The Penn's Grove record., 1893-02-24

Travelling the thorny road of life is
it not wise to stop and gather such of
the beauties as lie around our paths as
we may? Thongh the sands are burn
| ing under our feet and rugged stones
have bruised and wounded us, still may
| the waysIde flowers cheer and comfort
| and speak TO us OF love, and hope, and
immortality. Then let rs gather the
| lovely blossoms and decorate our homes
and plant our gardens OF delight" and
| cultivate our window flowers and fill
our hearts with o tender regard for
their beauty.
One Of the most beautiful ornaments
for a dining room is q window garden,
or, for those who can afford It,, a con.
~servatory opening from the dining
room. This should be so planned
as to be at the height OF its
beauty in the winter months. when the
outdoor plants are unavailable. Many
otherwise weary hours may be happily
spent originating and perfecting plans
for our window garden and asuccession
OF display from chill November Ii
Spring flowers sha | bloom again.
The Ivy is one OF our best plants for
indoor adornment; its leaves are clean
| huu DIikut, ~ viii DChI Bthb Gnu uuSu
and partial absence of light aud can be
trained in any direction. Another
easily cultivated vine Is the Wandering
jew, which will stand almost any
amount OF neglect. Nasturtiums are
very desirable and easily cared for.
Ferneries are always agreeable and
may be filed at little expense from orr
own woods, where one may find several
different VARIETIES OF ferns, delicate
moses and pretty trailers. such as
wintergreen and partridge berry aud
some OF the vetchea.
Window brackets, easily placed il
any position, may be very %attractiyelv
J arranged, ard with the florists fall
catalogues before US, one should never
be at a loss TO fill them. A floral mar
aziner costs but a triAe, and there gene
rally comes with it sufficient in the
shape Of premiums to make a window
blossom all the winter long. Hyacinths
and fuchias, delicate and fragrant I;
Chinese lilies, bright chrysanthemums,
geraniums, and %co,eus, snd ranunculus
and tea roses. The list seems almost
endless, and can he procured at trIding
expense if one does not indulge in
novelties. Said an aged woman: There
ia nothing that / ever fostered in my
house that has brought me SO good re-
turns as plants and p%ictures. l have
taught my children and grandchildren
to appreciate amt love them, and this
united admiration for such beauties has
made Us united In everything else, and
has been a most powerful influence in
making us a ~congepial, happy family.
Beecher, the great preacher, has
given q fine tribute to the love of
flowers:
BLESSED be the mar that really
loves fowers-loyes them for their own
sake, for their beantles, their asso-
Citations. the joys they have given and
will always give. Such men need no
benediction of mine. They are blessed
of Godl Did he not make tue world
for such men? Are they not clearly
the owners OF the world, and the richest
of all men ?"
Let us all lend the influence of our
example TO this work of identifying
our homes, for we cannot make the
childhood of our little ones too happy
or attractive, nor estimate the moral
effect CT this work upon the youth of
Oar land, leading them to high ambi-
lions, nerving them to resist tempta-
tons. and intoxicating a broad charity
towards mankind.