Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-03-29
THE SEASON.

so forth issued the Seasons Of the yesre:
First, Iusty Spring all dght in leaves OF flow
ers
That freshly budded aud new flowers did
benre,
In which thousand BIRDS had built thei-
bowers,
That sweetly sung to call their paramours:
AnI I'm his hand a javclir ne did b ar
Aud on his head las tit for wtrikc stoures)
\ gilt cngraycn morton he did weare;
That as some lid bin love, 80 others did him
fctre.' SrENsER.
SO, four centuries ago, did this
olden poet celebrate the Spring. 1t
seemed To be z, neral idea among
all these old writer's that the world
was ,reated in this season and yearly
Tcnews its youth ns the sun crosses the
vernal equinox. Spenser, as we have
seen. gives Sprin" the first place, and
Homer, Virgil, Milton and others ex-
press the same idea.
We, also, find Spring and its com
ing. used as a symbol of immortality,
its teeming I:fe after the long winters
sleep, typifying the glorious resurrec-
tion of the body aud the renewed vigor
OF the soul.
HowurI, Earl OF Surrv, writing tle
early part of the sixteenth century,
after describing the buds and blooms,
the birds and animal life and activi y,
ends with a beautiful reference to his
own grief and misfortune.
"winter is worn that was the flowers bale;
Aud thus see among the plra~ant things
Each care decays and Yet my s'rrow springs
Not long after, this famous Earl and
hnhAaIAI n
ungrateful sovereign.
The references 10 Spring by our
best poets are almost innumerable,
some of them full of delicate fsncies.
Drummond, the Scotch poet, has a
pretty sonnet beg inning:
sweet Spring, thou turns't viii all thy
goOdly train,
Thy head with flames, thy mantle bright with
flowers"
Swift's "yanessa" is almost unknO
in literature, but her refined taste and
highly cultived mind is shown in her
beautiful code TO SPRING"
.'HaiI, blushing goddess, beauteous SpringI
Who In thy JoCund train dost bring
Loves and grsces smiling hours,
Balmy breczes, fragrant flowers"
Thomson celebrated it in his "Sea.
sons and there Is no more often
quoted lines of Thomson than his
In the Spring a young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love"
Many of our American poets have
written of our New World Spring.
Emerson has a MAY day" poem, Bay
ard Taylor, his Spring Pastoral"
Bryant, and Lowell, and Whitman,
have written their glowing eulogies,
interpreting the mysteries of Nature
each in his own way, and adding to the
joys of the season the charms of their
musical lyrics.
BFGOSIA ROBUSTA.
From the american AgricultVris,
we clip the following in regard to
very favorite plant of our own, just
now in fullest bloom:
FIowering begonias are not only sat
isfactory because of their sturdy quail
ties, but their beauty of foliage and
blossom lends them double attrac-
ton. Among g large collection OF
window plants, | take great pleasure
in my begoBias, and am often surprised
that they do so well under neglect,
which is sometimes unavoidable. One
A large specimen gave me, last winter,
twenty six stalHs of pinkish, bell
shaped flowers, which retain their
beauty for over two months. The fol-
liage is large and ileshy. a glossy,
dark green. with light pink on the
under side. The pl mt requires an
abundance of root room and l have
had the best success growing 1t in a
large box or pail. If possible, give the
plant warm corner, with sun about
one-half of the day; do not allow the
sun to strike the foliage after watering,
or the leaves Will burn. Plant food, in
the shape of ammonia water household
ammonia. at the rate of a tablespoonful
to a gallon of water or the concentrat-
ed commercial foods, for sale by all
seedsmea, should be used once in
every two weeks during the blooming
season.
The flesh of the Oyste contains about
ninety per cent of water