The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03
Fsur Thousand Of ito Friends ETo,icd ID
an AssociAtion---scboo Interested IN
Jt--ReasOns why II II Fayoret;-Nine
Requirements for tho Emblem.

valuable az an Inf piring topic in clAss work,
and in certain schools arrangements have
BEEN made to have the consideration Of
Columbia's floral emblem form an import.
ant feature OF exhibition exercises.
James Sturgis Pray Of Boeton, tecretary
Of the Columbine Ass ociation, said the other
day regarding the movement:
@The Columbine Akt ociaton continues
to grow steadily in numbers and still moro
In influence. Our campaign of education
has been unceas ingly carried forward,
and our candidates position and prospects
are tronger than they have ever been.
THE process Is at best slow ono, which,
however, matters less and less us 1t becomes
more and more certain OF success, Tho
association still maintains that the actual
question Of adoption should not be brought
before Congress uatl poplllr enthusils.n
for the colu .nbine shall have reached such
point that It becomes itural ana reason.
able step. Tne act should express tao will
of the people.
cor course. no one can predict how early
under these conditions this act will coma,
but that 1t will come the colunpine sup
than ever confident.
People are coming more and mora to
realize that any lower, to serve worthily as
our national floral emolen n. should inset
VIC Illle IuIuduipIlldI SolSAltlOus CSldUll5uou
by the national floral convention, held in
Asheville. N. c., in O,tobsr, 1898. a conven-
ton composed OF representatives from the
different States, appointed by the Governors
to represent those States.
1t Is an extraordinary fact, to be con-
f1rmed by any one who will take the trouble
to 60 through our national fora. eliminating
one after another every genus that fails 10
fulfil any one or more Of these nine funda-
mental conditions. that the columbine alone
N Aoxuato f,,lHl, oil tho conditions
Not only this, however; 1t fulfls them to So
extraordinary degree that 1t Indeed would
appear TO have been created or evu. vsd for
our national purpose.
"Tne colu Dine, standing as IT does at
once for psle. aad power. the psace that
makes for power and the power tina, makes
for peace. associates itself not only with this
greatest events Of our national history thus
Tar and the ideals for which we stand be-
foreths other nations OF the world, but with
Thus, among recent happenings. tho
assuming OF the Panama Canal, its con:
81 ruct ion and future control BY the United
ink links Colombia with Columbia. tho ,wc
count RES Of the New World bearing the
name Of ts great dtscoverer thereby giving
now siyntfiolaos 10 DIR title, Columbia, and
col%mbta a aSwer. the oo on,1aa 70 ~.
tionsI flower because IL oils tho following
fundamental conditions for q mai iona1
flower established by the national floral
convention In AshevilIe. N. c.. In October.
1893.
It should b a native OF the United states
and should grow wild over the greater part
OF is sS Sred; bloom on one Or more Of our
nat III Holidays. should b eapabls Of eaty
cultivation 10 any garden and should not %
q weed or in any way offensive or harmful
II should be,r what in the popular sepes
4 foliage plant. or one chiefly valued for
II should lend itself readily to floral deee!a-
ton by variety and purity OF color and disc
Ths Features oharaeteri.tie of IT. form
should combine, such simplicity and grace.
wa" a..en owep Be- readia
recoenized Independently Of. its color.
II should be q flower which irs; never ever been
It should alsc possess. II possible, pctrietio
Ssse for Witch ," ouT country stands among
the nations of the world.
In behalf OF the columbine It Is urged
tributed as 1t Is in its various forms. Ex-
cepting a comparatively smell region about
the lower Mississippi, cclumbines are known
to occur wild in every Site Of the Union,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. and from
As to the special associations which
this plant has with our country, the flowers
very name suggests Columbia. The name
Columbus In his native language M sans
dove. and it Is well known that the oolun-
bine received its name on account OF the
resemblance which one form OF the flower
bears to group Of doves. This form
grows wild In tho region whore Colu-n ous
was horn, and also 10 thu Rocky Mou1-
attribute Of the flower which suggested its
name may also suggest the oountry's dis
coverer.
interesting also are. the associations
which cluster about tho flowers oth,r
known to botanifts and horticulturists.
1t has been unden;tocd by general tons to !,
be connected with the Latin, a7ai1. al
ca gle, bece use they saw In the flower when
what looked like an eagles t IA r..
graceful necks Of doves. Assorted with
the typs OF inoffensvsnoss, ths harm sss
dove, Is tbs thought Of tho An Hican eagle,
emblsmatic Of power.
the dover. x front View shows the OUT
line to be a beautiful hve-reycd STIR, and .
tnsle petal Of ore Of the long.spurred
forms Is the vrry eh' p. II horn OF plenty.
IN a short -spurrd Y risty the resemblance
to fsy. the s ssi z ks eoHSms sas
he motto: e Plribus USum,' and is
Il aiso SO" lhoant th-t the lobes OF its ter"
ninsl division re Of ten found TO be thirteen
"a numbrr, liee the d rirfs Ct ,hc fig.
Columbinrs are we'll suited for uss In
doral decoration. They corper re- favor:
IDLY With ross In point Of dura biltiy, and
- 10 color there Is woRdt rful rrI.gc and
variety. Among the strictly American
vorts, brilliant red, pure white ard ex.
1uihte orrllean blue occur. and besides
h~se ma ional colors. thore ere pale and
golden ye!!ows. orange, scarlet and purple.
Tho wild forrs or, for the mos, pat IN
'ull bloom by Menorial Day and b 've not
III dislpp ,red by the Fourth OF July. II
/ were 10 the interest oil ndriYsIo cure
,arlier or later Towering varieties, y 70
,e,icvcd th~t col,lmbints, no less tn .
o~s might be obtained at any scason
u the veE r.
Membership IN tho columbine Association
A nper to all. To cover the coe. Of printed
natter sent to members for use In extend.
nc tho inh,e~"" Of the aes >ciotion. an
initiation fee q % cents N required.
Coed work OF the Rocking ChAir.
From the Washington Post
Some ono who was 4! terested In the faoo
as discovered that while An.ei loan women
70. snoi ter than their English sisters, their
a kles more graceful The belief is expressed
nat the reason for this lies In the great love