Telegram-herald., 1889-05-22


the victor used TO wear the laarsl. for a
bit Of sentiment, FOX pride and loyalty Ii
ws have tx and bird, why not ma
tlonAl tower,
The ehrysanthsmumH MIs. Margaret
T. >angster. the new editor CT HdrpeT's
Bdzar, was looking up At the same pictures
which used 10 hang before the eyes Of Mis-,
Mary l. Booth. a. she made the suggos-
zion.
You see" she said. Il have changed
nothing lt seemed sacrilege AZ first te
sit In her chair. impossible TO move bel
belongings A woman ia time must MAKE
room look more or less like herself, but
have not begun 10 alter this ones com
plexion.
n national fowert The country is too
large, and the elements OF its civilization
are TOO mixed 10 make it an easy task Co
indicate any bloom which could be ac
cepted as emblematlc or representative.
Could any single type or combination OF
types stand for such diversityi The mign
onet,e would be my choice personally, but
that Is too modest for this land OF booms
do not know flower more beautiful
than the jasmine. which garlands the
South with it's yellow blossoms, but 10
which Is peculiar TO section. The golden
rod has some things TO recommend IL, but
l am inclined 10 pin my faith TO the chrys-
anthemum. 1t Is beautiful flower and
gloriousiy brave one. Haunting its banners
In the very face OF Jack Frost. IL is
vigorous flower and IA noble one, and II
belongs 10 the asters, which grow every
where. and whose CHEEKY autumn colors
brighten the landscape. You may count
NE for the ehrysanthemum."
The wild rose"
Miss Mary A Brigham, the newly
.lected President of Mount Holyoke, the
youngest woman's college rising on the
foundations OF the oldest seminary for
girls III New England, hesitated for "A min
Ate between the i've -petailed flower of the
oriar and the fringed gentain.
The gentiaD," caressing al. the while a
'ose Ia her buttonhole, 1.-THE gentian Is the
most beautiful OF our native wild flowers,
out it Is comparatively rare aud in many
sections unknown. The wild rose the pink,
dngle rose. Is well defined in its character
sites, delicate In color, unconventional
snd extremely graceful Ii is a strong,
| uxuriant, almost riotous grower and
| get not easily transplanted. /. would lend
Itself 70 decorative purposes, could be
/ painted or chiseled or carved. IL gives out
.ts fragrance generously. and yet il has
/ shorns for too rude hand IL is unlike
The red and white rose of England, a free,
virgin growth of our own soil"
"Mrs. Wilcox will choose ethecarnation," !"
! said friend OF the pOetess of passion 'sht
and the Glove plnAs are inseparaDle;" but
| Ella Wheeler eschewed the deep-hearted
the sensuOusly fragrant, in favor Of tn,
simple. the sunny, the everyday.
The daisy-It grows alike IN every State
and is priced by rich and poor"
Master Tommy Russell IN a gorgeou
blue Jersey FSuntleroy suit with cheek
almost ~ ruddy as his scarlet sash. cam,
bouncing cut Of Mrs. Frank Leslie's offic,
In the new Arksll building. looking lik
the best OF national flowers himself. 1,
healthy, happy American child "A ma
tional howers" queried Mrs. Leslie. '1n'.
that rather a poetic idea' couldn't civ,
you = really typical flower without consid
GRAFTON. For lack OF that must fall bacy
on loyalty TO my own State and propose
the magnolia, beloved OF Louisiana. 1t i.
stately, magnificent flower, large. snowy
commanding and vet fragrant. / do no.
know more beautiful sight than a mag
nolia tree with its profusion OF closelJ
nasssd bloom It's Southern flower
and yet there are msgnOlias IN the Masss
chusetts swamps. hear.
''Or. stay; I have considered. Set m,
down ss advocating the laurel-our laurel
which grows only in America and which
fiourishes in every section OF our countr,
from Maine 10 Florida and from Massa
chusetts to California The laurels st,
green even "a they fall. The laurel To-
Americans
why not the psnsy;" asked Mrs LlIliar
". Belts. so pleasantly known by be
work on the Christian linton. 1T is no
wild flower, but does the rapid peOpling
the hurried. almost forced civilization o.
our continent call for = wild flower for IT,
emblem' We have here a mingling of al
the people OF the globe, our flower may y.
something which has come over seas with
az rather than Wild. natural growth h
provided we have made It, after getting Il
here, peculiarly our own. This il the cas-.
with the pausT American florists hsv.
brought Il 20 perfection nowhere else at
tanned They have made il sbsolutsly
plastic In thei- hands. They can grow
Dansiss OK any size any color, can vary tn.
lower indefinitely. the pansv. Ike msr
and women. sttaius its highest develop
Tot spprecisrs &C. The Norwegisns call il
be ssepmother flower likening the lsrE.
soid decked petal - the stspmOther. the
we bright bat less gorgeous petals or
zach side of 10 TO her own daughters snd
he other two hHmbler petals. farther -
moved. 20 ths stspchildrrn. AL Amsri
ans love The psnsT. and IN every gsrtler
Ssd Tou End IL blc<sonling IN tbs Spring
sven in the little apronful 81 ground II
iroat q dingv city teRenent or IN ~,
window box or the roof garden The work er
%ho hss no other flower tends tie paasy
We have adopted it heartily"
should e - cne dovsr'" qusrisd D.
oxla Nsymsnn. Nsv 0rk's frat woulsg
dentist. "a she seeker after a nss iosAl I'm
sism caught sixat q her RarAso. saLteEla-
scr,ss Madison Square.
"Why not com hine ths cclors ~ our IA
IN noze0svf Fer white there = zoe Hl
of the valley. - Stand sir purity. CT. ne
sonefhinx ~ more dignity sui 81 bstenc
= required let f. - the v1ite carnstlc1
Then taers = vhe peppy Tor ri snd 80
bachelors eutnon for blue fasre 20
have a tricnior whi-h 81. patriotic A7,er
, can can fske plessur- IN Ard Al "a
Hswsrs ar- known ever IN. greater part q
The country aud ara fsvoVi0es vita "a
peopie.
Celia Iorzu. e fhs e.fitorfal s-sf E
Bel1'ris Nsg9gaes = ser, - Frlgeg VI