Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

f, and N. but.ercuns serve Q most useful
purpose. and we are glad tnat tne
children invariably have enough SenSe
We are glad, too, that the kids Ike
yellow flowers. Every one WIN sense
| loves yellow flowers, altnousn oCCa-
sionally you will hear some one pls-
tending to dislike tnerh, H.. for vsiiow
words fool nobody-tne love lor SeAo"
is inherent in mankind.
perhans it is the resemblance OF yell
| low tn the sunlight that tntrlgueS the
| fancy of mankind, but. Whatever IL Is,
| there is little doubt that one OF the
| favorite colors of the world Is TINS same
| yellow. 49,. .,o,;o,-
ship between the worship OF tne sun
and the universal iononess aoi - y ths
| flowers. The raylike massmg OF Cne
netals Of the fiowerhead may help out
! this resemblance.
The truth is that plant experts,
realizing the love OF yellow, are con-
stantly on the lookout for ways 70 pet
| IN create the color in species which
know II not, Thus tulip breeders
have been trying for years TO get yell
| low Darwin but to date the fancier
must turn to the cottage varieties II
he wants the color.
Among the roses the search for a
perfect yellow has been going on mer-
| rily for half century and in all coun-
tries, but particularly IN France: Sew
eral years ago rosarians thought Tor a
| time that they had achieved 1t, in the
| Souvenir de Claudius Pernet, but time
| has shown this glorious rose to nave
fAVs MI
To get back to our dandelions-one
| Of the most interesting features Of this
plant, Q true perennial (even If weed
| Is the plumose pappuS which comes
| later in the year. and which the chill
! dren blow to the winds, thus 1nno-
Gently helping the divine purposes Of
the plant.
The dandelion is used in herbal med
icine, and the leaves. cooked, are eaten
and we believe there is made from the
plant a "dandelion wine" sour va
riety. which experts declare to b
pretty good.
At one time the root was ground ur
and used as a substitute for chicory
which itself was used as a substitute
! for coffee. One may wonder what TIT
next degree in this substitution would be
We have read statements to the ef
feet that French chefs can make bet.
ter coffee" from chieory than mos
people can make from coffee itself
Perhaps this is true, II one may judge
from much of the coffee one drinks.
The dandelion is thus seen to be m
mean plant and rather worth more at
tention than the average paSSerby i
! likely to give US.
It brings us back every Spring to thu
eternal problem of the common thing
Yes. 1t Is common, but what has tina
to do with its prettiness?
| Among the gladioli there is no mor'
beautiful variety, all in all, than Mrs
| Frank Pendleton, but nowadays it i
one of the commonest Of all varieties
Never has a more beautiful gladiolui
been created than the old Schwaben
one of the most common varieties.
| For all of It's willingness to bloom II
every dooryard, or any place whert
grass exists, the dandelion is a flnt
little plant, one which the home Owner
should welcome, not fear. If he vii
take the trouble to pull of it's leave
close to the ground every now ant
then he will be able to enjoy its beaut!
| and have a good lawn, too.