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The Floral King. 5
‘young cherub, for to them was that day born a son
and heir—and alighting upon earth, as he did, in
‘the joyous, verdant spring, in such a happy, floral
home, it seemed as if the pretty little flowers of
the curate’s garden had enticed him there from the
first to become their playmate, and subsequently
to become their most ardent lover. .
This eminently pastoral home was situate near
the rural church, which stood surrounded by
pleasant fields and meadows. On its western side
mirroring its tall spire in the placid waters of the
Méckeln, a creek of which large lake ran for some
considerable length, until it reached the site of the
church. To the south lay glorious beechen-woods,
and the landscape was framed by high mountains
in the north, clad with a stately fir and pine forest,
stretching eastward.
The young pastor could show more than 400
species of exotic flowers in his garden, which in
those days were deemed a most curious and rare
’ collection. In the centre of his plantation he had
made a high and circular flower-bed, which he
designated the banquetting table, and on it grew
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