OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS 



and very real smiles, which were un- 

 known to those who came before us; 

 and this recently-discovered happiness 

 spreads in every direction, even to the 

 doors of the most wretched hovels. The 

 good, the simple flowers are as happy 

 and as gorgeous in the poor man's strip 

 of garden as in the broad lawns of the 

 great house, and they surround the cot- 

 tage with the supreme beauty of the 

 earth; for the earth has till now pro- 

 duced nothing more beautiful than the 

 flowers. They have completed the con- 

 quest of the globe. Foreseeing the days 

 when men shall at last have long and 

 equal leisure, already they promise an 

 equality in sane enjoyments. Yes, as- 

 suredly it is a small thing ; and every- 

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