The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
F1owers and Fzower LoOers
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ed the brain and brawn of Bonnie Scotland. so she has her heather! i.
 Mrs. Winter then led her hearers to see the masses of rhodendr ons--color known to the plant that drape the banks of Loch Lomond. Then the spruce and pines native to Scotland were given to the minds eye as set tings to the thrilling stories of Scott.
 Down in England one was made to see the hop-helds within their tidy hedge-rows-who can have a thought of England separate from those hedge-rows. that have been inter- woven In warp and roof of her litera- ture? Some of those seIfsame hedge row roses are coming to live in Montgomery and the Flower Lovers are going to watch their adapting of themselves In their new home with keen interest.
 A description of a Loan Flower Show in London. was intensly inter- estlng-especially the telling of Be- gonia development. Think of Bego- mia flowers as large as small roses and just as double! The Giant Single Is very popular as a wedding plant. This variety must be identical with the larger lowered Begonia the Presi- dent observed last summer, growing in the lawns of Boston.
 ONSk LAOhkAnQ tIAG BlCGpY DulDG and just gotten thro with their years display and gone to rest. However, several post-cards-ph photographs were shown displaying the lavish profusion of bloom and the wonderful variety of tint and shade. One interesting fact will be of general value; the Dutch women grow the Lemon Yer bena" (Alysia) in great abundance and use 1t in packing away their winter things, to protect them from moths. Just think of the inexpres- sible moth bali" of American com Tnerce and contrast with this artis- tic solution of 8 domestic problems Even the English Lavender pales be- fore Lemon Verbena.
 Then Miss Andrews reported that the Agricultural Department was ready to ship the Bamboo for experf- mental purposes. She also had re- ceived a very valuable letter from the Fig Expert of the Department. con taining much information but, that letter will form the basis of a paper on figs, which Miss Andrews viii pre- pare for this column ere long, so this will be merely a mention of the matter.
 On adjourning it was found to be the general opinion that the Febru- ary meeting had been one of the most interesting and profitable yet held by the Lovers. Apropos to the "eideiweiss' that Mrs. Winter gathered in Germany. is communication from Mrs. Ockenden in New Mexico. Mrs Oclkenden says the Columbine may truly be called the "eidelweiss' of the West. since 1t fearlessly plantsN it's roots in the snowy attitudes of thar up-lifted state Therefore. rightly 1t has been chosen fit flower of the State. Its name fs derived from two Latin words: Aquila-an eagle: The botanical fs "Aquilegea." the common. everyday name Is Columbine: the Latin word Colon mba--a dove Strange combination yet each significant where we think or the soaring heights that match the people whose motto is Resolved tt Win" yet the gentIeness of the dove Is there-when we think on the cura. tive properties of that health givins 8 air.
 Mrs. Ockenden says that the spe. cimens gathered at great heights arc "colored like dove's brest-showins the subtle tints of mingled blue grey green and white: while the back turned petals bear semblance to its | wings"