Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-08-19 | Page 5 | Every Flower Has a Story All Its Own

'EVERY FLOWER HAS A STORY ALL IIS OWN I THE GENTIAN. The closed gentian signifies sweet dreams whllo tho blue fringed gentian gen-tian says, "I look to heaven " This flower was named after the II-lyrlan II-lyrlan king, Gentlus. in whose kingdom king-dom it grew profusely and who first discovered the medicinal properties of tho plant. It was regarded as an antidote an-tidote for snako bites and mad dogs. At the present time, tho root which Is very bitter Is used as a tonic. COLO It OF GENTIAN. Artist regard the color of the fringed gentian tho noarcst approach to the color of the sky. One variety of this flowor ,1s called tho closed gentian. These -n'e'ver open and a fairy talo tells that at ono time ail gentians were closed. One night the fairy-queen was out very late and before sho was aware of L, the moon had gone down and it was very dark Frightened, she appealed lo the nearest near-est flowor, a closed gentian, for shelter. shel-ter. But the flowor was sleopy and asked rather crosaly. "Who are you?" Upon hearing that It was tho falry-qucen, falry-qucen, she remarked that tho queen ought to be able to find enough places to sleep. AGAIN AS1CJ2D FOR SHELTER. J The falry-qucen looked around but saw only gentians, for it was very lato in tho season and all the other flowers flow-ers had gone- Sho timidly approached another flower and asked for shel- Iter. Tho flower pitied tho poor, tired I queen and opened its petals. The fairy crept in and slept till morning. Before Be-fore leaving she said to tho flowor, I "As a reward for your kindness, you land nil your children shall be different differ-ent from tho other gentians. You shall enjoy the sun and tho dew." I Then she kissed the gentian and ever since then tho fringed gentian opens In tho morning and closes at night.