DRAWS FY RB AROTE NG
OF IAT URE JIAGAZE
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
“]' LAST we are to have a
national floral emblem,
At least, we shall have
one if the wishes of the
people, made known as
the result of a nation-
wide referendum, are
translated into legisia-
tive action by congress.
For, by a big majority,
the American people
have chosen the wild
rose as the national flower in a voting
contest, conducted by the American
Nature association, which closed re-
cently. When the ballots were counted
it was found that out of a total of 1,067,-
£76 the wild rose had polled 402811
voles, almost twice as many as those
received by the columbine, the near-
est contender. So there seems to he
no doubt as to the wild rose's pre-em-
{nence in popular favor,
The columbine received 261,451
votes, which in turn was more than
twice as many as those received by
the runner-up—the violet, which had
96,403. Fourth place went to the gold-
enrod with 84,112 votes. The “big
four” in this contest simply ran away
from the other For the
phiox, which early in the campaign
was listed with the goldenrod as a
strong contender, received only 30.
042 votes. The American Beauty rose
received 30,482, the dalsy 16,860, the
mountain laurel 13,082, and the
wood 9024. A total of 32.509
are listed as “scattering”
were cast for various other
not named by the American Nature
association in announcing the result
of the election,
The wild rose won In every
cept Colorado, Florida, Minnesota and
Washington. Without any group ac-
tively working for it, with no
paign in any
with a number of organizations
ly trying to defeat it, it withstood ev-
ery assault upon the lead gained ear
ly in the eampaign. The columbine,
supported vigorously by the newly or-
ganized Columbine society during the
last days of the referendum, had 261
451 backers,
early December, to sweep
rose In a flood of votes,
contest closed, however,
was still gaining.
“How decisive was the choice of the
people,” says Arthur Newton Pack, ed
ftor of Nature Magazine, the official
publication of the American Nature
association, “is indicated by the stand
{ng of the seven other leading candi-
dates. More than 65 per cent of tl
vote was divided between the two lead
ers and there is no question of these
being the national favorites. The vio
let, goldenrod, American Beauty rose,
phlox, daisy, dogwood and mountain
Jaurel, which finished In the
listed, never had a chance of victory.
All the other flowers, grouped under
“scattering,” received but 314 per cent
of the total.
“The National Flower campaign was
begun late In 1628, first to engender
an interest and love for wild flowers;
secondly, to promote their conserva
tion. and thirdly, to direct attention
to nature generally.”
Mr. Paek also points out the fact
that this referendum accurately re-
flects the sentiment of the nation in
the matter of choosing a national
flower since the million votes cast
probably represent ag large a propor.
tion of nature lovers as do the totals
in a Presidential election in represent.
ing the grand total of eligible voters.
He regards It as significant that the
proportionate vote cast for the lead.
ing candidates varied little after the
100,000 ballot mark had been passed,
except In the last days of the cam-
paign.
In addition to crystallizing sentl-
ment in fevor of a national flower, the
referendum had other beneficial re-
sults, he believes, Concerning these,
he says:
“The referendum has been eminent-
Jy successful. A large proportion of
school children voted, along citizen.
ship lines suggested by the associa-
tion. In such a manner that there is
no question of the benefit they de-
rived, A typleal campaign is the one
conducted by the Franklin Junior
high school of Green Bay, Wis, where
all the state flowers and candidates
were illustrated on the school bulletin
board, and discussion preceded the ae-
tual voting by a month,
“Educators, who assisted the voting
ifn more than a dozen states, have as
gerted that the campaign has fostered
citizenship, by giving the school chil.
,dren opportunity to vote in a national
candidates.
dog-
votes
they
flowers
since
gtate ex
“cam
committee” state,
active
who threatened, during
under
When ti
the
#1
the
leader
orde:;
i
COLUMBINE
event, It 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-
tion is much more difficult, the asso-
ciation feels confident that the Inter
est expressed through the votes was
not merely for the moment. In
thirty commonwealths,
wide campaigns
more
state
conducted by
The Garden Club
Daughters of the
ican Revolution, the General Fed
eration of Women's the
and national of Camp
Fire Girls and Girl Scouts, the Colum-
bine nature and
servation groups over the
nation took a significant part
ing the result.”
than
were
local organizations.
riea, the
Clubs, state
organizations
society, clubs
scattered
con
entire
in achiey
In choosing the wild rose as our na
tional symbol, honor has
a flower which has always been
new heen
a favorite of mankind.
Athens
“queen of the
that
Two thousand
he rose
flowers,”
romantic
years ago In
crowned
even
was
but
SONES
legends o Per.
and the testified to the
that it was cultivates
before the
the Babylonians,
Chinese
in the earl
est days. It became the national em-
of England the Four-
teenth and Fifteenth centuries it gave
ts name to a long
the War of the Roses, between the ad-
of the House of York,
wore the white rose, and those of the
House of Lancaster, who wore the red
rose,
Early In campaign,
ponents of the rose used as an
blem and in
series of civil
Wars
herents who
er
the recent op
]arau
ment against it that It was the Eng
lish flower, But this was refuted h
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, Town, 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. . ..
RB
ves ussnssss Mayflower
MInnesots . . «ous vous sss Moccasin
Misslsslppl. oc covvvverens
Missouri
Fass sR RENEE
MONIANS , . osvseesesnsss Bitter root
Nebraska. ..oovvevsnnees
Hampshire, .cooovee.
Jersey. .oconnnennnns
York..cooonnveesse.
Mexbeo. .cooovvnnnes
Caroling, covvvnie.
Dakots. .covnvnees
«sus 58s uss sass Mistioton
ciisrasansansanes Oregon grape
Pennsylvania. . sc sovuvees None
Rhode Toland. ..cuvuveees Violet
South Caroling, . «vss es Yellow joscamine
South Dakota. ...ccoceees Pasque flower
Tennessee, ...ovvsvsssess Passion flower
a AAAI SA,
Vermont, .covcvvsvuvsnss Rod clover
Virgiaiaoon «xs ss +4 aes ohBAR dogwoed
saves nnsssess Rhododendron
West ginin. « «sou ooo Rhododendron
Wisconslnn, ....ooaneesses Violet
Wyoming. ....ooonsveess Indian paint brush
the
only
It will be noticed from nhove
that Pennsylvania is
which not have a
Curiously enough,
state which led all
total number of votes cast
cent
the state
does state flower.
the others in the
in the re-
Pennsylvania's total
was 111.258 votes Ohio was second
vith 78,048, New York third with 63.-
835 and Wisconsin fourth with 50,779.
referendum.
An analysis of vote by states in rela-
tion
teresting facts,
to siate flowers reveuls some
Kince the columbin
flower of Colorado,
natural to expect th
give more votes to that flower than t
any And it did,
gave only 707
the state
it Colon
other,
more voles
umbine than to the wild rose,
teen other states ire voles
the wer tl
that state itself, Washingt
EuvYe nx
Colorado state fl
wously tl
by states for the rose
and the three leading
tenders was as follows:
Wild
Hace
10.814
1,020
1.033
14,507
4,767
5.888
739
3514
4.176
5.704
2.526
20,160
10,040
26.250
6.602
3.736
3.197
6.303
1.788
4.800
22,302
11,049
4611
18.378
8.408
Colum.
bine
_27
524
84
Jom
5.474
203
855
A22
234
528
A114
5.765%
8548
754
737 832
110 mn
ed 738
an 453
4.9682 787
7.0268 4.445
18.801 7.898
170 1.308
3.771 Ain
1.217 418
63s 348
124 a3
524 2238
0473 3507
142 mn
21.003 4972
2.208 1768
TAT2 197
185.742 9.054
698 1.401
1.208 1,062
17.814 10.2010
340 an
169 3nd
2.363 278
2,208 161
1410 3202
1.501 48
1.440 LL
2.148 478
aso0ee 3,323
2.394 1.207
6.267 12.888
n48 270
5.113 48
State
Alsbama « »
Arizona « «
Arkansas «
Calilornia -
Colorado -
Connecticut
Delaware -
BD. C.
Florida «
Georgia « «
dake -
Ilinois «
Indiana -
lowa - -
Kantas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine -
Maryland ~ «
Massachusetts
Michigan +» «
Minnesota + «
Mississippi «
Missouri « «
Montana « «
3.340
578
0 6 0 5 0 0 6 5 600000
5.49 8 pa?
Nebraska « 3.301
Nevada - 5824
New Hampshire 1.006
New Jersey 11,783
New Mexico 673
New York - 26224
North Carolina 5.430
North Dakota 23.637
Ohio =» « «» «= 33361
Oklahoma + 2.058
Oregon « « 7.138
Peomsylvania 60.575
Rhode leland 738
South Carolina 1.383
South Dakota 2.370
Tennessee « 18,107
Toxas « « » 13.086
Utah « « » 2,148
Vermont » 1,140
Virginia « 4312
Washington « 8.181
West Virginia 6.177
Wisconsin «+ 30,629
Wyoming + 22408
No State » « 034
274
223
1.834
1.5851
407
40
Wisconsin,
Jersey gave more votes to both the
wild rose and the columbine than they
did to their own state flower. Both
Rhode Island and Wisconsin gave
more votes to the wild rose than to
the violet, but both placed the colum-
bine third in the running. A similar
situation is shown in Nebraska and
North Carolina where the goldenrod is
the state flower. Both states voted for
the wild rose over their state flower.
In Nebraska the goldenrod was sec.
ond with the columbine third and the
violet fourth, But in North Carolina
the state flower was placed third, beat.
ing out oniy the violet,
Another Interesting development
was the fallure of the phlox, a leading
contender early In the campaign, to
make a good race for the honors, es.
pecially when It apparently had so
many points in its favor, one of its
strongest supporters was Dr, Edgar
T. Wherry, a well-known government
botanist and chemist,
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do you your new
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he's wonderful!” she
with enthusiasm,
been robbed twice, our house has
been burned, our car has
wrecked, and 1 have had my
threatened by an anonymous
since we employed him!”
Avoiding Controversy
“Have you decided on the ideas for
“It will have to be
answered
rather non-com-
fair assemblage of words.
that there are as few
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the about
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Nuvorich (wittily,
trees,
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that? It's shady, I hear.
One Below
Little Willie had a mirror
And he licked the back all off,
| Vainly thinking in his terror
it would cure the whooping cough
The Drummer
“A salesman uscd to
stories.”
“Well
“Now he uses the golf approach.”
Much Sought For
Knox-—That fellow Is simply pes
tered to death by poets
Bnox—Is he an editor?
Knox--No, he empties the waste
baskets In a newspaper office, and
they want their poems back.
For His Wife
“What's the string round your fin
ger for, Angus?”
“Oh, that's so my wife will remem.
ber to ask me If I've forgotten some
thing that she asked me to remem
ber.”
tell funny
Silence Golden Sometimes
Magistrate—You are charged with
assault and battery. What have you
to say?
Prisoner-—Not a word, yer worship!
It was sayin’ too much got me into
this scrape.
Far Enough
Ernest-Didn’t you tell ber she was
pretty ugly?
Edward—1 almost did. | got as far
as “pretty” and she looked so pleased
that 1 badn’t the heart to say any
more
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