New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-05
MARVELS OF FLOWER LIFE.
HOW PHILADELPHIA PRODUCED ARMY
CORPS BADGES IN GROWING PLANTS.
KANSAS BOYS MAY HAVE DONE GREAT THING
FOR THE PHILIPPINES BY IMPORTING THE
MALARIA CHECKING sUNFLOwER-
CALIFORNIA WONDERS.

FOR THE PHILIPPINES BY IMPORTING lhh
MALARIA CHECKING sUNFLowER-
CALIFORNIA WONDERS.
among the many notable decorations arranged
TO welcome the Grand Army OF the Repuohc en-
campment TO Philadelphia recently, said mem
Der of the womans Relief Corps, none ehciteu
more expressions Of delight from visitors and resi-
dents Of the city than those which reproduced tne
badges OF the army corps in beautiful growing
flowers.
1.-THE materials used In this novel decoration were
all foliage plants Of various South American
species. which reproduced in exact coiors tne
shades of the emblems For the edgngs pare
blush greenhouse leek gave effective nnish' ro'
the colorings the pink. red and yellow alderman
theras were used; the sedum gave the white erect
while for the tewelled centre Of the badges the
echino cactus was brought into service
Another white effect produced by the
echeverria another variety or Wnch was uoou W.
brown. Bronze represented by the echeVerria
metallica, black by the DARK aItei"a'H' NV
blue by the KLINE
"Au these plants are immortelles, and. although
hardy require considerable care. They are not,
house products. and were raised In the coVereu
gardens Of the park Hundreds of thousands Oh
plants were utilized in these decorations she cost
amounting to several thousand dollars. Inc s Woik
of carrying out these plans was extremely teuISuS
nc ground but also cut to the size Of the rest so
as TO give smoothness OF surface. -, ,,s.,.
0nerent
snaces for the roots and this had to be gwen QUO
confederation First came the making OF tne
.erthen beds after which the florists work was
something similar TO that OF bricklayer, Iequil
ipg however a close knowledge or the peCuhdrlues
OF the Individual species Of growth hahuleu
think" said a flower enthusiast yesterday 10
Tribune reporter "of the sunfower being the nrs'
American flower Of any sort to spread us petais
IN orr new Oriental possessions! believe that the
Young Kansas boys thought which led MIN 10
TAX. his seeds with him is just the initial step III
natures provision to make that maiariai 'a'O
babitable for our white colonists.
THE three great scourges of the interior Oh 'io
pbil,ppines are gastro-intestinal catarrh chrome
dv,entery and anRmia, all the result or malaria
70 We can provide remedy for malaria "iat
hoon Il will be for those anxious TO 20 10 inc
pbninpines to til the soil with their own hanus'
THE sunfower IL always cheerful. ana mas pee"
70 great service TO poster artists. but IL 49, arc
oil a q unitarian plant that it ranks hignti s
The seeds or more strictly speaking. the ~ no9,
contain much oil for which the pant H. - III III ts
largely cultivated in Southern RUSSIA, nc ne good
u,,iized in the manufacture OF a speS'ui.S 5 6
eoan while the seeds are valued TOT men &c q
oHIa eavor for their medicinal properties a'i Gotb
9So1 for poutry In many portions OF the oonC ou
.rn and Western States sunffower farms are INV
SriroIne in a good income to their owners