Herr vOnHum-
boldt found it so many years ago in the
Americas. And the lilies are as pretty
as any that bears the name of Thun-
bergian lilly, although from Japan
comes the most lovely of the lily family.
Yet why should we despise our own
lilies or other flowers that are so cheap
if we can't afford the purchase money
for imported lilies and other plants
from foreign lands? Let US make our
homes lovely with flowers from our
fields, and whenever we can find flow
ers to bring home to the grounds about
us and adorn them as best we can with
the means at our command. Show
your love for these adornings, for they
tell story to Intelligent people that
you would be pleased to hear in your
favor. Mrs. MARTHA CRANDALL.