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Show STATES WITH PLOnAL EMBLEMS Tn uf Tli. in t.l...le.l by Art ! Ilia agLUlurc. The Kloral limbic m aoclity of Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts sent out a short lime ago lettcra to tho governora of the various vari-ous atatc and territories, asking If their states had adopted a atato floral emblem, aa) thn lloston Transcript Tho various icpllea show Hint ten of tho slates have adoplcd floral emblems, em-blems, aa follows Colorado, blue and white columbine 1899, Delaware, peach bloasom Maine pine tono and tastel, 189 J Michigan apple blossom 1897, Montana bitter root 1895 Nebraska, Ne-braska, goldenrod 1893, Oklahoma, mistletoe, 1SJ3 Oregon Oregon grape 1899, Utah, tego Illy 1892 Vermont, red clover 1891 teteu of the remaining remain-ing statea have Aimers that an popularly popu-larly recoknlted as state emblems al though there has been no special legit latlon In thu matter California California Cali-fornia poppy Oenrgla Cherokee rote, Idaho, ayrlnga Kausat sunflower Minnesota moccasin flower Nevada tagebush Washington rhododendron T ho trailing arbutus Is by Informal adoption Iho floral emblem of Nova Scotia The Idea of a stole or national nation-al flower Is m old aa tho lotus of I-sypt, and wo all Identify tho rose with Kngland, the Illy with France, tho thistle with Scotland tho shamrock sham-rock with Ireland |
