THE GARDENS
"Over the years, plants have given us all sorts of legends, potions, and properties. The 'Language of Flowers and Herbs' reached a peak in Victorian times. Flowers and herbs were given symbolic meaning based on legends and 'curses'. Numerous books, with the hidden meanings, were published."
"A nosegay or tussie mussie became a popular means of delivering 'hidden messages'of one's intentions". Some of these messages are as follows:
Burnet--A merry heart
Catnip--Happiness, cat magic
Chrysanthemum--Cheerfulness in adversity
Daisy--I share your sentiments
Dianthus--Gilly flowers-Bonds of sffection
Globe Amaranth--Unfading love
Hyssop--Purification
Ivy--Fidelity in marriage, eternal friendship
Lavender--Devotion
Lily--Purity of heart
Lily-of-the-Valley--Return to happiness
Loosestrife--Take away strife
Marjaram--Joy and happiness
Mint--Warmth of feeling
Mugwort--Happiness
Myrtle--Heartfelt love-Wedding herb
Pansey--I think of thee
Rose--Love
Rosemary--Remembrance, love
Sage--Domestic virtue, Virtue, Wisdom, Longevity
Southernwood--Perserverance-love
Sweet Alyssum--Worth beyond beauty
Thyme--Health, strength, courage
Veronica--Fidelity
Violet--Faithfulness
Yarrow--Courage, love
Zinnia--Thoughts of an absent friend
"Gardens are our private refuges, where we can satisfy our need for beauty, tranquillity and achievement. They are worlds of nature we help to create; tending plants, we share with the sun, the rain and the soil the task of transforming an area of earth into leaf and blossom."
"Emerson called his garden 'an honest place', where every tree and vine told by its appearance what treatment it had received."
"And Kipling wisely wrote:
Such gardens are not made
By singing, 'Oh how beautiful!'
And sitting in the shade."
Gardens have been loved by everyone. The Garden of Eden had "every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food."
"All throught the ages gardens have been the symbol of fertility and loveliness. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon so astonished travelers that they were ranked as one of the Seven Wonders of the World." Many years before the European horticulture , "ancient Mexican gardens were watered by aqueducts and their flowers scientifically arranged."
"If you would be happy all your life--plant a garden."
"The garden is the poor man's apothecary."
"More grows in the garden than was sown there."
"No garden is without weeds."
"Everyone has enough to do in weeding his own garden."
"The gardener's foot does not spoil the garden."
"A gardener's flirtations should take place outside the garden."
"The gardener's hands are black with earth but his loaves are white."
"As is the gardener, such is the garden."
"The garden must be prepared in the soul first or else it will not flourish."
"When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener."
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The Flowering Dogwood blooms early in the spring. The flowers appear before the leaves. It has four large whitish bracts (modified leaves) beneath its small greenish-white flowers.
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