The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
!, Am OLD EMGLlSM GARDEN. !;
By BLLAE. MosBY.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

In the pages Of Shakespeare we md
many gardens There is the garden Of
the rich and great, with terraces, foun-
ta,na .pleaohed walks" winding ways
or labyrinths and yew trees, clipped into
nntastio llkenesses OF peacock and drag
ON. grottoes and statues OF rural gods
such a garden as that OF the Capulets
which Juliet loved, or such garden aa
Beatrice and Benedict tried their merry
war OF wits in-suoh garden a. the
one in which Bacon loved to loiter, llken-
ing its perfumes to music as 1t comes
and goes In the DIR. There also Is the
Gotta 20 garden, as that of Perditn In tho
Scene of the sheep-shearing; garden
like the ono at shottery, where a certain
youth, VIII shaespeare Wooed Anne Hath
away Nor Is the wild garden of Ma
ture forgotten. for our English poet
knows the one bank Of wild thyme in the
whole country around and every meadow
weed and blossom. such as distraught
Ophella used In her garlands.
Roses, OF course, are f1rat OF AL me
rcd rose on triumphant brder," or "red
Which in their summer beauty kiss'd
each other;''
and,
."The miIk-white rose, with
wY,ose sweet smell tho air shall DO per-
fumed."
There were also Sweet nausae roses"
ana the fragrant sweet-brler won Its way
eyerywhere, despite Its stems, thickset
with thorns, shakespeare calls 1t ''l1glan-
tine"
There Is great stress laid on the per-
fumes of flowers; nor do we wonder at
this when we remember the conditions
of the time--the evil smells Of city streets.
OF village purlieus, OF all abodes OF
men; even the doors that We now think
over-sweet and strong were welcome 10
scounteraot smells OF uncleanness ana dis
ease. At Perditas feast fragrant buds
were given to tho elderly guesta:
.'Rosemary vine; these keep seeming
and SAVIOR al the winter longi" also "hot
lavender minis, savory, marjoram," and
the marigod that has a pungent fra
GRANGE, "a bank whore the wild thyme
grows" was most lovingly remembered
'Eglantins'' Is mentioned again by
Shak espeare In Cymbel!ne, whom not to
SANDER. but sweetened not their breath"
Next to roses comes the lily In beauty
and stateliness--
Like the lily that once was mistress Of
tho field, and fourished." he says. ''and
s'LInes of all kinds.
The flower-de-luce being one.'' and close
in kinshtp "o1lips. and crown I'M
Our gardens to-day are as rich In glory
Of color and sweet1less IN autumn as IN
spring. but the gardens Of Eliaabethan
lovers, like the woods and meadows. were
falrest In spring-tlme.
There were tho curly "daffodils,
That come before tho swallow dares. and
take
Tho winds Of March with beauty ''yio-
lets now
That strew tho lap of tho newreome
spring" "ths noddlng violets." Vio-
lets dim;
But sweeter than the lids Of Juno's eyes"
The brothers OF lmosen called her
Sweetest. fairest hly," aud promise her
flowers OF earliest bloom
'srhou shalt not lack the dover that's
like thy face. pale primrose; nor the
azured harebelle, like thy veins. Cows
lips OF gold with ruby spots--the fairies
savors,' are flowers of spring, and SO
are pansies 'fpr thoughts" The long
purpissn OF poor distrausht ophsHa bloom
in the spring msadews; and to May be-
longs "the milk-whlte western flower.
now purple wdth love's wound" Shake
speare gives 1t 9 local mama, .and maid
sns call AZ loya-ln-idlsne Nut ear Oaias