Evening journal., 1897-07-23
STATE FLOWERS.
There VIII lie FOrty-Five I'm the Near
Future, Perhaps.

There VIII he FOrty-Fivc I'm the Near
Future, Perhaps.
Every one of the 40 states in the
union has q motto and shield, and
some of these mottos seem to the disin-
terested observer to be somewhat inap-
propriate. Nevada, for instance, whose
population is declining steadily and
whose influence is yearly growing less,
has for its motto Volens ct Potens
CWilling and Able.) Mississippi, the
only one of the states which has ever
repudiated formally its public debt,
has as its motto Union, Justice, and
Confidence" On the other hand Wyo-
ming, the pioneer state in woman's
suffrage, has as it's motto Let Arms
Yield to the Gown" The motto of
Oregon is "She Flies with Her Own
Wings" the appropriateness of which
does not appear to be entirely clear for
state whose foreign commerce and rail-
road business are done through the
adjacent states of California and Wash
ington.
Though all states have notices and
all states have shields, only a small
proportion of the states have flowers,
though all may have them before very
long, if the popular demand for flow
ers typical of statehood continues to
increase. The Iowa legislature at Des
Moines last week adopted the wild rose
as the official flower of the Hawkeye
state. There are As states, but u Of
them only have official flowers, the Sc
lection of which has devolyed in some
states upon the legislature, and in 9TH
ers upon the public school children.
Two New England states only have eX-
pressed a preference for any flower;
Vermont for the red clover, by act Of
the legislature, and Rhode Island, by
vote Of its school children, for the vio-
let. The golden rod is the favorite in
| Alabama; the magnolia in Georgia, and
the peach blossom in Delaware. South
western states are not represented in
flowers to any great extent. Those
states in which complete or Limited
woman suffrage has been established
by law are those which have taken the
lead in the selection of state flowers.
Colorado has the columbine; Idaho, the
syringia; Montana, the bitter root, and
Utah, the sego lily. The state flower OF
Nebraska is the golden rod, which is
likewise the state flower of Oregon
Michigan has adopted the clover, and
Kansas, the "Sunhower state" would
naturally, one might think. adopt tho
sunhower as its favoritc, but "they do
things different in Kansas" and the
field daisy is the favorite.
The state flower OF Minnesota is the
snoccasin flower New Yorlts pref
erence for a state flower has been foi
several years n matter OF contention
The rose is the favorite, but on the vot,
of the school children of the state helc
some years ago the preference for sew
eral varieties of roses led TO subdi
vision of the vote among these, with thu
result that, technically the golden roo
had the majority and was chosen; bu
efforts have been made since to reversi
this declaration Of preference, with th'
result that there are some who say th'
golden rod is the favorite of the Empir
state and others who contend that tn
rose is entitled to the distinction. Tn
favorite Of New Jersey is the whit
clover. Pennsylvania has never pro
nounced in favor OF any flower.-N. y
Sun.