FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
73 
Minnie Francis. 
Safrano'. 
Marie Lambert. 
Devoniensis. 
Cut your roses early every morning 
and you will begin each day well; neith¬ 
er can summer’s heat nor winter’s frost 
deprive you of that sweet solace. 
» “God might have made the earth bring forth 
Enough for great and small, 
The oak tree and the cedar tree, 
Without a flower at all. 
We might have had enough, enough, 
For every want of ours. 
For luxury, medicine and toil. 
And yet have had no flowers. 
Then wherefore, wherefore, were they made. 
All dyed with rainbow light, 
All fashioned with supremest grace, 
Upspringing day and night. 
Springing in valleys green and low. 
And on the mountain high. 
And in the silent wilderness 
Where no man passes by. 
Our outward life requires them not— 
Then wherefore had they birth? 
To minister delight to man. 
To beautify the earth. 
To comfort man—to whisper hope. 
Whene’er his faith is dim, 
For whoso careth for the flowers, 
Will care as much for him.” 
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Report of Mrs* P* H. Rolfs* 
Mr. President^ Ladies and Gentlemen: 
In selecting a subject, for the paper in 
hand I have not been as partial to the 
East Coast of Florida as were the gentle¬ 
men who made up the program for this 
meeting when they selected the entire 
committee on ornamentals from among 
the East Coast members, but will briefly 
mention a few plants that can be success¬ 
fully grown in any part of the state. 
Angelonia Gardner!, Hook. 
This plant is generally, but incorrectly, 
known in the trade catalogues as An¬ 
gelonia grandiflora. Although there is a 
species, Angelonia grandiflora, this is 
quite rare. The plant has been in cultiva¬ 
tion for many years in the green-houses 
of the North, and has, to a limited extent, 
been introduced to the South, especially in 
Florida. Its original home is in South 
America. In the green-houses of the 
North it is planted out in pots and then 
placed on benches, where it blooms con¬ 
tinuously and profusely. 
I wish, however, to speak of this plant 
more especially as a border plant, and bed¬ 
ding plant for outdoor work in our state. 
It is one of the hardy and very promising 
recent acquisitions that will come into 
general favor very rapidly. It is unusual¬ 
ly free from disease and stands all diffi¬ 
culties which ordinarily surround decora¬ 
tive plants remarkably well. The color of 
the flowers is dark purple with white spots 
in the throat. This makes it a very hand¬ 
some, attractive bedder. It blooms pro¬ 
fusely, and rarely attains a size higher 
than a foot or eighteen inches. It is bet¬ 
ter, however, to keep it cut back so as to 
have it from eight inches to a foot high. 
Side shoots are constantly being pro¬ 
duced, from which new flower spikes are 
thrown in. 
