. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i888. The American Flortst, 111. N^St NHO BkSy^tT 0^ ORCH\QS^ IRtPRODMCtO TROW, Gt\R"\tH VVOR^. national flower of Egypt, the ' Sacred Flower of the Nile.' Iff had the power to communicate to men, I could tell them of people and nations that they have never drtamed of; the writings on the obelisks are plain to me ; all my life I have been loved and worshipped by the Egyptians. The rose is justly proud of the nation she represents, but for me to look back on the centuries that I have held the offict, England s
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i888. The American Flortst, 111. N^St NHO BkSy^tT 0^ ORCH\QS^ IRtPRODMCtO TROW, Gt\R"\tH VVOR^. national flower of Egypt, the ' Sacred Flower of the Nile.' Iff had the power to communicate to men, I could tell them of people and nations that they have never drtamed of; the writings on the obelisks are plain to me ; all my life I have been loved and worshipped by the Egyptians. The rose is justly proud of the nation she represents, but for me to look back on the centuries that I have held the offict, England seems to me but a child. One of the greatest pleasures of my life is to float on the beautiful river and dream of my past life. Of the gener- ations and generations of men that I have known, how the}- fret away their short lives in petty contentions, but to me the\- have all been loyal ; on the buildings of which they have been the proudest thej' have copied my shape ; in the Egyptian column they have used my flowers for the capital and my stem for the column. "On the finest ornaments and conven- tional designs, all of which are copied today (and I am often amused by men calling these designs original) you also see my shape. When I think of how men worry through their short lives my mind always goes back to several years ago when a Roman called Marcus Antonius came to our country and fell clesperately in love with our beautiful Queen Cleo- patra ; he was thought to be great among men, a brave warrior, an eloquent orator, etc., but with all he was verj- weak. Often has he plucked my flower for the lovely queen to caress ; she was one of the most beautiful women that I have ever seen, richly educated and ambitious as the word was used then, but with all they were not happy ; often in her petty anger she has crushed my tender frame and cast me aside, and as often has one of her slaves picked me up and tried to repair the wrong done me. I do not complain, however, my life has l
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