The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18

progress which transformed the home.
Samuel Parsons was a poet. He was
a companion Of the o rad his life
war sweetened by II. What "A visit we
had. We forgot the passing hours.
T. c. Thurlow was the first to call
the attention Of the people to the
peony. He WAS one Of the most VIM
some men I ever knew. Ills home was
in fields Of flowers. Their fragrance
and beauty seemed to transform his
life. When he was dying his children
would bring In great armfuls Of his
favorites and they would refresh his
Responding spirit and soothe his pain.
The influence Of these men. though
quiet. was p~ervasive and powerful.
Soldiers Of peace. they left no path
of ruin behind them filled with wrecked
homes and broken hearts and sad
troops ~ widows and orphans. The
paths they left were margined with
flowers and o%verhung with luscious
fruits. They left behind them smile
bcnedictions and blessings. The time
is coming when we will give due honor
to the heroes Of progress and peace.
FOR war with its disaster, ruin and
sorrow IL a vanishing delusion.
Beauty Is the ultimate. the hnish
of all things. The apple orchard IL
a flower garden in spring and more
beautiful in the fall. when the ripened
and fragrant fruit done up in red and
gold peers from it's lesfy coverts.
When God produced the best-the
strawberry-he was not satisfied sim
ply to minister to the taste. He
wrapped 1t up in "A tissue OF beauty
no brush can reproduce.
We LAY vast associations which are
called the painted desert. There are
surprises Of beauty on every hand.
There are petrified forests. hills, noun
tains and plains over which the clouds
cast their exquisite shadings and tint
ings. transforming sands and rocks
into gardens OF %radiancy. In the vast
tundras Of the North are fields Of flow
ers Of millions OF acres. Even the
arctic night Is brilliant with these
moving pictures OF flashing splendor. |
In the tropics what treasures Of love-
Illness! There are the exotics which
embellish our greenhouses. There are |
the famous orchids for which men
have laid down their lives. All
through our Northlsnd how enhancing
are wi forests In the East are the
kalmias. azalias and rhododenrons; |
IN the West the viburnums. wahoos
and hosts Of ornamentals. In the
the most beautiful trees |
on earth are held in reserve for the
supremest adornment. Even the |
oceans are not forgotten. The floors
he sea are embellished with sur /
loneliness. In the bay of the
Island people 20 out, in boats
with glass bottoms 70 they can look
into the deep where sea flowers are
al their best.
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Beauty Il Wealth.
There are Eldorados and Golcondas
In the fields Of Horticulture and hor-
tirulture az we'll az In the mineral
kingdom. stood by the original Con-
cord grapevine In hat quiet village
where 1t was born and could but say.
grand. old mother, you little
your worth or realize what YOU
have done. Think Of the trainloads on
'ra!nloads ~ fruit which have gone
forth from your branches. You have
been worth millions"
Think Of the discoveries in fruits;
Wealthy, Grimes Golden. Jona-
Delicious apples and Others
which have come to reward the toll
NJ the orchardist. These present sue
resses are the promises of future dis
II seems To be "A law ~
nature that the nearer 4 plant Il. to
original. the greater the tendency
IN rn.Hat H.
BILE from its primal p%arentage, the
the tendency to break out
a wild, rollickinE abandon of
Take the original single
iahlia. What has been the result of
he thousands OF efforts for It's i'm
provc'nent" At the present We have
distinct species SO divergent
hat their own mother would not know
hem. The carnation was a demure
and humble little flower. but what
have been made, She now
out in queenly beauty. The
.hloX was like "A wild Indian maiden.
and hardy, but in the hands OF
he skilled florists of Europe she comes
a 10 us as a princess, NJ to adorn
he courts OF kings. The Gamma was an
insignificant flower. mostly priced for
Is foliage, but by skill and patience.
man making 40 600 crosses. we
low have a queen among u flowers.
The single flower is the product OF ma
.ure. the double flower the product
nature and art, the joint victory of
Tod and man. What gains have beer
made with the peony. Three thousand
sorts and more to follow. The
Jew creations give promise Of ultimate
success, What a scene of splendor "A
ield in bloom presents Bilows Of
floating there until one
'eems to he walking in Elysium. There
: a carpet for the touch Of angels
eet.
There is also the coming flower. the
"Oh. nothing but the nag"
RIGS prejudice. THAT grows in the
waml~,' Sooner or later we are
to drag people way from the
'wamps and show them the grandest
amily Of flowers that God has vet
to mortals, a continuous bloom,
which glorifies two months Of the year.
'eachHg from the tiny and brave
to the tall giant, which brings
~ the rear. What superb blooms with
'arments woven from the sunset and l
he rainbow. combining all the beauty
II he sky and earth. Many Of them
ave "A delicious fragrance and some
AVE a radiant and glistening ~refiec-
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