Show THE FLOWER OF THE HOUR abe ri lf icicle rali ringlon rin llon lons dictate the A pretty member of the mallow fam ay habisc hibiscus us trion trio nm num claims tho tile title ind probably at homo home under italian ades it is a flower of an hour folding HALLOW MALLOW j its ta naples yellow petals promptly over the family ensign a column of united stamens that stands in in the beautiful brown cen tel jbf the flower but in its adventurous life with us where it escapes from gardens it varies with the weather and asa as a t timekeeper ime keeper is no moio more to bo trusted than a four other flowers also have their hour and the favor that makes them tho the fashion of the day is fickle as our skies shies of cloud and sunshine dear little buttercup was smiled on tor for one brief sunny hour then the sunflower rose and all losser lesser lights went out its brilliant reign reig n goldenrod oxeye daisies and cli chrysan mums each had their day and still 1 linger in the twilight of appreciation haughty orchid for awhile sat queen i but her homage was short lived and now flow the taste for aggressive size and form dud da gorgeous color gives place to a finer and more delicate choice andro and wo lind find airy sweet peas hovering like butterflies ter jer flies in the tile social Eun sunshine shine f mignonette lias has so long been held up aa the tile symbol of moral worth worth without external beauty that if it v Y cro ere capable of being anything else than its 0 own wn tweet self it would boa bo a prig but the soft t bro brown ii spike simply keeps on pouring out ont fragrance from all its little censers censera till the air is filled with healthful stimulating odors that are good for wv and soul foul flowers especially fragrant flowers ove owe half their charm to association sometimes the tile association is EO so pl pleasant it almost of itself gives fragrance to the flower and again a perfume will iu throw a charm over an hour th that atwould would other otherwise bo be unrecorded for few things clinch tho the memory to tile time like the subtle fitt estness of perfume 0 SUNFLOWER another old garden alov flower catho cj tho nasturtium that had almost died out ont of remembrance camo came back a few years ago on a wave of popularity and still holds its place the flower in form and anti color like a golden helmet pierced through and stained with blood and guarded by a shield shaped leaf was thus described by parkinson on a hundred years ears ago it is of eo so groat beauty and sweetness withal that my garden of delight cannot bo be unfurnished of it and again gain the tho whole flower hath a fine email small khent very plea pleasing sin g A few flowers are universal loses roses lilies and violets need no election to their sweet office nor lias has any gell genera ra uon tion dared to throw aside the carnation these inherit their pro eminence and their nobility is something more than the fancy of the hour with the advent of each new floral favorite comes the tile question In estion of our n national a flower what shall itic it be amon among all our native nativo plants does any ally moio more truly symbolize our nation than that tile sturdy sunflower whose broad emilo smile covers our land from froin oce ocean ocein in to ocean bold dold and strong it holds up its head without t fear and without reproach ic for there is no deceit ia in its open heart and its generous gold is v without alloy the inn jaaj flower has lias some claim clafin in t that hat it ii is held i to bo lie our one historical flo flower er but oven evell if nova scotia had not alrea already ady 11 appropriated 11 r ate it as her own emblem it 11 1 with nil 1 I its dainty grace hardly a suitable accompaniment to our eagle to whom t the lie sunflower would be a tit fit companion indeed it would scorn eo so far as the voice of tin the people lias ilas been heard that our national flower must come from the group eo so familiar to all ail of us which bryant has set in his lines lilies then on tho the hill bill the goldenrod eolden rod the aster in tho the wood tho me allow yellow sunflower by tho tile brook in auen ultima baut stood goldenrod enica has received many any votes and there is much to bo be said d in its favor A handsome flower soft and gracious though lacking in that decision which gives the sunflower such a personal character a genuine Aine american rican for while tho the plant is quite rare in other countries our species are almost countless and prodigal in growth equally at homo ionic on mountain prairie or coast sojourners jour ners by the sea will find miles of goldenrod along the border that has a a deeper dye than usual oven even in thi this 13 rich colored blossom i and there i is one white flowered species that prefers the rocky banks of streams stream E HOUSTON |