The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-02
Our Tribute
To Flowers
Continued from Page One)

ments; use of flower floats in
parades; the celebration of an
niversaries, holidays, birthdays
and other occasions with flow
ers. flowers-the dissemination
of useful flower the messengers
of romance and remembrance.
The observance of this years
national flower week will be de-
voted entirely to flowers-the
dissemination of useful flower
information for the public
through the press, national mag
azines and radio.
FLOWER ORIGIN
Most Of our American garden
flowers have come to us from
foreign lands, tenderly cherish
ed on board ship by sea cap
tains. Missionaries and doctors
and in later days, botanists and
plant explorers also have been
responsible for importing many
of the popular flowers OF today.
STATE FLOWERS
Do you know your state flow
er9 Goldenrod for North Caro-
Ina. and not only has North
Carolina the goldenrod but three
other states claim it, they are
Alabama, Kentucky and Neb-
raska. The other A states cholce
vary: Arizona the cactus; Ark
ansas the appleblossom; Callfor-
MIA. the poppy; Colorado the
columbine; Connecticut the
mountain laurel; Delaware the
peach blossom; Florida the or
ange blossom; Georgia, the Che
rokee rose; Idaho the syrlnga'
Illinois, the violet; Indiana the
znnia; Iowa the Wild rose; Kan
sas the sunflower; Louisiana the
magnolia; Maine. the pine cone;
MARYLAND the black-eyed susan;
Massachusetts, the Mayflower;
Michigan, the apple blossom;
Minnesota the m%occasin; Mlssl-
ssipp the magnolia; Missouri
the hawthorn; Montana the bl-
ter root; Nevada the sagebrush;
New Hampshire the purple
lilac; New Jersey the violet;
New Mexico the cactus; N eW
York the rose; North Dakota the
prairie rose; Ohio the scarlet
carnation; Oklahoma the mistle-
toe; Oregon, the oregon grape;
PENNSYLVANIA the mountain
laurel; Rhode Island the violet;
South Carolina the a e;
South Dakota the basque flower;
Tennessee the iris; Texas the
blue bonnet; Utah the sego lilly;
Vermont the red clover; Virgin
ia the American dogwood;
Washington tn rhododendron;
West Virginia the rhodo-
dendron; Wisconsin the violet;
and Wyoming the indian sage
brush. Now how many of these
did you know?
STUDY IN COLORS
Autumn is such a beautiful
time of the year that you may
want to have those same glow
ing colors in your home through
the use of flower arrangements.
In making arrangements, you
have the opportunity to use
some of the most colorful flow
ers of the entire year such as
yellow, bronze, pink, white, and
soft red chrysanthenums as
we'll as asters and dahlias in
their array of colors. Flam e
colored tritomas, Chinese liant
ern flowers, bitter-sWeet berries,
and straw flowers can also add
as much warmth of color to
your house as a blanket at a
football game. For special &C.
casions, you may want to invest
in the exotic new red arthur
ums for modern arrangements.
With your autumn colors, it IS
easy to combine intensities OF
one color in an interesting fash
ion - for example, chrysanthe-
NUNS ranging from pale yellow
to orange-red or bronze, asters
from pale pink to rosy purple
hues, and straw flowers in yell
low, orange, and orange red.
Bronze or brass containers give
a warm glow and are effective
for autumn and winter arrange
ments. Have you tried hiding a
little container for water in a
carved-out squash, pumpkin, or
large gourd, then using flowers
in autumn shades which blend
with your unusual contaner?
Like any other designs, your
flower arrangement must have
unity, harmony of color, balance