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GARDENING. 



109 



Asiatics from Tapan; cumber twelve is 

 that it loves liberty and resists cultiva- 

 tion. 



Before discussing any of the above 

 reasons, let us take the flower itself and 

 see in what position it stands in the con- 

 sideration of the botanists and of the peo- 

 ple. It is a well known fact that it is the 

 endeavor of the botanist in describing a 

 new genus or species to choose a name 

 that will in a measure identify|or describe 

 some striking peculiarity of the plant. In 

 choosing the nation's flower this feature 

 should be considered, as a characteristic 

 so strong in a plant that it suggests its 

 botanical appellation must have some 

 influence upon the sentimental views in 

 which it is held. Let us see how the trail- 

 ing arbutus stands this test;:? Its generic 

 name is derived from two words- epi, 

 signifying upon, and ga.i, tbe earth, and 

 the specific name,repecs rneaus crawling; 

 thus the full meaning of the bot&nical 

 term is in plain English "crawling upon 

 the earth." Surely we cannot inscribe 

 that motto upon our banner Is this 

 most prominent feature of the plant, a 

 feature so prominent as to suggest its 

 name, typical of the American people? 



In what estimation is it held by the 

 people? This can almost be answered by 

 the interrogative how many know and 

 have seen the plant? Rerson number 

 seven explains that its dabitat is the 

 thirteen original states, and number 

 twelve, that it resists cultivation, both 

 of whi h mean that its presence is con- 

 fined by nature and innate pecularities to 

 a small portion of our country. The 

 American people living outside this 

 baker's dozen of states would have to 

 teach their children to love and revere a 

 flower, that to them exists only in their 

 imagination; they would be deprived of 

 seeing and knowing that flower which 

 should be the dearest of all to their 

 hearts. We want a floser as common all 

 over the country as a way-side weed, one 

 that our children can see and know, as 

 the3~ now see and know the stars and 

 stripes. We do not want to have to hunt 

 up botanical collections or pore over 

 musty herbariums when interesting the 

 coming generations in our national 

 emblem. 



The golden rod naturally has many 

 advocates, but here again the botanical 

 name of one of the species interferes. It 

 so happened that one of the commonest 

 forms, and probably one that on patrio- 

 tic occasions would be more used by the 

 people than any other, was described 

 from a plant found in Canada and chris- 

 tened Solidago canadensis. As much as 

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