The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-17
STATE FLOWERS

| What is the national flower The
| question has been asked over and over
| again lay dover lovers and the ans
| Wrr must he the same-it has not been
officially selected. Al present the un-
ION. one and Invisible is without a
national flower
| Much has been said aud more ur
less printed advucatip the choice ni
the maize ,mdian corul as national
emblem. The main objection to II Is
an artistic one. that II does NOT readily
lrnG itself Ia decoration or design.
either Tor coinage blazcury or PERSON
al ana table decoration. OF it's ether
ana import9nt qualifications its uni
versal cultivation and immense value
to man and beast, and us claims AS
q strictly native s,roduetiun, there can
be no question ;and % may Ice that
the more esthetic objections viii in
,imc Yield 20 these great arguments in
lis favor
! Unpuestiouahly the flower which
has the preference Is hardly a flower
LAT al but more 81 weed he gold
curod II has been selected in some
cases by the popular vote of the school
children and ia other cases hy the
state legislature as the state Hover
Iuf six different commonwealth Tho
simple violet has been named by three
states ana other favorite flowers have
been duplicated ia the list. Some have
taken NO decided action at all. and
Others by common consent have chos-
en Moral symbols.
Maine by tacit consent. and true
To her record as the Pine Tree state,
Years a pius cone aud tassel, New
| Hampshire and Massachusetts, are
! sun unproyided hut Vermont has
chosen the crimson-red, honey sweet
red clover dear To- her herds and hon
"y bees. Connecticut wears the noun
tain laurel that fills her woods with
a s"a of clustered blossoms and Lit
lie Rhudy" like distant Wisconsin
Illinois and the Bonapartists OF
] France. seek clusters Of the hsmbe
Viu'et
Minnesota has, by act of the
| legislature. chosen the lush. pink
swamp-lovinr Indian moccasin flow
er; Kansas has legally adopted the
sunfiower ever tnrnine toward the
light whatever the trials of the pres
ont Utah is still huWerless, hut
| Colorado faunts the saucy columbine
| brave. bright hued and once charged
on an ancient warshleld emblazoned
| with the motto" Turpiter Desparatur"
| dt is shameful to despairD
| oklahoma, cleft from the Indian
| territory, takes a heritage from the
| celtic nruids, the sacred mistletoe,
once cut 10y them with golden sicliles
| from their conSeCrated oaken groves.
TEXAS garlands her Lone Star with
| n local Cover. the blue bonnet" Ari-
| iona H. beyond the pale, but New Mex
leo. an INDEPENDENT state at last,
points To the bright blossomed, but
| thOrny cactus oi her desert vegetation.
New York, 10y popular vote, chose
the goldenrod, rs also did Iowa. Mis-
souri, ana Nebraska. which dominant
autumn weed was LEGALLY authorized
10y the Alabama legislature and tao
lily accepted lay Kentucky PcnnsNl-
vania and New Jersey are still"douht-
tul states on the floral emblem qucs-
tinn, but DclaWarc's pride and affec-
tion goes odt tu her beautiful peach
orchards where in ma sses Of pink anc
tender green they slorify the early
coming ~ spring.
NarNland'S baltimore b e les
choose clusters of the old fashioned
black eyed Sus2ns" as Il foil To their
southern beauty ana langouruus bat
radiant dark eyes. Virginia still needs
consideration, although the laurels or
time detying immurtel.rs might wen
symbolic" her wealth of ilWstrious
dead; but West Virginia, like hel
distant sister Washington, chooses
the splendid rhodudendronS that elor-
fly their wooded mountain slopes and
valleys. The Carolinas and Georgia
lind IT hard To choose between $"
many gorgeous and semi-tropical
flowers. but Florida amid her orange
groves affects bridal orange blossoms
the year round.
Louisiana and ississippi affect the
magnolia blossom. for that gigantic
rhododcndron ahounds in both states.
Tennessee makes no choice. Indiana
Stili hesitatcs; bat ohio forgetiul ol
her gorgeous buckeye blooms wearS
scarlet carnations IA mingled pride
ana grief over the loved and lost
Mckinley.
Michigan chooses the spring glories
al her apple orchards, and Arkansas
reflects ner choice Of the dainty cd
orOus masses of white and pink ana
white blooms Charles Winslow Hail
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