The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-04-02

10 ucep, your hppIopiihto oApioos'"h'
of sympathy helped to lift the burden
Of sorrow from our hearts by re-
minding us that we have dear friends
who share our loss"
Next in order of business was the
reading Of the essay. Mrs. John
Wechter, who had been appointed es.
sayist, responded with the following
essay on "The Beauty and Cultivation
Of Flowers"
Spring being the season of the
year when there is general waking
up; the time when vegetable 1ife
wakes up from It's long rest; Its
life that from all appearances has been
extinct for the past few months is
about to revive, and in very short
time we may expect to see Nature
clothed in all her beautiful robe o
green. Beautiful flowers Mll, or
should, decorate every home, inside
and out. They will be seen on hill
side and in forest looking up In all
their beauty, sending up their fra
GRANGE TO Him who has again brought
them to life. There is JOY in having
a home of ones own that is some
thing more than four square walls.
There is pleasure in knowing that
about that home is domain set apart
for your own. Those premises may be
wide acres. they may be but a strip
OF lawn and garden, or possibly but
a bit OF back yard between city high
walls. But, large or small, wherever
its owners feet tread, II is his or
her own. On these premises flowers
are wanted.
where is the woman who would
not like to have something in bloom
about her home from the time the
last snow melts in the spring until the
first snow flies In the autumn? Where
is the man that has a speck of owners
pride about him, that is not secretly
pleased when his neighbors come over
to see a fine plant in his yard, or
when the passers-by stop TO look at
his wife's sea Of flowers in waves and
ripples of bloom? He who would
plant his premises. finds trees, vines
and shrubs galore. There are num-
berless bedding plants offered. These
are so good and useful as TO by no
means be belittled or passed over
And yet. he who depends upon these
alone, will see times when pleasant
days are without flowers, and places
where flowers might well be are bare
Of adornment. The bulbs are always
ready to assist in this early display.
when winter turns and, like Lots
wife, looks behind him, he sees the
flowers OF bulbs already showing red,
pink and yellow, cream and crimson
and blue. A child's definition for n
bulb is, a round onion out OF which
4 plant grows. 1t is the lazy mans
friend II Is the busy mans invest
nent, for II never fails him, II is
Natures patent to withstand heat and
irouth, wind and water. IL is Flo
as masterpiece, for the grandest fiow-
,rs that grow are bulbous ones.
"In considering what TO send for,
why not, this spring and summer,
.hink of next winter. A pretty gar
len TO be enjoyed three or four months
3 good, but to provide for the long
when we must stay indoors
or so many sunless days, Is better.
include some house plants in your or
er: get acquainted with them, and
earn their little wants through the |
summer. Some plants are SO much |
more satisfactory than others, that |
hose who know and cultivate them
O no more than their duty when they |
ring them, or rather their merits, be-
ore the public.
Among some 20 varieties that are
Ias FIRST place and thrives beautifully
I given a place near the light, as
70 sunlight 10 required. A full-grown
liant Is very graceful. The Flcus
a our home. the Arancoria Excelsa
.lastica is a fine plant and Is speedy
rover. Flowers in the garden are a
ellght; within the house they are a
enediction. There are few things
hat lend q cheerier or more pictur-
sque appearance to a room than foli-
&c, and for blossom we have tne
rimrosc. Today there are but few
.sidences built without windows OF
arlous designs for the reception or
overs, and house plants bless nearly
very home. II is pleasant. also, 10
ear the children talk OF the flowers;
} claim some as their very own. II
as been said that II you want TO
fine a boy give him a buttonhole
ouquet and he will wash his face.
rush his hair and keep his hands In
'od condition. But II the boy has
zen allowed TO raise his buttonhole
ouquet, his pride and ambition may
, still further spurred. Flora's no"
enclature comes trippingly on the
ngue.' Great words like Pelargon'
IN and Chrysanthemum seem as ma
We as yes and no. A little botanical
lowledge adds to the interest one
kes In plants. Wherein Is the
,auty flower lovers find among their
ants? That is an inquiry capable or
Dad and varied consideration.
hen fond memory comes stealing
upon me. :
OF my childhood days long gone by,
nd | see In fond memory a garden,
Which Is pleasing and dear to my
eye.