. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 776 The American Florist. June ^, Decoration Day at National Capital. How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest? When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold. She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feethave ever trod. By fairy fint;ers their knell is rung, By forms unseen, their dirge is sung; Then Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the spot that holds their clay. And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there. The Decoration
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 776 The American Florist. June ^, Decoration Day at National Capital. How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest? When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold. She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feethave ever trod. By fairy fint;ers their knell is rung, By forms unseen, their dirge is sung; Then Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the spot that holds their clay. And Freedom shall awhile repair To dwell a weeping hermit there. The Decoration day services at the national cemeteries were elaborate in conception and detail. Aside from the ceremonies on the day itself there were a number of very interesting observances connected with and breathing the spirit of the occasion. The most notable of these was on Saturday, May 28, when the members of U. S. Grant circle No. 1, Ladies of the G. A. R. laid a handsome wreath of flowers on the pedestal of Gen. Grant's statue in the rotunda of the capitol. The greatest interest naturally cen- tered in the Arlington national cemetery. That beautiful yet mournful expanse of woodland and greensward, with its acres of graves and thousands of monuments, was, for the time being made ten times more beautiful by the profusion of the floral tributes of aSection. Illustrations are herewith given of some of the most notable decorations. At the monument to the Unknown Dead, and at the graves of Generals Sheridan and McCook there, were beautiful wreaths from President Roosevelt. At the first mentioned, there was also a beautiful wreath of pink and white roses given by Capt. Archibald Mc- Burtt, U. S. A. There is a pathetic inter- est in this monument as beneath it repose the bones of two thousand one hundred and eleven unknown soldiers, gathered after the war. At the Sheridan monu- ment the Loyal Legion decorated with a large pennant of immortelles over which was a bunch of American Beauty ros
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