| Show p Ch Christmas flower ower gains name from discoverer The Poinsettia a symbol of the Christmas season on the Pacific Coast and which has become generally accepted as M such In the Eastern states also derives its name from Its discoverer Joel Roberts Poinsett 1851 1779 who found it in Mexico early in the nineteenth century N DR for or as a ayoung ayoung ayoung young man he studied medicine abroad was quite a rell fellow in various ways He was appointed special minister to Mexico in 1822 after he had executed for this government an Important previous mission to Chile and other South American countries and assisted during internal difficulties prevailing in one or two of the countries below the isthmus at the time of his visit his leadership was recognized and made use lLe of in restoring order From 1825 to 1829 he administered the regular portfolio of minister to Mexico DR POINSETT also was a member of the South Carolina legislature a congressman from that state for four years and was Secretary of War in President Van Burens Buren's cabinet from 1837 to 1841 Probably one of the worlds world's greatest outdoor displays of the poinsettia is that maintained bythe by bythe bythe the city of San Diego In Balboa Park site of the 1915 exposition The planting occupies an area approximating two acres and as some of the stalks reach a height of fourteen feet and a diameter of more than three inches a foot above the ground the garden impresses one as a ayoung ayoung ayoung young forest of green with a brillian red top Full effect is attained about December 10 and continues sever several l weeks |
