The herald., 1893-11-19

nations and prettilv turned words sof
approval that fall from their lips. But
the ways of women are strange, and
come of the Apollos dug up in Pompeii
should have found it out by this time.
Threading the labyrinthic primrose
paths through the seas OF marvellous
blooms, the riotous profusion and wealth
of color appeal TO ones artistic being,
even though they be go ignorant OF plant
life ae not to know hyacinth build from
a dried onion.
Ethereal whites, eristocratic bronzes,
proud crimsons, stately yellows, spirit
uelle pinke and lordly iavenders hold up
their heads to be admired and bend and
wave welcome. The fluffy debutantes,
the rakish contour of the ''sports," the
plumed consciousness of the prize win
ners and the eccentric Japanese anbas-
sadors add their personalities to make
the building gladstone for this gorgeous
display, while the flaming masses OF
splendor outrival the magnihcenCe OF
Solomon.
Filling huge Mikado vases with mounds
of daintiest glow, dropping over the
edges of great oriental bowls, crowding
for advantage in overhowing isrdinieres,
overlapping rare faience, and standing
straight and prim in slender glass tubes
| growing in pots in haphazard reckless
nees, bursting to bloom in tall standard
fashion, budding in solitary majesty on
| frail eix-foot stems, twining over ban
ouet-lamp shade and forming perfect
cover of blossoms, banked in solid pha-
lanx to form pyramids OF bewildering
richness of color.
From the smallest fowered pompons,
J sggravatingly symmetrical, the great
balls of the Chinese incurved, the
ouilled and dshed "sports," the fringed
reflex, the eoitly curled anemone cen.
tered, to the loose -petaled Japanese type
known as the ragged kind, this exh;bi'
ton embraces the finest collection ever
shown in this country. There are 250G
varieties OF this most versatile plant
shown1 and between 200,0 900 and 800 ,00C
bloomNin all, representives of % states.
Japan's national flower in all it's varying
shades and forms is a wonder-which
reminds me-a man, particularly famil.
lar with the midway Ilsisance, upon
hearing that there was proposed chow
of these pinwheel, moplike, crazy headed
flowers on the tspis. wanted to know il
they were the leftover freaks Of the fair
Prizes aggregating $4,000 and Co
lumbian exposition medals and di'
plomas have been offered the competi.
tive exhibitors, and go many new and
magnificent specimens have this fall
made their first bows to the public af
debutantes. Roughly classed, there are
only five colors-white, yellow, pink
crimson and bronze-but by, by ybridizine
and propsgating the colors have beer
combined and blended, the forming o
shot and clouded effects, has produced
an almost endless variety of seemingly
distinct hues. The man, who in the
future, will bring forth bloom shadin.
on a blue, will make millions, while
whoever successfully introduces th'
fragrance of the violet or lily. or any
sem alliance of perfume into their com
position, can 90 abroad and buy hi
daughter one of the highest price,
princes.
With it's almost unlimited advantage
above others of it's kin, it has right II
der.snd precsdence as the fashionabl
autumn flower. 1t officiates conspicu
ously at weddings and funerals, in tabl
and house decorations, as corsage bou
quets and predominstely as bouton
nieres for the jeunesse dore. Some c
these exqulsltes eport chrysanthemum
that totHiiy eclipse their London cravat
ana protrude 80 far across the arms a
. to well be able to cover one of th