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"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity: children 

 love thera ; quiet, tender, contented, ordinary people love them as they 

 grow ; luxurious and disorderly people rejoice in them gathered. They 

 are the cottager's treasure; and in the crowded town, mark, as with a lit- 

 tle broken fragment of rainbow, the windows of the workers in whose 



heart rests the covenant of peace." 



— John Euskin, 1819. 



"Think once more, my friends, of the great blessings which you may 

 confer on mankind by the multiplication of good fruits. Next to saving 

 the soul is the saving of health, and I know of no better means than an 

 abundant supply of ripe fruits. Fruits are the overflow of nature's 

 bounty ; gems from the skies which are dropped down to beautify the 

 earth, charm the sight, gratify the taste, and minister to the enjoyment 

 of life ; and the more we realize this, the more shall we appreciate the 

 Divine goodness to us, and the duty of providing them for others." 



— Marshall Pinckney Wilder, 



1798-1886. 



