The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14
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event. 1t also created knowledge OF
history and nature, both of which had
to be studied to arrive at an intelli-
gent opinion.
"While the tracing Of adult educa-
ton is much more difficult, the asso-
citation feels confident that the inter
est expressed through the votes was
not merely for the moment. In more
than thirty commonwealth, state
wide campaigns were conducted by
local organizations. The Garden Club
Of America, the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, the state
and national organizations of Camp
Fire Girls and Girl Scouts, the Colum-
bine society. nature clubs and con-
servation groups scattered over the
entire nation took significant part
in achieving the result"
In choosing the wild rose as our ma
tional symbol, new honor has been
paid to flower which has always been
favorite of mankind. Two thousand
years ago in Athens the rose was
crowned queen of the flowers" but
even before that the romantic songs
and legends of the Babylonians, Per-
slams and the Chinese testified to the
fact that it was cultivated in the earli-
est days. 1t became the national en-
blem of England and in the Four
: teenth and Fifteenth centuries it gave
it's name to long series of civil wars
the War Of the Roses, between the ad-
herents of the House of York, who
wore the white rose, and those of the
House Of Lancaster, who wore the red
rose.
Early in the recent campaign, op.
ponents of the rose used as an argu-
ment against it that it was the Eng
lish flower. But this was refuted b.
the statement that that emblem is the
cultivated rose, whereas the one for
which votes were being sought was the
wild rose which grows in different va
rieties in every state in the Union.
The campaign did not designate one
particular variety of wild rose, but
left it possible for each community to
feel that its local representative of,
the genus was the choice of the coun-
try.
For this reason the states Of Geor-
gia, Iowa, New York and North Da-
kota can take pride in the fact that
their state emblem has been chosen as
the national flower. The list of state
flowers is as follows:
Alabama. ...............G oldenrod
Arizona. ................S ahuaro cactus
Arkansas. .............. Apple blossom
California. .............. Poppy
Colorado. ........s..... ColumDine
Connecticut. Mountain laurel
delaware. .reacn blossom
Florida. ................ orange blossom
Georgia. .s..s... Snerohee rose
Idaho. ................. Syrnsa
Illinois ..................V Violet
Indiana. ................T Tulip tree flower
Iowa. ................. WHo rose
= Kansas. ouio"eT
Kentucky. .............. Arumpet vines
Louisiana. MdBhoha
Maine. Fihe cone
Maryland. .............. biaekeyeu susan
Massachusetts. ......... Mayfiower
Michigan. ......... Apple blossom
Minnesota. .Moccasin
Mississippi. ...s.sos.... Nlasnona
Missouri ............H Hawthorn
Montana ....,,,,B Bitter root
Nebraska. ........... Goldenrod
Nevada ...............Sa Sage brush
New Hampshire. ........ Purple lilac
New Jersey. ............ Violet
New York ........... Rose
New Mexico ............ Cactus
North Carolina. ......... .Goldenrod
North Dakota. ......... Prairie rose
Ohio ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Scarlet carnation
Oklahoma. ..............M istletoe
Oregon. ................O Oregon grape
Pennsylvania. .......... None
Rhode Island. ........... Violet
South Carolina. ........ Yellow jessamine
South Dakota. ........... Pasque flower
Tennessee. .............. Passion flower
Texas. ................. Bluebonnet
Utah. ..................S ego lily
Vermont. ............... Red clover
Virginia .....,. ...... American dogwood
Washington. ........ Rhododendron
West Virginia. ......... Rhododendron
Wisconsin. !. Violet
Wyoming. ....s........ Indian paint brush