Show I Yule Pule Flower Named After U. U S. S Diplomat Thank an early American diplomat diplomat diplomat diplo diplo- mat for fur the poinsettia plant you receive tor or dont don't receive Christs Christmas Christ mas nias morning The flaming laming Gower flower whose vermillion red leaves are mistaken at a a- a distance for Cor the petals of its flower was brought to the United States about 1820 by Joel Roberts Poinsett minister minister minis ter to Mexico who discovered it growing there Poinsett who had studied both law and medicine abroad and served many years Inthe in inthe inthe the diplomatic service ended his career in the American house of representatives from 1821 to 1825 But were it not for the plant he brought back from Mexico his name would now be unknown r |