The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-26
Evening Chat
Fall FIowerA

Fall Flowers.
The season for late summer and fan
flowers is at hand and from garden,
lawn and roadside these brilliant and
beautiful bounties from the hand of
nature may be seen. Nature certainly
must have devoted much time and
thought to creating special flowers for
the special seasons, for the flowers of
spring seem to be peculiarly fitted to
that gladstone time, the midsummer
flowers are especially designed to
make bright world fast turning SOM
Der and dull.
Think how little good the crocus, the
snow drop, the tulip or hyacinth would
do US II It were to bloom in mid-sum-
mer or in the fall. The warm sun
would instantly cause these tender
blossoms to wither and decay. Then
the cooler atmosphere Of the fall
would not bring out the beauty OF the
rose, the sweet pea, the nasturtium, or
the peony as these flowers need the
warm suns rays to make them bloom
gorgeously and abundantly. The late
summer and fall flowers grew sturdy
and strong and are made to Withstand
cold nights and stiff breezes that
would shrivel the rose on its stem or
cause to die the other flowers of sum-
mer.
Then in coloring nature has chosen
a wise part. In the spring when the
grass is green and tender and the
world is awakening from its long sleep
and everything is suggestive OF ten
derness and daintiness she makes to
bloom the delicately tinted snow drop
crocus, lily and hyacinth. Then as the
season advances the rose oftimes
highly colored the nasturtium with It's
vivid colds and browns and the gay
peony takes the place OF these fragile
blossoms and II the fall the brilliant
scarlet sage, the rich golden glow, the
many tinted purple. red and lavender
asters, the deep wine colored dahIias
come TO brighten up world fast turn
ing to brown.
Golden Glow is everywhere This IS
one OF the first OF the late summer
flowers to bloom. and owing to its easy
cultivation it grows profusely /
thought while gazing on particular
ly beautiful bunch OF these flowers re-
Gently how beautiful a whole acre of
Golden Glow would be. This flower
has many names but TO me Golden
Glow so peculiarly fits 1t that my mind
refuses to carry any other OF the
names.
A few seasons ago directly across
the street from where mako my
home there was a particularly lovely
bunch of this Golden Glow which waved
and nodded in the breezes TO me gaily
Tor many days. One day there came a
violent wind and rainstorm and when
l went TO look for my adored friends |
found them not, but closer view dis
closed the fact that the storm had
been too much and they had fallen 10
the ground. Repeated efforts failed
to re-establish them as the same pref
~ Joyous flowerets they had been
and it made me sad to see them hang
ing their heads sadly as though van
Quished.
Scarlet sage is beginning to bloom
right now and will continue to bloom
until the early frosts turn to dark
brown its brilliant petals. No other
flower OF the fall does so much 10
brighter up the world as does this one.
It puts a pretty vivid touch on dull
grasses and shrubbery and adds feel.
ing OF warmth and cheer when the
days are growing bleak and cold and
tho winds blow from the north Last
season bunch of scarlet sage was left