Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-29

Inc most gorgeous pldtOOn5 IN the long
procession of flowers are IN review
through this and the following month.
Roses are still blossoming, stately lilies
begin TO show their regal crowns; fra
grant honeysuckle chambers over the
trellis; spiked gladioh and gorgeous
tigridiss are in bud; oenother>s and
mooufioweIs open their vida eyes and
stand like sentinel ghosts through the
long watches OF the night; My Lady
Nicotine" arrays herself in a crown of
pearls for the evening festival and
scents the air with soft odors from her
fragrant breath. Morning glories
emile tender greeting, popples droop
their languid heads. golden sunsJine
floods the land and Nature holds high
carnival Mother earth repays US rich
ly for our care and labor and We, the
fower-lovers, rejoice In the beauty and
perfume Of summer.
zEPHYRAETHUs. THE FAIRY LILY.
This is a beautiful, dubious plant be-
longing to the Amaryllis family. 1t is
easily cultivated, either in pots or open
ground, and is desirable for cut flowers
as the blossoms remain perfect for days.
There are several varieties, u. Alta
masco being of pure white; u. rosea,
a delicate rosy pink; u. sulphurea,
a creamy yellow.
Zephyranthes Treatiae is a native of
Florida where 1t is known as the Easter
Lily, as it blossoms in time for that
festival. Il. rosea is a most profuse
bloomer and one of the most charming
species in cultivation.
The name, from Zephyr, the West
Wind, and Authos, a flower, is strongly
characteristic of the plant.
The Cooperia, or giant, fairy lily, Cthe
adjective rather a mlsnomer) are close
ly allied to Zephyranthes and produce
beautiful primrose-scented, Hly-hke
flowers on tall stems. They are re-
markable among the amaryllis family
for their night-blooming habit.
FLOWER NOTES.
Get the children interested in the
dover garden; their merry hearts and
quick hands will make swift work with
the wedding and watering, while the
fresh, outdoor air and exercise Will
bring the glow of health to their cheeks
and the love of flowers instilled into
their young hearts cannot fail to have
a refining influence on their lives.
Keep sweet peas well weeded and
closely picked and insure abundance OF
bloom. Brush them with neat willow
turgs or give them wire netting to climb
upon.
A straw cushion or piece of old car
pet Is handy to kneel upon in wedding
and will prevent the soiling of clothes.
Old gloves should protect the hands, as
the earth coarsens and roughens them
badly.
Who has not some favorite flower or
pet method of cultivation which We
will all like to hear about? Our col
umns are always open to our readers
for this purpose, and we hope to hear
often from the flOwer-lovers.
Why cannot everytown have Floral
Society and exhibit?
The common choke cherry of our |
northern woods makes most attrac- |
tive shrub for the lawn; the flowers |
hang in long racemes and are sweet |
scented.
Plan flower work so that it will be a |
rest from other duties and dont't over
do at one time and forget plant needs |
on another. Steady, systematic work |
tells IN the flower garden as well as |
everywhere else.
The embiems of this month should |
mower rampant.
Mount the wild-howers as they are
gathered, on card board. Make an or
cover and tie with narrow
ribbons.
WEALTH IN FLOWERS.
A Western correspondent of "Suc-
Sess with Flowers" DIngee and Con
=. |
as showing how bare prairies may be
changed to smiling homes and wealth
added to property by flowers, plants
and trees He says;
81 have been telling our Board of
Trade that $1,000 expended in the en-
of flowers, fruits, shrub
berry and shade-tree culture and home
in the city, especially in
the new suburbs, will add more to the
wealth of our people III the course of
the next ten years than $50, 600 in the
erection of great, barren-Walled ware
houses. Twenty-Five years ago we
were so poor we couldn't live and pas
rent in the city; we bought, on long
credit, two acres of waste land beyond
the suburbs and built cabin on it.
Mrs. l.. had passion for flowers, and
LAc NhlI6 were CONtTGu Wltn |
vines, and the yard was filed with such
1oral decorations as we could command,
md in a year or two my old army com
-ades took a fancy to the peighbor-
hood. We divided our shrubbery and
lowers with them, and in five years
We had the road for half mile com
pactly settled with small home-owners,
mostly one and two-acre lots. When s
L., oA,-s. A
began its extensions, this little flower !
crown suburb was the first point Sc {
ected. Now we have as fine line of {
treet cars, running every fifteen ,
minutes, as they have In any city in q
he country, and new additions are be-
ng added on all sides of us. Flowers,
hrubbery and gardens, poor as We !
we're, has done more for US than the
speculative capital of the wealthy
The poor German
mothers who used to scold
drs. l.. for raising Petunias and PhIox, u
ustead OF Potatoes, are now floral ar j
lists with what they have. We would 7
Ike to see them now improve upon the G
took as they have upon their oppor- a
unity. h
Every Rose attracts soul, and it is q
lie uuulDeE Ol Souls lnhI make cities, | d
fter all. And the lovers of the beauti-
al are almost universally the leaders of
GARDEN WORK.
4 few valuable hints are given for
arden work by Dorothy Lincoln in V
he May flower. She SAYS: p
1t is very essential that the soil about Il
be roots Of plants should be kept mel p
g., 1.
ave healthy vigorous growth, without 5
hich our plants are not very satisfac- /,
Dry. The roots of plants are pinched b
nd dwarfed by hard, dry soil. Never +,
III or work clayey or heavy soil when 3
all vet. Once working such a soil g
nder like circumstances may result in :
ntlrely running tue plants you were "
ylng TO benefit The soil is III a right p
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