The Progress., 1892-03-05
FLOW ERS


Flowers ar" very interesting to-
rs We ulmlro thom for their
shape, tholr color- aud their SMELL
they give us. too, many useful
Things. such "a perfumes, honey
and medicines and many small
animals such ma bees, butterflies
aud hunming birds get much OF
their food from then But wa
must not forget that the princi-
pal use Of the Hover - to form
tho fruit and seed and thus to
make new plants. Different
kind Of plants have different
kinds of flowers. Some flowers
are perfect and some are imperfect,
or wanting IN some Of the paris of
perfect liowor The parts OF ~
flower arc the calyv, cOrolla, sta.
mons and plstlls In the morning
glory. the calyH ia made up Of
five seperate leaves, which cRn be.
pulled of. one at time. Ench
one Of these leaves is called sepal
The jcorolla of the morning glory
IL formed Of one piece. The co.
rolt la OF the rose has many petal
Sol me corollas have petals Of equal
shape ard some are very irreg
ulRr ana have curious forms. somen
hpins, like bells, trunpets, wheels,
stars nd 80 forth. and some look
ing e.ry mucb fIKo insects such Hs
butt, flies. bees aud so 'T6tL.
The lilly has no calyx and the,
mignonetta no corolla.
Flowers have different habits ~
well IA colOrs and shapes. In
most plants the flowers bloom at
all hours of the day, and when
opened stay open. even during
night till they fade; but some.
like the tulip, the pond lily, tho
sun flower. the dandelion and the
mountain daisy, shut themselves;
mp at night and open again in the
morning. The dandeIion also
shuts itself up often in the day
time when the sun IL hot.
The flowers Of the satisfy or
oyster plant which look much Ike
those of the dandelion tlose at
night and open again in the morn
ing. Another Hover called "go-to-
bed mt noon" acts in tbl Same way.
The flower called "four o'clock"
opens about 4 o'clock in the even-..
ing and the primrose at evening
Some flowers open only at night
The night blooming cerens blooms,
for only few hours and then willis,
away and dies before morning
The beautiful scarlet flower Of thee.
cypress vine, too, lasts but few
hours, opening in the morning and
closing forever in the afternoon, but
n new set of blossoms appear each
morning. The habits of the morn
morning are the same as those Of
the cypress vine. Spring flowers
are generally small and delicate.,
but sweet. The flowers of sum- .
mer are large and more plentiful
and have brighter colors; they are,
also very sweet aud load the air
with fragrance. The flowers of
Autumn arc bright and snowy but!
have little fragrance. The smell of
some flowers Is very sweet, Of 9th
ers very unpleasant In some.
the smell is the same all tho timsy
the flower is open, but others give,
out odor only at night. The ny -
acinth smeels sweet all the biIne'
but about elenen o'clock q. night
the odOr becomes 80 stro:sg ~ to-
I'LL the room with fragrance. N
few flowers are eateu and few
used in dyeing but thajr cLief use
IS to make perfumes. The word,
flower is from the Latin fas, floris..
flower flOweys should deck the
brow cf tae youthful bride Tor
they are themselves a lovelv type.
Of marriage. They SHOULD twin@
round the tomb for theis beauty ~.
La symbol OF the zesurrectionl
They should festocn the altar FOR
their fragrance escend to the Most
High.