Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

This personal discovery of flowers
| and bushes for ones self is the great
est Joy of the garden.
What difference does It make, II ten
| thousand persons know q flower, II
| ones self does not know 1t?
1t is the personal acquaintance
which counts. One may pass a GER
| tain flower q hundred times, without
its once making an impression upon
enc.
Then, upon a day, one chances TO
really see it!
After that. there is q new flower in
the world, as far as you are concern
ed. This Is an ever-recurrtng miracle,
one which is known, OF course, in the
world OF books. art. music.
The greatest symphony ever writ
ten is not much of anything. in an
actual sense, until one not only hears
H. but more until one hears 1t with
some degree Of understanding.
For sheer beauty many consider the
Unfinished" the firAest piece of SYM
phonic writing ever achieved by man.
those glorious descending chords. that
ethereal music above, IN the second
movement.
Yet If one is not in the mood for 1t,
he might hear the Unfinished" SYM
phony several times without being
moved by it. Only when his heart and
| mind and ear are attuned will he be
moved. and only when he is stirred will
he really hear.
And only when he hears will he I'M
derStand. and. understanding, claim it
for his own. He has made its acquaint-
| ance at last.
1t Is so with flowers.
A civilized man or woman has flow
erS i'll his eyes on many occasions, but
1t is only upon some unforgettable occa-
sion that an individual variety makes
its greatest appeal. 1t may be no more
than chance passing of a vase full, or
seeing a certain flower in bloom in a
yard
Wherever 1t is, or when, the moment
| reveals the plant to the person, and not
until this floral handclasp is undergone
can a human being be said to know a
certain flower, bush, tree, variety,
specimen.
Here again q wide acquaintanceship,
no doubt, Is better than a narrow one.
The more person, in any situation,
sees, the more chance he will have of
being pleased. The better pleased he Is,
the better chance he has of being happy,
everything considered.
The more things human being can
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his own free will, the better off he will
be. in the practical considerations of
life and living. The more he likes, the
less he will dislike.
On every hand one hears such re-
marks as "Oh, I hate cats!'' OK "Oh, I
despise dogs!" when each such speaker
would be vastly better off, since there
are so many cats and dogs, If he or she
would attempt to see the good points
to the animals, and thus in time come
to be pleased with them, rather than
| irritated by them.
1t is the same with flowers. We
have heard persons say "Oh, I hate
those miserable daisies!" when all the
time the single flowers, Of which they
are type, are admirable in every way.
although the double specimens may
please an individual temper more.
1t Is good to try to rid the mind Of
pointless dislikes, and . good place to
begin is in the garden. There one finds
aristocrats and plebeians side by side in
a humble, glorious democracy. Take a
stand by the japanese Ounce, and say
mo flower, not even an Iris, could be
more beautiful than this" And, fun
damentally speaking, you will be right