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The Lo\?c of Floors 
is steadily ir><;r<?asi r><$ amopc } tlpe people, apd tl?<? 
eultiuatiop of tlpa/r\, wlpiel? is a tf?ip<} uery differept 
fro/r\ tf?<? s<?ptimept of admiratiop, Ipas be<;om<{ so (jo/iy- 
mop tlpat it is eopsid^d as ap euidepc;e of bad taste 
for ope lpauip<5 apy <$roupd ]VOJ to Ipaue flowers about tlp^ 
d p<} tpous^, as tt?<?y an? ope of tfp<? attraetiops of a 
refiped apd beautiful lpo/r^, apd bri^lptep apd adorp 
tlpe /T\ost lpu/phle. 
I^03^I^J5 says : U/tpat a dreary, desolate pla:;e 
would b<? a world widpout a flower. It would be 
a faea without a smile— a feast without a wel- 
come. Jlpey are pretty lessops ip pature’s 
booK of ipstruqtiops, b?a<;lpip$ us tlpat we 
liu^tf? pot by br<?ad or from bread alopi?; but 
tlpat we lpau<; apotlper ttpap ap apimal life. 
P/1/J0JV says : plowers are of all ^mbel- 
lislprpepts tlpe most beautiful. 
BEE<?flEI7 says: plow?rs brip^ wlpat 
mopi?y oft<?p fails to brip$ — refipemept apd 
p.easur^. 
/I\flJ^EU/5 says: I^t us fpau? all tlpe 
flowers we <;ap possibly afford; tlpey an; 
tlpe ui?ritabl^ smiles of pature. 
Yours for beaudful flowers, 
Janoahy, isaa 
Miss c. H. Lippincott. 
