JUi 
The Lo\?e of FloW^rs 
is steadily ipqr^asip$ amo^ tl?e people, apd 
eultiuatiop of tl?c/r\, \ul7iel7 is a tf?ip<} uery different 
fro/n tl?^ s^ptimept of admiratiop, l?as beqom^ so <;o/x\- 
mop tf?at it is eopsid^d as ap euidepqe of bad taste 
for ope I?auip<} apy <$roupd f/OJ to tyaue flou/ers about tl?^ 
du/^llip<5 tyous^, as tl?^y ar<^ ope of tl?<s attraetiops of a 
refiped apd beautiful l?o/i\^, apd bri<}I?tep apd adorp 
tl?e /r\ost I?u/r\ble. 
F^0B^J5 Says : U/l?at a dreary, desolate pla<;e 
u/ould b^ a u/orld u/itl?out a flou/er. It u/ould be 
a faee u/itf?out a smile—a feast without a u/el- 
<;ofr\e. Jbey are pretty lessops ip pature’s 
booK of ipstru(;tiops, t^aq^ip^ us tl?at u/e 
liv/^tlp pot by br^ad or from bread alop^; but 
tl?at u/e l?aapotl?er tf?ap ap apimal life. 
P/^CjOff says : plou/ers are of all ^mbel- 
lisl?/i\epts tl?e fi\ost beautiful. 
BEEQJfEI^ says : plou/^rs brip<$ u/fpat 
mop<sy oft^p fails to brip<$—refipemept apd 
pleasure 
/T\/^JJdEU/5 says: Jgt us l?au<? all tf?e 
flovx/^rs u/e <;ap possibly afford; tl?ey ar^ 
tl?e u^ritabl^ smiles of pature. 
Yours for beautiful flou/ers, 
January, 1890. Miss C. H. Lippincott. 
