Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1918 — Flowers Essential. [ARTICLE]

Flowers Essential.

With the first breath of spring, the earth everywhere breaks forth and is covered with verdure and blossom the violet, arbutus, daisies and all the field flowers. The dogwood, laurel and rhododendrons, with their clouds of blossoms, ornament the woods. We gather and place them in the home; they carry cheer and beauty wherever shown. Why should these ana other favorites from, all over the world hot be enjoyed the season round? They are, as grown in the greenhouse, even more beautiful in the winter season, when the earth is covered with its mantle of snow. . The blossoming pot in the window, the graceful fern or palm, which, with their summer grefen, give life to the house decorations, are as essential to the beauty of the home os flowers to the landscape. Let every member of the craft combat with his greatest force and earnestness, every effort made to decry the use of flowers.