Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-08-17


Thou dost not toll nor spin.
But makest glad and radiant with thy pres
The meadow and the lin.
rhou art the Iris. fair among the fairest,
Who. armed with goldeu-rod,
And winged with the celestial azure dearest,
The message OF some God.
o. fiOwer-de-luce. bloom on and let the river
Linger to kiss thy feeti
., flower Of song, bloom on, and make forever
The world more far and sweet.
Among the lovelIest flowers of the
summer are those of the Iris, or flower
de-luce whether blooming IN dank
marshes with tall rushes, its "green
yoemen," or lifting among the garden
flowers its queenly head, peer of the
lilies and roses of summer. Its colors
are rich, dark puppies. royal blues,
with satiny white and shining yellows,
streaked and mottled and veIned in in
tricate combinations 1t has a peculiar
spicy odor of its own, which seems to
bring a memory of running brooks
and green stretches of swamp land.
NJ nv new and beautiful varieties are
parts of the world We have the
Spanish Iris, a very beautiful sort. the
splendid Japanese flowers, and now q
new candidate for public favor appears
IN the Iris Gatesi, of which The Garden
says:
"Ihis magnificent Armenian Iris Is
the veritaDle prince of the whole fam
lily, vigorous in growth and producing
immense flowers very much larger
than even a very big flower of i. Sasi-
ana. To the florists eye this is simply
a perfect flower, noble in outline, anG
the petals superbly rounded. The
ground-color of this grand flower il
a silvery white, covered with a network
of scarcely perceptible lines and feath
ers of pale purple.
ARRANGEMENT OF PANsIEs.
A pretty way OF arranging pausies 81
as to show their full beauty is thus de
scribed by a writer in Success tOitI
FIOWers:
Fill small, square fruit saucers with
very damp, or quite wet sand, mound
1t up from edge to centre in a pyramii
or cone shape. Begin to dress it BY
placing four leaves of equal size OF DIR
Livingston Geranium, one to each cor
ner, pushing the stem into the sand til
the bottom edge of the leaf lays eve1
with the outer edge of the dish. Nov
place a row, all one sixe, of Mad. Sal
leroi Geranium, one on top of each DR.
: l.. leaf, and one in centre of space be
tween, this forms the border. Afte
the Pansies are cut lay them on a YER
wet napkin to prevent any willing dur
ing the work. Use q wooden tooth
pick to assist in pushing the stem
properly into the sand.
! For outside row of flowers, place on
at each corner, laying it face up, usinI
alternate tints of light and dark, till
row is completed, proceed to plac
them all over the sand working iron
outside edge to centre, let each lndi
vidual floret show Its beauty, do no
crowd, but let each be as distinct a
possible, turning the face of the f1owe
toward outside edge of saucer, placing
one or more of the largest directly i
centre of all. This we'll repays tn
work, and is quite dur b if kept froI
wind and sunshine, ana the precautio
taken to set them outside the windoV
at night. Verbenas group we'll thi
way also, but bits of Lycepodium o
small Fern tips must be introduced be
tween the trusses as it is too fiat an
looks heavy; SO also do all other flow
ers that are too large, heavy or CON
pact to sit up with an airy look, a
nothing can do equal to our swee
Pansies.