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Show A Wonder of Coloring In Flowers. The editor of "Notes For the Curious" Curi-ous" recently read a wonderful (?) account ac-count of a bunch of roses kept in a New York herbarium, which still retain their original color, notwithstanding the fact that they were cut from the parent stalk three years and one month before the signing of our Declaration of Independence. Independ-ence. Tho editor of the paper in which the notice appeared, he no doubt considering consid-ering it the "eighth wonder of the world," asked if any reader could give information concerning a case in which roses or other flowers had retained theii natural colors for so long a time. We would state that we have seen well preserved wreaths and garlands of lotus, red and yellow poppies, and other unclassified flowers which were found on Egyptian mummies known to havo been dead over 6,000 years. The red poppies were but a shade lighter than those dried and pressed but a month or a year before, and in the case of the yellow yel-low variety there was no distinguishable distinguish-able difference between those from the ancient tombs and specimens which had been dried but a week. If the editor who refers to the colonial roses as wonders will visit the Egyptian museum at Cairo, he will find dried colored flowers of sufficient antiquity to excite his wonder. won-der. St Louis Republic |
