I'Yiday, July 7. 1967
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page Three
Buds
AND
Blossoms
By
MAMIE MILLER
“They shall not hurt nor
destroy In all my holy mountain:
for the earth shal be full of the
knowledge of the Lord, as
the waters cover the sea.”
Summertime is the proper
time to rid shrubs of scale In
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sects. Use oil spra/ to clean
up the leaves and rid the
shrubs of the annoyance of
being fed upon all the time.
This Is a' good time to plant
Canterbury bells, Mexican
primrose, foxgloves, and del
phiniums. Sweet Williams,
hollyhocks and honesty plant
also do well planted now.
Put out cuttings of fever
few In the spots where you would
like for it to grow. Grow
wandering Jew, rosary vines.
Ivy, trailing geraniums and
petunias in hanging baskets.
Pick petals for drying. These
are good for sachets and rose
Jars. If you live on the beach,
use plenty of ribbon grass, as
It does very wall In dry, sandy
soil.
This week’s Buds and Blos
soms poem, by Elizabeth
ANYWHERE IN NEW BERN
YOU’RE JUST MlNU'rES AWAY
FROM CAPABLE CAR CARE
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Barrett Browning, is In
cluded In her “Sonnets From
The Portuguese.” It is ti
tled “A Dead Rose.”
Oh rose I who dares to name
tliee?
No longer roseate now, nor
soft, nor sweet;
But pale, and hard, and dry,
as stubble wheat,—
Kept seven years In a draw
er—thy titles shame thee.
The breeze that used to blow
thee
Between the hedge-row
thorns, and take away
An odor up the lane to last
all day,—
If breatlilng now,—unsweet
ened would forego thee.
The sun that used to smite thee,
And mix his glory In thy
gorgeous urn.
Till beam appeared to bloom,
and flower to burn,—
If shining now,—with not a
hue would ll^t thee.
The dew that used to wet thee.
And, white first, grow in
carnadined, because
It lay upon thee where the crim
son was,—
If dropping now, would dark
en where it met thee.
The fly that lit upon thee.
To stretch the tendrils of his
tiny feet.
Along thy leaf’s pure edges,
after heat,—
If lighting now, woidd cold
ly overrun thee.
The bee that once did suck
thee.
And build they perfumed
ambers up his hive.
And swoon in thee for joy.
till scarce alive,—
If passing now, would blindly
overlook thee.
The heart doth recognize thee,
Alone, alone I The heart doth
smell thee sweet.
Doth view thee fair, doth Judge
thee most complete—
Though seeing now those
changes that disguise thee.
Yes, and the heart doth owe
thee
More love, dead rose I than to
such roses bold
As Julia wears at dances,
smiling coldl--
Lie still upon this heart—
which breaks below theel
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