Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-07

the last to say that they do not think,
or do not possess q sort Of intelligence
of their own.
If a cat can resent treatment given
it, as many Of them do, according to
authentic reports, just as elephants are
declared never to forget the smell Of
one who Injuries them, 1t is not with
out the bounds Of possibility that a
plant, as seemingly unintelligent as II
appears, has in its very essence certain
reactive factors which will permit 1t to
SAY its say" in the world, after all.
y X
"You have been dry" say the bar
berry bushes to old Mother Nature.
I'VE will be extremely red.
'You have choked us nigh unto
death, but our head is bloody but un-
bowed, as we believe human poet ex-
pressed it.
"You have attempted to withhold all
water from us and to force us to witheI
and fade away. This is one Of your
queer, unexpected, reaSonlesS capriceS
for which you have been more or less
famous throughout the centuries.
mo man ever has been able to rely
on YOU, for the members of that race
assert that you rain on their choicest
picnics and cause the pestiferous ants
to seek nourishment from their finest
sandwiches.
I'VE plants, o Mother, understand
you betterl. Our roots are sunk in you
and we cannot get away from you y
we would. We have no cars to .snort
over the roads, in q vain effort to ny
away from ourSelves-not you.
eve cannot roar through the air
frightening your birds, because we are
anchored faster than any ships In har.
Dor. Somehow we are satisfied. But
every now and then, as the seasons
roll, we blush for you, Mother Nature
See usl"
Are we right in believing most of the
late flowers did exceptionally well? We
are thinking of the dahlias and chrys-
anthemums, common to so many gar
dens. Nor do we refer particularly te
the rare varieties grown by those witt
enough money to purchase them, but
solely to the more common ones 10 pt
seen in every garden.
Such are the test OF every garden
Their colors may be intensified In GER
tain seasons, thereby offering the gar
dener as genuine a thrill as any. It il
not the cost Of plant, but its genuine
| worth, which counts most. Many
rare orchid, worth thousands Of dollars
actually is no better flower, flower FOL
| flower, than q f1ne gladloIus or IT'S
Among these flowers themselves, a;
among the roses and the peonies, there
are scores Of varieties so fine that they
have been grown in tremendous mum
bers, sending down their price, bu'
keeping up their quality.
We recently came across very r1cf
woman standing on q broad avenue
with her arms full of cosmos, a Fail
flower to be found in the humblest back
yard. Nor were they particularly gooc
specimens; we were surprised to see
them rather scraggly and wilted. She
priced them, however, because they
were the best she had. These are thS
only cosmos we have seen this Autumn
Has this plant done poorly? One might
think this hardy annual would do ex-
ceptionally well this season.
Chrysantmemun1 colors seem unusu'
ally bright, especially among the vel
low and pinkish varieties. Here Is 9
splendid flower, beloved by the world
not only for its sheer beauty and per-
| lection, but also for its spicy odor
/ Chrysanthemum fragrance approaches
that queer barrier where pleasant odol
is almost, but not quite, unpleasant. A
bit more, and no one would like the
odor Of chrysanthemums, especially In
| doors, but as the fragrance Is, 1t Is very
niea and aY1realS to most flower lovers