Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-14


! take up the real "Wildflowers of our
community" Almost any highway
leading out of Fitzgerald toward the
Ocmulgec river valley may be traver-
sed to find our prettiest wild flowers.
! In early spring we take our children
I ont to pick wild violets. 1t gladdens
their eyes and refreshes their souls;
lifts their spirits, and takes them out
of the winters rountine of work and
study. Often they find violets with
two velvet petals. The colors range
from white to deepest purple.
Other flowers found at this time
are wild verbena. lupines, sweet VIII
liam or wild phloX. buttercups, ana
lilies We are credited with having
so different species OF the lily east Of
the Rocky Mountains, and we have
many Of these The Turks cap, spider
lily. Atamasco lily, Amyrillis, Iris,
Yucca, water lily and mountain lily.
Later in summer We nave the may
pop, or passion flower, blazing star
(blue} or witch's thimble. purple
thistle, spiderwort or wodoW's tears,
Indian pink or pink root, and the
mist flower or wild ageratum.
Still later as autumn approaches
we have two distinct shades of yellow
in the golden rod and orange butter
fly weed, asters, the yarrow or
Queen Anne's lace and many others.
We are cautioned by conservation
forces to never pick all of the ANIMALS
found in d clump, leave some for
seed.
Spare the wild flowers; they give
others the happiness they have
brought to you
Learn a wild flower week, and
tell all you know about it.
/ Take for your motto, Love the
wild flowers, but leave them"
How Shall We Save Our
Elowering Shrubs?
, Georgia has other beautiful flower
!, ing shrubs that we have not menuon-
ed. the wild crab in its pink loveliness,
the scarlet haws or English hawthorn,
with its white blossoms in spring and
scarlet fruit in the fall and many
others; but because of the emphasis
+ that has been put on the dogWood by
the Wildflower Preservation Society,
of Washington, D. c., and the success
attained in the campaign put on IN
the spring of 1924, we shall put its
, protection and preservation foremost
= on this occasion.
: II there was no particular slgnltl-
/ canoe to the dogwood other than its
: matchless beauty that alone would
challenge our efforts to save it ITO
give others the happiness it has
/. brought to us 1t has been said that
! cur Saviour's cross was made of the
dogwood tree; now that it is being
used for the manufacture of splndleS,
, we should rise to fight for it, to save
. it for its beautiful spiritual signifi-
canoe.
! When we look at a great painting,
:. do we not go beyond mere form and
color to get it's meaning, its spiritual
! significance? How can we look upon
perfect tree of Towering dogwood
which made it? For "Only God can
and not be reminded of the hand
make a tree" James Terry White
| has sounded the need of flowers in
our lives in this little poem:
= eff thou of fortune be bereft
And in thy store there be but left
Two leaves-sell one, and with the
dole
Buy hyacinths- to feed the soul.
1t is hard TO convince people OF the
economic value of Towering shrubs.
Yet. about this time of year all the
street cars in our Capitol city, At
lanta, hang out these signs: "The
Dogwood is Blooming in Druid Hills"
Could any greater lure be put before
people who are beauty-hungry?
Watch them board these cars in great
numbers, just for the ride-and the
street railway coins the money. Be
sides, it enhances the value Of prop
erty. as we see by the fabulous prices
placed on the. lots of this beautiful
suburb, where they grow both the
pink and white dogwood, and which
blooms two weeks later than ours.
Another instance of the great eco
uomic value of Towering shrubs is the
Magnolia Gardens, on the Ashley
River, twelve miles from Charleston,
| S. c.. where it was estimated after
the pilgrimage there last Easter,
eighteen thousand persons visited
Magnolia and Middleton Gardens,
many of them travelling great dis
tances" Consider, if you will, the
entrance fees alone which are $40
for Middleton Gardens and $3.50 for
Magnolia Gardens, for each person.
Then the hotel bills, the garage and
gas bills and other incidentals. Be-
sides Charleston at this time has be-
come a rendezvous for famous writer's
/ nyupars Ac for the