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THE 
AMERICAN 
HTDIAN SUMMER DATS. 
The autumn tiros, so late allgUt, 
Far up tlio mountain sides, 
AVhile shaping from the falling leaves 
Adornings meet for brides. 
Are changing now to ashen hues. 
And dying slowly down, 
Shining, pnritling, flecking, fading 
To a dusky brown. 
The Queen of Morn unbars her doors. 
In far-olf eastern skies. 
Her ijresence-chambcr seeks anew. 
Where richc.st Persian dyes 
Lie thick in forest and on field. 
While all around is calm. 
And low-voiccd wind-harps softly chant 
In restful, rhythmic psalm. 
Cerulean heavens stretch away 
Above a lustrous haze, 
inch autumn fragrance tills the air— 
Too brief the hours and days. 
And yet, Avhen twilight shadows fall. 
There comes, in swelling wave. 
Quick grief that all this loveliness 
Hangs o’er an open grave,— 
A grave that hath not victory,— 
Death Avithout all its sting, 
For rolling years have treasures yet 
Which they will surely bring 
To us when winter’s reign is o'er. 
In sprmgtimc’s opening day, 
\nienleaf and flower shall come again. 
And ncAv life lead the way. 
— ClarJ.- ir. Bri/an. 
times 
out of 
send to another dealer, three 
four they receive an entu’ely” 
ety. This is very ' Jo gay 
necessary, in describing-,,oisno 
that it came fromatt 
the catalogues. l-iBLb 
NOVEMBER FLOWER STTLES. 
The fashions of the late autumn are ex¬ 
tremely rich and elegant: 
naturalness iind grace. 
fall set in. 
A &E0WL. 
Uow we do get “taken in," occasionally, 
by the llorists of whom we purchase plants! 
I don't mean by that that they charge too 
much for jilauts, or send out worthless 
plants, or do not All the orders. Noth¬ 
ing of the kind. Vfost, dealers, in my ex¬ 
perience, have proved to be fair-dealing 
men, liberal and prompt, and having a pride 
m the reputation thej' have established for 
honesty and sipiare-ilealing, which is not 
only Justifiable, but commendable. AVhere 
we get “taken in" is the general confusion 
that exists in their catalogues regarding the 
names of varieties of plants. For illustra¬ 
tion let me give some of my expeiience this 
last year. 
I ordered a f hampion of the \Vo:-ld Fuch¬ 
sia from one dealer, and a Phenomenal from 
another. When the plants bloomed, they 
were exactly alike, i ordered a Safrano 
Rose from one dealer, and a Sunset from 
another. Both proved to be the same in all 
respects. Here there was a chance foi-dis- 
honestj’, since these two Roses resemble each 
other so much that the man who sent the 
Safrano might have thought he could jiass 
it off on me as a Sunset. I ordei’ed a Victor 
Hugo fj-oin one florist, and a .Mad. Blauvelt 
from another, and no one can detect any dif¬ 
ference in them. This is something th:d. 
happens every yeai-. If you order from the 
.same fii’in all the time, it is not likely that 
you get the same plant, oi- variffty, under 
two names, but if youordei- from some other 
firm, you do. Do florists buy uj) stock.s of 
plants and give them a new name in their 
catalogues in older to make us think they 
have varieties that othei- dealers do not have’/ 
It certainly looks so. 
.Vow I jirotest against this. It is not fair. 
It is not hone.st. I very often name a desir¬ 
able variety in niy floral articles, and often 
persons who I’cad those articles send to a 
Ilori.st for a plant of that kind. If they hap¬ 
pen to send to f he floi’ist my plant came 
from, they get one like mine, but if they 
or 
nett. 
emely 
able for simplicity, 
as they have been thus far since 
Until Jack Frost nipped the wild floweis 
these were preferred to cultivated ossom 
for personal decoration. Goldcn-Jtod anc 
O.x-eyed Daisies were worn in bouquets du 
corsage and brides selected the unartected 
Michaelmas Daisies for the garniture of their 
robes. I'hcse llowcrs, by the way, bid hiir 
to be very fashionable another se.ason, forgai- 
deiiers are bringing them under cultiv.ation. 
The blue and purple fringed ones are e.x- 
ccedingly pretty. -Vt a very st 3 dish moi ii- 
ing wedding lately wlicre the briile wore a 
travelling gown of mauve Irisli poplin, her 
llowcrs were Golden Rod, Ox-cyed Daisies 
and purple Michaelmas Daisies. 
CIlllYSAXTlIKMUJlS. 
Single Dalilias have been very favorite 
this fall, but at prcseiit the flower that rules 
is the Chrysanthemum, which appears to 
hold the hearts of the commmnty as firmly 
as lieretofore. The largest decorations arc 
made with Chrysanthemums; the}’’ are used 
for ornamenting the table, they arc worn on 
the person, and carried in bouquets. Even 
their peculiar, frosty fragrance is esteemed 
delightful. There is a certain woody spice 
to them that is refreshing; and it is a re¬ 
minder of the paths in the thicket which 
were odorous all summer of the same scents 
—a mixture of moss and marsh and tree- 
bark. The curious olapanese varieties of 
(,'hr_vs:inihemums of crimson, gold, j’ellow 
anil imrjdc, manj’ of tiiem looking like tas- 
.scls of fringe, are prepared for the corsage 
bunch. Th(‘se a:e iil.so arranged in the hair 
to be liighly ellective. Illondes choose the 
golden pompons, and brunettes wear those 
of deep i-ed. 
There are 700 varieties of this flower for 
sale in Xew ^'ork this season. ' Deemations 
made of the many sliades and forms of yel¬ 
low f hry.sanLhemunis are superb. While 
those with the quilled jieLals are used for 
massing, the Japanese sorts are worked into 
the most gorgeous golden fringing. Church 
altars are magidfic-ently embellished with 
Chrysanthemmiis. The tall standard plants 
are placed in the background, while the 
dwarf, bushy ones, spangled with their yel¬ 
low balls, .staial below. The railing of’l,he 
chancel is cushioneil with cut flowers. 
1>INM;I1 TAItl.K dkcokations. 
A vciy pretty and econonneal style of 
oriiamenting dinner tables, is with grasses 
either Iresh oi’ dried. Soiim! species of di/ro.s- 
tis can be so arraiige.d that they will’look 
eharmingly, faneifnl. Everlasting flowers 
(t.omphrcna), with their riel, eoloi’s of red 
purple ,md e.’camy-white, a.-e ve.'y suitable 
loi mi,Miig with light gi'iisses. oimler 
piece, when these . flowers a,’e 
should be, eomposed of 
with <rreens or grasses, is unique and elegant. 
” BOSES. 
Greenhouses are hardly in full blast as 
vet although we are getting a handsome 
rop of the new Roses, Win. Francis Ben- 
and American Beauty. Never before 
have we had a large, red, fragrant Rose in 
.autumn; the little Douglas, with its loo.se 
petals, has always been insignificant, and 
the Duke of Connaught, heretofore the earli¬ 
est of winter-blooming Roses, is odorless. 
Our new red Roses are highly appreciated; 
it is propliesicd that the Jacqueminot will 
never again be watclied and waited for with 
.so much eagerness as formerly, although 
neither the “Bennett” nor “Beauty” can 
compare with it in tlie velvet finish of its 
petals. 
LILIES OF THE VALLEV. 
Inly of the Valley was brought in very 
early from the gi’cenhouses this fall and it 
ha.s been the clioiccst white fiowei in the 
mai’kct. The wedding bouquets made of it 
ai-e all Hat InToi’in, the sjir.ays being so laid 
on the foliage as to i-adiatc from the center. 
Asparagus combined with' these 
I.ilies is a light and lovely relief of green. 
GAHDKNIAS. 
The wax-like, sweet-scented flowers of 
Cape Jasmine ai e very fashionable for wear¬ 
ing in the hail-. From three to five of these 
blossoms are placed in the coil of hair twist¬ 
ed on the lo]) of thehe.ad; the eftect is one 
of dignified grace. Gardenias continue to 
be the favorite llower for boutonieres. 
DUESS GAliXlTURES. 
All the ingenuity of modistes and flor¬ 
ists is agitated to invent tasteful styles in 
dress garniture with natural flowers. The 
little Alignonett.e Rose and Carnations will 
bo employed exteusivel 3 ' for berthes and 
liretelles on account of their shape .and size. 
Hinsdale Carnations, and the charming, rose- 
colored “Grace Wilder'’ Pink are quite the 
rage for edging rhe low or square-neck aud 
.short sleeves of ball dresses; in fact, the 
entire short sleeve is made of these flowers. 
Lace evening gowns trimmed with long- 
stem Carnaiions are exquisite: these flowers 
are easily tacked on to lace with fine sewing 
silk, and the ell'ect of stem, foliage and flow¬ 
er on the lilmy fabric is lovely-. A pink silk 
tulle dress garlanded on the over skirt aud 
corsage with Asparagus temdssimus is be.auti- 
ful and fairy-like. 'I'lie foliage of this As¬ 
paragus is durable and has a lacy elegance 
on tulle and light net material that is inde- 
scrihahly fascinating. 
Crocus produce, a ,charming ell'ect when 
planted in small clumps in the lawn near the 
dwelling. .Ml that is necessary- is to lift 
here and there pieces of sod about a foot 
square, place about halt a dozen bulbs on 
the soil, and replace the sod. When each 
one of the.se little clumps consists of but one 
color, the ell'ect is far more jileasing than 
when all colors are mixed. 
employed 
I, Coxcomb's ,m,| 
‘’'•'Mce’s I’cather, which, whei, massed In •' 
'"‘Hket, and fringed 
Hyacinths,Tulips, Rareissns, and all kinds 
of Hprlng-llowerlug bulbs may .still bo plant¬ 
ed at any time before the ground freezes, 
but tile sooner it Is done the better. There 
Is nothing more pleasing and cheering in a 
garden than the bright spring greifihig that 
it blooming bnlb bed gives. When Iho soil 
remains frozen in daj' time, cover the bed 
with leaves and evergreen boughs. 
