South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18
PRINCE OF WALES
rs NOW OWNER OF
THESCILLY ISLES
Flower Garden of the British
Empire Will Welcome Him
TO Their Shoes.

WASHINGTON. June Il. - The
Prince Of Wales now owns the flower
garden Of the British empire. the
Sicily islands. newspaper dispatches
BAY. and soon they will welcome him.
Like Scylla of classic fame. after
= hom II has been said that the is
nds We're named. the rocky shores
these islands have proved hungry
{Ihonsters Of the deep for mariners
who dared 10 guide ships through
.their treacherOus waters" SAYS
$bulletin from the washington head
quarters Of the National Geographic
Society.
In 1907 Sir Cloudesley ShoveTs
WAS thrown upon the rocks and
- thousand men persisted. His
flagship was lost and two men-of-
war sank beneath the waves. while
1.-TWO freships OF his squadron ran
F. aground and the remainder barely
/ ESCAPED. There is an old saying that
inc out Of every ten natives OF
lilly perish in the sea, but this Is
o LONGER true, since the building OF
Phe lonely Bishop Light on an out
lying rock 90 the southwest and
numerous other lighthouses and
J.. lightships in the islands.
D Hinged with Romance.
THE history OF the islands has
always been tinged with fascinating
romance. Though the theory that
they are the Cassiterides or "Tin
Islands. Of Herodotus has been
abandoned they might we'll have
been the trading center where the
Phoenicians met the early Britains
and bartered for tin from the mines
|, of Cornwall At any rate. they were
knhabited in prehistoric times. for
the inhabitants have left numerous
barrows and Kistvaens. or sepulchral
Chambrcs o. stone. 20 tell Of their
existence on the islands.
n THE Settles are generally accord
Jed 20 be the legendary country OF
4 Lyonnesse. the scene Of many incl
dents which nEure I'm the Arthuriar
ror.ances and the Cornish folklore
as well as the land of the fervid and
tragic Tristan and Iseult Athelstar
made a vow before the shrine OF st
Burian that he would go to the is.
lands and conquer them. and upor
them the scene Of sir Walter Besant,
novel 'Armorel OF Lyonnesse.' Is Iaid
There is an account I'm an early Eng
1ish chronicle describing the flourish
ing state or Lyonuesse and how il
suddenly subsidized beneath the sea
Once Haunts OF Pirates.
AS a matter OF geologic knoWI-
4 SSe the islands are merely the
SraRged SUBMITS Of the same granite
|ridge that forms the backbone Of
81 Cornwall. one old family bears on
its coat OF arms horse ESCAPING
from the sea. commemorative the
! neetness Of the charger which saved
/ one Of its ancestors from being swal
\ lowed up by the waves when thf,
part OF the coast sank. In ancient
times the Settles are supposed &c
have been the haunts OF pirates and
smugglers and the forty mile trir
from them 20 Penzance makes tho
/. traveller feel that no one less hard,
! han the Gilbert and Sullivan pro.
Wduct OF pirate al least should at.
\ tempt it.
i To-day the Settles have some OF
he finest gardens in England. Thes
furnish the London market with ear.
IS vegetables but even more import.
ant than these products are the flow
ers grown on the islands. The all
is warm and laden with moisture
J and from December 10 June most al
the Inhabitants are occupied IN pick.
| ing. packing and sending away the
flowers. Great fields OF narCissuse'
are grown. the fuchsias. geraniums
and myrtles are said 20 become i'm.
megse in size. and roses bloom Dol
!. Tr-winter. Even the hedges ar,
Pmade OF Towering plants. Fishins
the occupation OF the early inhabit-
\ ants. still remains an important one
however. for Holsters must be furn-
ished the London epicure.
"Only FIVE OF the Islands are IN
habited-St. Mary's. Tresco. 81. Mar
tins. ST. Agnes. and Bryher-and
Hugh Town on 81. Mary's is the
capital. Above this City towers Star
Castle OF Elizabethian DAYS.
Until the acquisition or the IL.
lands by the Prince OF Wales they