Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.

Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.

The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago,
And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer read more

The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago,
And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;
But on the hills the golden-rod, and the aster in the wood,
And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood,
Till fell the first from the clear cold heaven, as falls the
plague on men,
And the brightness of their smile was gone, from upland glade and
glen.

A root is a flower that disdains fame.

A root is a flower that disdains fame.

All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.

All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.

Flowers are Love's truest language; they betray,
Like the divining rods of Magi old,
Where precious wealth read more

Flowers are Love's truest language; they betray,
Like the divining rods of Magi old,
Where precious wealth lies buried, not of gold,
But love--strong love, that never can decay!

Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature.

Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature.

The problem with being best man at a wedding is that you never get a chance to prove it.

The problem with being best man at a wedding is that you never get a chance to prove it.

Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.