The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-20
A FLORAL ACADEMY.


We are to have another academy, which,
| be assured, win meet with the good will
of all cultured communities. | mean the
| Floral Academy, which is to be started on
! lines similar to those which Goncourt
/ sketched out for his literary academy.
| which he hoped would put the Academic
/ Franchise on it's mettle. The originator
of the scheme is NJ. Cesbron. the flower
painter, who has brought into it those
masters in his branch Of art, MN. Quost,
Rivo;re. Georges, Verneuil the theatrical
| and house decorators, ard Roche, who
| turns to such exquisite use the treasures
| of the flower garden in his funereal monu-
ments, with many others who have won
names as industrial art designers Ces-
bron is to the floral world what Landseer
was to dogs but without those concerts
| of the latter artist which do not bear the
| test of time. He only understands the
| flower In its natural surroundings, and Is
really so sensitive to hints, SUGGESTIONS,
and promptings that he can almost hear
! the voices of the garden, and yet more
of the field, when the springs sun has
called forth a flush of bloom
Victor Hugo had the same preference
for uncut flowers. Indeed. cut flowers
seemed to him Of piece with the heca-
tombs which in ancient times gave Solo
mo-. temple the app. lance and odors
of shambles. He carried this sentiment
So, far that ON hig eightieth birthday,
when the grand for al demonstration made
by the Parisians in his honor had come
to an end. he said: lone thing deeply af-
-
me being so barbarous as to imagine that
the massacre Of Rivera gardens which
those pyramiGs OF flowers involved could
give me any pleasure. The growing Cow
er in its natural place inspires me. /
see it there in it's grace and joy and Its
lovely truth to its own peculiar nature
cut flower seems to me a murdered
flower. and, in short. vegetable corpse
which is in few hours to be an object
of disgust
NJ Cesbron learned to paint flowers in
the garden. He cultivated the visual
memory to be able to bring home from
walks in the fields and forests the exact
appearance of the flowers he had seen
there His daughter the coming Lyrical
tragediepne, who not long since made her
debut. has the same passion for growing
flowers and the same memory Of the eye
for their peculiarities. Michelet. the his
torian. objected to cut flowers being used
In the decoration OF his salon. and lived
in the same housesar into old age for the
sake Of the wide balcony on his fifth fooi
Tat. it looked down on the Luxembourg
gardens. and had 4 sunny aspect, and
he could sit on it surrounded by growing
mowers There was also room on it to
place there at night when the weather
permitted the flowers grew ne in jafdin-
!eres on the rlantel in front OF the IRE
place. and on top OF his desk. They re-
r,ained out until about eleven in the fore
noon when Mime AIichelst took them in
until the evening came round asain- He
used ivy as he saw it in German houses
and rrseht have made money patenting
inventions to prevent It's injprirg the
frames round which he trained 1t. lie
wrote books on Unset and 'LOiseau-
One of the evils wrought by the Franco
German war was 70 prevent him giving
the world a third book on La F!eur.'
Perhaps some future member Of the Flor
i Academy will come in where Niche
let broke off
heart the idea of She Floral Academy,
and viii throw open to The artists as
sociated with it nes associesl its green
houses and gardens. u pursue in them
Coral studies. believe the privilege will
be extended TO stu tents who subscribe
for courses Ct lessons given by members
of The Academy or associates. Member
ship IS 10 lie Won by the acceptance Of
masterpiece of fewer painting or deeora-
,ion into which natural flowers eonven-
tionaily treated VII be brought. Tbs
work becomes the property # the Acsd-
envy. and gees. if IN the form ef en- al
bum. to the library. o. if something 10
frame or connected with sculpture or in
.igsfrai art 10 the museum. Eminent
horticGl:ur,sts may be associates whether
they are amateurs OF professional garden
ing members Exhibit .oas OF for.i art
viii De held annually o. bi-enai2sly. as
may he deeiied \ portrait CT lady
which might pass for 4 uo5ernized God
dess Flora would DO admitted. hut ! cam
rot say whst her that CT a statesman with
an orchid CT gar.eria in hs bs.ttoahole
wona be entitled 10 lie honeTs OF the eS-
hibitien-Pars Letter in Lonjon Truth.
some siNty-foas miles OF the coast OF
Tents cluster OF iltsle Islands has been
6iscoverea Gns was found 20 BE inhab
i;el b. former French sergeant Gem
ent. who had disappeared some fourteen
years asc. an6 = small number CT n2-
,ives The islands have been anrexed BY
France. ard C.emeat has been appofn;ei
resident inspector OF nsa:ng ard of the
har6or. registrar and teacher.