The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-02-23

State Nursery has evolved a STOCK
of ~violets of quality to compete in the
, markets of the United States and ever
> in other markets if the occasion
. arises. The extent to which violet
culture is being carried by the COM
pany can be seen from the figures
the range consists Of seven houses,
containing 10000 plants.
The original stock was obtained 81
years ago and has been worked up to
the present condition of perfection.
The violet is a perennial, one requir-
ing expert and patient attention. The
company, realizing the demand for
the violet in its finest state, has
spared no attention to attain its aim.
But although the Helena violet is
winning fame for the capital city,
the State Nursery, which is the
greatest establishment of the kind in
the northwest, has in probably equal
proportion and perfection the other
greenhouse plants and flowers &C
cepted the world over. Since the
sentiment in flowers has become a
factor in the lives of people every
where, the Helena company has been
finding IN eager market for all the
cut flowers and potted flowers it can
produce.
Wonderful Showplace
Let us consider what else is to be
found at this wonderful showplace
of the city, a place where tourists
who come through here in all seasons
find more enjoyment than most Hell
ena people derive from the advant-
age so handy to the capital city.
Twelve thousand plants supply
roses for cutting. Seven houses are
required to contain them. The man
in charge of the roses is additionally
particular; not only does he exercise
every care that the blossoms of his
devotion bloom out in all the %splendor
of the buds of the primitive paradise,
but he insists hal unskilled hands
shall not even touch his precious
children.
The State Nursery has many i'm
ported plants of the finer kinds. With
at least $50 varieties of roses exclu-
sive of the common varieties, con-
slant efforts are being made to pro-
duce new kinds. Fashion sometimes
demands that this rose or that rose
have its day, and so from the times
Of obscure Babylon when roses flour
ished in hanging baskets in the great
roof gardens of the palaces, from
then until now the rose has been the
subject of the most skilful of florist
attention.
Beauty of Aurora
The sentiments seen in the roses
the colors of Aurora, the fragrance
divine" and thorns=have made this
flower n of the most beloved in all
ages of history. Many and beautiful
are the tales of the roses birth and
how it became red.
Poets and clerics have sung of the
lily as a symbol of purity. Especially
is this the flower of the Easter sea-
son; the lily's whiteness gives ex-
preston to the august glory of the
time. Appreciation of this parallel
is seen in the attitude of the people
here towards the lily as an Easter
remembrance. Last year there was
scarcely to be found a Helena home
that did not contain a lily at Easter,
the gift of some thoughtful friend or
relative.
Shipments by the State Nursery in
1921 ranged from Boston, Mass, to
Vancouver, B. c.. Helena had to help
supply a shortage in Easter plants.
This year the company will have
5000 Easter lily plants for the mar
ket. These plants are being forced
in a large range of greenhouses. The
planting and care must be timed so :
the plants will be in their prime by
a week before Easter. Easter this ;
year is on April 16. Last year it was :
much earlier. l
5000 Lily Plants
The lilies grown last year by the )
State Nursery were the most beauti- :
full | had yet seen. But there was a :,
reason for this eXcellence-the lily =
is grateful for care and seems to res !
pond to attention as a child responds .
to caresses of it's mother. :
The remarkably delicate and sweet >
odor of the carnation has made it one :
of the most popular of cut flowers. :
This flower, too, like the other noble :
blossoms, has delved into history for .
its share in shaping destinies. Have /.
you read of the knight of old who on =
going to redeem the Holy land from :
The infidel wore a white carnation :
on his breast by his betrothed. {
The story is that he was killed and
/ warrior brought back to her the :
,arnation. The arrow had pierced Y
he flower and penetrated his heart. =
When she beheld the carnation then, :
t was streaked with red-the blood =
If the hero fallen on the hills of :,
Palestine. y
Story of Carnation =
1t is also related in the traditions =
hat have reached us that Mary, fol- ;,
Jesus to Calvary, wept as she = y
aw the bloody tracks of her Son; the =
bloody footprints of Christ and the =
ears of his mother brought forth =