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Updated: June 17, 2025
The sun rose high and fell through the rustling leaves in fanciful warm tracery of light; down from the Bosphorus the sweet northerly breeze came over the rippling water, laden with the scent of orange-blossoms from the Asian shore and with the perfume of late roses from far Therapia.
In the opposite corner, ivy was trained to form a dark background for Canova's "Dancer in Repose," over whose arm was thrown a wreath of interwoven vines and orange-blossoms. On brackets and tables were a variety of natural flowers in vases of Sevres china, whereon the best artists of France had painted flowers in all manner of graceful combinations. The ottomans were embroidered with flowers.
She was escorted by Senator Jones and the venerable General Jessup in full uniform. The most beautiful among the many ladies present was the wife of Senator Douglas, who was dressed in bridal white, with a cluster of orange-blossoms on her classically formed head.
Garlanded in the orange-blossoms of the orchard, Love had passed before him, singing the Hymn of wild Youth that knows neither scruples nor ambition. Love, true love had invited him to follow and he had answered with a stab in the back! That love would never return, as he well knew. That mysterious being with its smiles and with its frolics, goes forever when once it goes.
He inquired what she meant. She appeared amused at his denseness "so like a man!" and said, "Why, what could I mean except dear Basil and little Barrie? I didn't know any one could help seeing! But don't say anything, please. It might nip the orange-blossoms in the bud." She told me this afterward, because I had to know if I were to "live up to it."
I dare say you will look very well in orange-blossoms and a pinafore!" "Oh, you think I'm too young, do you? But a little while ago you were always saying that I was grown up, and oughtn't to want any more childish games. What was I to do?" "Upon my word!" exclaimed Mrs. Blake. "I'll buy you a doll for a birthday present, to keep you out of mischief." "Too late," said Lottie from the rug.
Turning to the right we entered Mr. Barff's garden-house, where the grounds were bright and beautiful with balsam and mignonette, dahlias and cyclamens, chrysanthemums and oleanders, jasmine and double-violets, orange-blossoms, and a perfect Gulistan of roses, roses of York and Lancaster, white, pink, and purple, yellow and green a perfumed spring in dreary December.
I haven't thought about that part of it." "Then you'll be married right here, in this house. You shall have a nice little wedding." "Oh! and orange-blossoms!" exclaimed Miss Snow, clapping her hands. "And a veil!" added Number Two. "And a " Number Three was not so familiar with such occasions as to be able to supply another article, so she clapped her hands. They were all in a delicious flutter.
"Dress for the wedding," repeated Anne, absently. "Oh, yes; I remember, it was to be early. No fear! I will be quite ready." She crossed the room, walking slowly, but at the door turned to look at the bride, on whose head Emma was already placing the orange-blossoms. "Doesn't she look pretty?" appealed the gratified matron-ministrant. "Yes; very pretty.
The part appointed for the flower-sellers, who passed in general for no better than they should be, was called the "myrtle-market." Aristoph. Three wonderfully-lovely girls, in white dresses of some half-transparent material, with colored borders, were seated together on low stools, binding roses, violets and orange-blossoms into one long wreath.
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