Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-05-02

| "''S' 'ic lTPlnl0 Sn3kOrOOt thC
dogwood, the willow and the boncset
our best toniCS; from the red sopo
the punk or agaric, the turpentinc of
the pine, the extract of spurrcd rye
and from the logwood and the vhito
OAK ana Sumac, our agents for check.
ing hemorrhage from the foxglovo,
the violet, the broom scdge, our best
diuretcs; from the scncga, mullen,
the Balm Of Gilcad, the life ever.
lasting, the wild cherry, the poplar
buds, the pine and the liverwort, our
pest eXpectOrants; from the poppv.
the hemp and henbane, we derive
our narcotics, and few fail TO find re.
lief In some form from the preciOuS
juices Of the rye, the corn and the
apple.
Every nation has its national EN-.
blem in its peculiar fiag-most have
their national flower as well. Both
are distinctive of the nation which
claims them-aud the flower of each
nation is that which public prefer
encc has designated and which is in
digenous to that land, and thus we
find the CaptiOus Thistle for Scotland
the Rose for England, the Shamrock
for Ireland, the Lily for France, the
Pansy for Parnea and Italy generally,
the chrysanthemum for Japan, the
sunflower for China, and various
other floral emblcms for other coun-
tries. Each country should have the
flower which grows hardest i'm her
soil, and we find in the uplands of
West Virginia the wild honeysuckle
to flourish in abundance over extern
sive regions, and here we find it
harder, tougher and most abundant
in its yield of blossoms. 1t is a
beautiful shrub, and grows at the
same altitude with the cranberry
the former selecting the hillsides and
dry glades, while the cranberry seeks
the wet glades and meadows. In a
Mountainous State, whose motto
boasts of the everlasting freedom OF
its dwcllers-NOntdn: SeDlper HJeri-
some hardy, indigenous flower might
be selected as it's State flower, and
where do we find n more beautiful
and sturdier plant than the wild
honeysuckle Of West Virginia? It's
varied hues have given n name to a
well known cOloring agent, the aZa-
line, remarkable for its beauty and
tastness. We find the wild honey.
Snckle in all the Eastern and South
ern States, but it is a variety with a
single stalk and not i'm the clusters
we see in the dry lands of Upshur
county, near the old WOodley burnt
bridge on middle fork, on Mount Iser
near Beverly and throughout Ran
dolph, and indeed in many parts of
the State where the Big Laurel or
the RhodOdendr0n best hourishes.
The true name for the honey suckle
is the aZalea, of which there are
many varieties, nearly all of them
parti-cOlored, but inclining toward
the rose or peach blossom color with
darker bases, as seen in the Carnes
or flesh. .colored variety. We find
this pinkish hue mostly obtaining in
knObby and mountainous sections
where there is more or less iron ore
in the sofia shade of carbon mixed
with oxygen and acted on by light i.
thought to give rise to the variOu:
colors in flowers, and the writer ha!
observed that the aZalea is prettiest
and deepest colored in sections where
there seems to be most ozone in tn,
air, as seen in Randolph and Upshu
counties.
The word AZalea is from tn,
Greef, meaning dry, because tn
plant flourishes best in dry ground
1t is q native of North America an(
of China as we'll hourishing Iuxu
riantly in central West Virginia
which is i'm the same latitude witt
Kansas City in the United States an,
Of Pekin in China, and about l 30
to I, 400 feet above sea level, jus
about the line of the lower coal meas
ures of West Virginia.
Some species of the Mountain Lat
rel are cultivated under the name c
Azalea, but one familiar with tn
two will at once see the difference j
the stalk, which, i'm the Laurel, is a
ways crooked and covered with
scaly brown, thin and cracked bari
and while the bloom is sticky it OF
ours in larger clusters than in tn
AZalea proper. The Mountain Lat
rel loves rather the river side, if
can be had.
: The wild honeysuckle (azalea) is
tough, woody shrub, general
straight, two to four feet high, til
woody stalk about the size Of one
middle finger and grows in bunche
The common Eastern wild hone,
suckle is likewise shrub, hard,
woody, has but one stalk about tw
feet high, straight, and with one {
two small bell-shaped blossoms Of
very light pinkish hue, the flower
sticky family sweet and within