Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-21 | Page 14 | In Your Own Garden

I I I n Yo U r L w e 4 THE TILE ROSE IS QUEEN June Jun is the month of roses as everyone knows It seems to me that the roses of this particular June are finer than I have ever renown them to be certainly many of my own are larger and the bushes more filled with blooms than they were last year ear It n Is no wonder wonder wonder won won- der that more people love the rose better than any other flower Wild roses of oC one sort and another another another an an- other are to be found In practically every country of f the world and have been grown in cultivated gardens gardens gar gar- dens since time lime immemorial Long before the Christian era cra the rose was loved and it was Sappho the tile Greek poetess who wrote about years before beCore the birth of oC Christ who called the rose the queen of oC flowers Homer mentioned the rose in his Iliad and Odessey and Nero spent large amounts of at money to purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase roses for decorations at his famous feasts The Emperor Domi- Domi linn tian knew how to force roses into bloom in winter and both Pliny and Horace mention roses in their wrItings writ wrIt- ings But even earlier than that roses were known Isaiah who wrote about years before Christ speaks speaks' of the desert rejoicing and blooming I as 38 the Iose lose while there is a sentence sentence sentence sen sen- I tence in the apocryphal Wisdom of ot Solomon which says Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds Greek mythology has a a a. afable fable which describes the origin of pf the therose therose therose rose and every rose lover should know it Flora goddess of flowers lowers found one of oC her favorite nymphs who had been both virtuous and beautiful still in death she appealed appealed appealed ap ap- pealed to the gods on Mount Olympus Olympus Olympus pus to change the lovely body to a flower Clower which was to be far more beautiful than any blossom heretofore heretofore heretofore hereto hereto- fore i seen een and which other flowers would acknowledge as queen of them all Consequently Venus gave beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- form to the new pew bloom Apollo gave It beams of or his light nus lent It perfume Bacchus bathed it in nectar Pomona gave it lovely fruit and Flora herself contrib contributed ted its beautiful colors And that the therose therose therose rose was henceforth known as the queen of ot flowers Is told by the ancient ancient an an- clout lines of Sappho d Would Jove appoint some flower to reign In matchless beauty on the plain The rose mankind will all agree The rose the queen of at flowers should be The pride of plants the grace of oC bowers The blush of meads the eyes of oC flowers Jowers Its beauties charm the gods above Its fragrance is the breath of at love Its foliage wantons in the air Luxuriant like the tho flowing hair It shines in blooming splendor gay While zephyrs on its bosom play Cleopatra used roses as part of her campaign to ensnare Mark An An- tony On the fourth day of ot a long feast she he had the floor of at her banquet hall covered with a layer of oC rose petals 18 inches thick Ancient Ancient An An- dent Rome is described by a writer of the period as having every street brilliant with garlands of ot roses Roses were later in the days of Christianity u used cd in church services services ices and toda today in Spain and other countries the festival of oC the rose still exists to commemorate the tho victor victory of Christians over infidels at Lepanto Coming to the present da day and our own locality Sunday will see tee the fifth annual rose service at the Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot- Cot L. L D. D S S. chapel Sixtieth South and Highland dr drive e where the music both instrumental anc and vocal and the addresses will all b be devoted to the praise or history o or or enjoyment of oC the rose In a building which will be filled with roses grown by residents of the district The Th idea of the rose service originated with Mrs Wilford Moyle and Bishop Mark Austin both ardent rose lovers and now this unique Sabbath day service has become an QUERIES Mrs T. T Y V. Midvale Midale writes I had a pretty prett fuchsia plant given ghen to me but It is now covered with little green lice and the buds and flowers are all dropping off A friend told me to cut the plant 1 back hack Will Viii ill this hurt It Ans Dont Don't Don't Dont cut your fuchsia back Spray it with a solution of ot nicotine sulphate one teaspoonful to a a. galIon gallon galIon gal gal- Ion lon of oC water Repeat In a n few tew da days This will kill all the plant lice without without without with with- out injuring your plant