106 
The selection of the mountain laurel as a national flower would 
brier-wood pipes would be made from the laurel. The supply 
+ ¢ “14 none of it bei es fot 
these 
purposes! If we more than double the d d and add anumber 
of other reasons for its destruction, the end is a sight. 
The golden-rod has been adopted by five aioe states, is 
native ae widely distributed, but is lacking in sentiment and 
refined beauty. 
The following list of state flowers is more or less indefinite 
an be inaccurate, but no complete list appears to be avail: 
ble. Personally, it ld seem as if the pine tree which has 
more 
widespread in its distribution and more eminently suitable as 
our national emblem: 
List oF STATE FLOwers * 
Alabama...... pias rod Nebraska... .. a rod 
Arkansas ple Blossom New Jersey... . Viol 
eng are ie 
Florida Orange Blo: Ss 
Georgia....... Cherokee Rose 
Idaho......... Syrii 
Illinois........ ative 
Tenn 
‘exa: ‘ oe Bonnet, Lupines 
Utah... . Sego Lil: 
Maine.. Pine Cone and Tassel Vermont......Red Clover 
Maryland. . . Black-Eyed Susan Washington. ... Rhododendron 
Massachusetts. Arbutus, ele Flower West Virginia. -Rhododendron 
i consin. .... iolet 
ing. .... entian 
At oe ceases ‘hua 
* See the World Al 
p. 562, 1916. 
ELIZABETH G. BRITTON 
