St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-22
BUTTONHOLE BOUQUETS,
And Taste for Flowers in Young
Men Are Good Signs for the

And Taste for Flowers in Young
Men Are Good Signs for the
Girls.
Special to the Globe.
FOUNTAIN, Mimi, July 15.-The rain
of yesterday made seeding possible as
soon as the sunshine had dried off the
excess of moisture on the plants in the
garden of flowers little, and very
naturally came the thought of the many
appeals made through the columns of
progressive newspapers to cultivate at
least few flowers, or, as for that mat
ter, it is seldom one can read a weekly
newspaper and not find few lines
devoted to Horticulture in an extract
as inst fitting certain space that wants
filling. And notice that buttonhole
bouquets are becoming a very fashiOna-
BILE adornment, as it is among the vo-
tarieS of a very fashionable summer re-
sort of many-millionaires in the state of
Wisconsin. where every lady, and al
most every gentleman, wears a flower
or two almost all the time. This is an
encouraging omen for the future. if it is
worn for the love the Wearer has for the
one simple flower, or any and every
flower that grows; and again,
it is almost always an her.
bacious perennial or from some
shrub that continues long in
bloom, as if to supply that gentleman
with his own particular choice of floral
pets. Some gentleman will ask your
permission to go through your garden
and select his own flowers to wear on
some particular occasion, and then you
I,nx ff,y To 1n 10
selecting the flowers that will tell tale
of love to some one that has captured
his fancy, provided you know the
language of flowers yourself.
Then some one particular flower will
be gathered to wear OH his vest front,
and you know his secret and wonder
which one of the millionaire papas is
to become possibly the future father
in-law of your visitor. After awhile he
has secured just what he wants, then
asks you to sit down on the garden seat
and chat with him until he has ar
ranged his bouquet in proper order, and
as he progresses you read the story of
his love. He has no hesitation about
the matter, but goes on as if alone with
his work until the delicate ribbon is adj
justed in a dainty manner and the tell
tale bouquet is finished to suit his
fancy, and you may well wonder if
the young lady for whom that
bouquet was designed, has wit or
sense enough to comprehend the treas
ure she has won. You may hope so,
but he will come again and again; that
some garden seat will be occupied, and
by and by the tale is all told, for he
takes nothing but spray of the lice
plant" for her; then you know what fools
some young ladies can be. The SUM-
mers come and go, and so does the
young gentleman; he gathers his bou-
quet, but it tells no tale of love, and is
for himself alone, for he loves the beau
tiful flowers as he does his life.
A brakeman on passing train, with
a rose pinned on his coat lapel, just
called up this tale of summers gone by
and brought to mind the fact of seeing
many such bouquets this spring worn
by young men that has created belief
that in time there will be homes en-
powered in flowers all over the land in
which we live-I hope not many an
nauls, as they require too much
care and are long time COM
ing into bloom. In fact, the summers
are too snort for many annauls to
repay the cultivator of them. Early
Towering bulbs and plants require some
money to purchase, but they pay you by
giving you flowers in the early April
days, and other plants will follow right
along in blooming until the snow covers
all the earth with the mantle of white,
unsullied flakes that will keep our pets
safe during the long winter. 1t is not
half the trouble to care for bulbs and
perennials that it requires for ANIMALS
that will not begin to blossom until the
last of June, and few of them then.
Mrs. MARTHA CRANpALI4