Farming news
Flowers say it
for Valentines
Charming, the language of flow
ers, that loving language of Valen
tine's Day, the language that
means a sender is concerned
enough to select the right blossom
for the right beauty.
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JEAN WINSLOW
Victorians denied themselves a
lot of pleasures we moderns find de
rigueur-well, in public they denied
themselves a lot of pleasures. I've
read accounts of really smarly
stuff going on behind the great oak
doors and green brocade drape
ries. But I like to think of their sen
timental side, and their invention
of flower language makes me pine
for more leisurely days, reclining
on a chaise lounge, pulling petals
from a daisy recently proffered by
an amorous swain, thinking "is
this what he really thinks of me?"
Today, the game can still be
played, and the Floral Transworld
Delivery Association is delighted
to show you the rules.
A few floral messages left from
the Victorians include:
Azalea - temperance
Carnation, red - Alas! my poor
heart
Chrysanthemum, red - love;
white - truth
Daisy - innocence
Forget-me-not - true love
Honeysuckle - generous and de
voted affection
Jasmine - amiability
Lilac - humility
Lily, white - purity, sweetness;
yellow - falsehood, gaiety
Orange tree - generosity
Peach blossom - I am your cap
tive
Rose, red - love; cabbage - am
bassador of love; deep red - bash
ful shame; white - 1 am worthy of
you; red and white - unity
Tulip - fame; red - declaration of
love; yellow - hopeless love
Violet - faithfulness
The most often sent flower,
hands down, is the rose. Mary Ruth
Smith of Dozier's Florist in Hert
ford says orders for red roses run
six to one on Valentine's Day. A
popular arrangement is the single
rose, nestled in baby's breath or
ferns in a tall vase with a red rib
bon. Telephone lines get flooded
with orders, deliveries get piled up,
and February 14 is no bed of roses
for busy flower vendors.
Smith says the second place win
ner is the carnation, but it's so far
down the line she doesn't even
bother to count the paltry few. I
can't blame the sender. I love red
roses to start with, and am still
truly thrilled to receive one. And
I'd much rather receive a flower
that says "I love you" than a car
nation claiming "Alas, my poor
heart." Save that one for clearing
up a serious misunderstanding on,
say, April 13.
So, say it with flowers. A bunch
of white roses and yellow tulips say
"I am worthy of you and hopelessly
in love." Daisies, white chrysan
themums and violets can help a
tongue-tied recalcitrant lover ex
plain "I am innocent, I'm telling
the truth, and I declare my faith
fulness." Hope it works for you.
Garden of Eden
Club will meet
H0RT1CULTURALIST TO
SPEAK IN EDENTON
On Saturday, February 11 at 4: 30
p.m. in the Ballroom of the Old
Chowan County Courthouse, Eden
ton's Garden of Eden Garden Club
will host a free lecture presenta
tion by Longwood Garden's Everitt
L.Miller. Miller, a well known
writer and horticulturalist and re
tired director of the DuPont fami
ly's Longwood Estate near Phila
delphia, will speak for one hour on
the topic "Great Gardens of Amer
ica", after which there will be a
short reception with refreshments.
The public is invited to this free
presentation. Any individual or
group wishing to attend is asked to
call 482-2341 or 482-3813 to reserve
seating.
Everitt Miller is a native of
Brooklyn, New York, and a grad
uate of the State University of New
York where he studied landscape
design. Since that time, he has
managed several large and presti
gious estate gardens. As Long
wood's director for over twenty
years he was chief horticulturalist
and was responsible for conserva
tories, greenhouses, a theater, an
historic arboretum and house,
fountain gardens and specialized
plant collections covering the en
tire range of ornamental horticul
ture. His son, Craig, director of
Britthaven of Eden ton, comments
that he literally grew up following
his father around the great estate
garden.
' Longwood today is one of the
most outstanding and elaborate
gardens in America, and has been
favorably compared to the most
excellent of Europe's garden trea
sures, Versailles, Vaux-1?-Vi
comte, Villa D'Este and
Chatsworth.
Mary Ruth Smith of Dozier's Florist in Hertford arranges a red rose
with baby's breath, a Valentine's Day favorite for sweethearts.
The PERQUIMANS PLAYHOUSE inc.
invites you to an open house
on Sunday, February 12th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
at the home of
Norma and Philip McMullan
316 Front Street. Hertford. N.C.
Come and hear about our plans for theater
in Perquimans County
Free enterprise makes America great j
By: W.B. Jenkins
N.C. Farm Bureau Federation
America has less than seven per
cent of the world's population, yet
we are said to have over 50 percent
of the world's material benefits.
The reason for this is that so many
have worked so hard under a free
enterprise system, characterized
by a free market, the profit motive
and individual initiative.
A nationwide survey a few years
ago revealed that less than four
percent of Americans believe free
enterprise has anything to do with
their personal freedom. Yet, free
dom without self-discipline just
won't work. Free people can get
spoiled, demanding more and
more for less and less.
Americans need to understand
that their real needs are met, sup
ported and financed by business
and commerce ? not by govern
ment. It is absolutely incredible
that Americans nationwide believe
the average profit cf U.S. business
and industry is more than 33 per
cent. Students think that it is over
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less than five percent. Unfortu
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