Show flowers lowers ever in mens men s minds anfind S eastertide E caster a ter Is the oldest festival festl ral known k n 0 wo to mankind it wits nas instituted by nature her elf telf t and was originally orl inn lly celebrated in honor of the spring PrIm primitive itlie not fathom tho spring miracle iut but he could appreciate it and celebrate this joyous festival of breaking break lne bud nud and scented breath every nation had its own name and legend for spring aprin the resurrection of life rach each year when nature lived and aad blossomed anew the tender beauty of the flowers stirred the human mind to wonder and deep speculation lit grature Is rich in beautiful legends of the flowers which tradition saya aist bloomed in heaven when the evil angels wore were driven fromIn from heaven eaven they snatched their arms bullof full of flowers and carried awny burgod but god would not permit his celestial blossoms to be taken to so he caused the wicked angels to become g thred and one by one they dropped the flowers over the earth before they readied reached their destination another eld legend which accounts for forthe alie begin zing bins of the flowers states that venus sprinkled nectar into the blood of the wounded adonis and flowers sprang prune up the word flower itself comes from flora goddess of flowers ALTHOUGH the flowers were originally connected r with ith pagan cu customs 1 and beliefs bel lits most of them anre now closely woven by christian ristian tradition traditions to the event of the resurrection of christ in all bl ages and lands the white illy has been closely associated with etli the two greatest mi mysteries stories of life birth and death benth juno the of the yoman roman gods chose the illy as her symbol anti the classics class lestell tell us of feasts given anima the lilies joan n of are was crowned with will white while lilies to typify the purity anti and of her mission the first arst lily illy used as a symbol of 01 the was the lie Alldon wt or annunciation nuncia tion lily illy in their pictures of saints angels nn gela and the madonna it tn the madonna pictures there are fre luei itly three lilies on a starl to capre sent the trinity or the conception and birth of nf the savior S a alor A p pot 0 t of these lilies over oer doors an and d w win I 1 ni j lows dows Is symbolical of the ne virgin in ecclesiastical art nud and architecture but lily pillars or columns typify the resurrection N MODERN tidies alies the easter illy I 1 IN tins has taken the of the madonna Madonn fi illy both in america and europe because it Is a hardler hardier plant the master eister illy or bermuda lily illy was originally a native of japan more alore than years ago a pirate sea captain brou brought ait some of the bulbs to bermuda Keri nuda where it larger und and more beautiful than in the orient it became known as the bermuda illy and for generations its care and cultivation were handed down from fattier father to son until it became one of the household pods gods of ape the island planter until very ery recent years america was entirely dependent upon chinn china japan and der muda for bulbs of the easter easer illy but through painstaking experiments tw united states government has learned to produce our own bulb supply not on only ly the christians but nil other rell religions ions of the world have used the lly illy to in typify consolation and hope tho iw lotus illy is sacred to the buddhists and to it they dedicate ceaseless prayers which tire are printed on parchment and fastened to cons constantly tautly revolving cylinders in the great teri temples ples of thabet from E egypt agypt to china superstitions ions and great loven love abounds bounds for the sacred lotus tradition also relates that judith the israelite heroine of thy the wore a crown of lotus lillea when she went upon tier her hilss mission on i to destroy es and nil t the lie world knows tant cleopatra wora wore lotus blooms in her hair THERE fir 1111 Is a legend old ns christianity ti which says mat the virgin spilled a few drops drop of her milk milic on the ground and from these drops sprang the dainty little lily illy of the valley those fairy iella b eth unit bring incense to the spring hut but in soma some of the theold old en country villages tills this precious little flower Is called the ladder of Il alean enven the ancient dl druies druids aulds believed bele pd that it symbolized future hav happiness and they used it at weddings to insure tt bliss to tn the he beitle ait nd bride bridegroom grown in the old days all ibarria marriages were celebrated in the spring few modern brides that they follow nn an pagan custom when they carry n u bridal bouquet or of lilies af f tit alir valley illeY va in the days or of uni din antl equity all low ers were divided into two tuo general c clarsie I 1 ap s es tiiu the hell eipl 1110 blossoms sonS nvere ballod fill billu e I 1 all aej 3 ill 01 th others ocic rot riis as alii 4 5 said to aton atonna nt for some heing called roses rose blikh do not belon belong to our present roso rose fam lly the rose of aci li lin Is iq one of iliof it Is not nol a roe ut tit all hut but a 11 wn 11 i cc vegetable lails Is if r v 1111 v used as it symbol if the because it Is usually found in a oled dried up condition but it Is immediately revived or resurrected by a little moisture hotter now evert er the rose of oa jericho Is more commonly called tho the rose of mary alary because tradition says that it grew to mark every resting place of the doiy family during the jour journey ney to egypt flower of the easter sen ason ANOTHER eon the primrose Is likewise noti a rose its old generic name ls Is or first and since it arvas v as not bell shaped it was called a rose this lower flower blooms glooms so early eaily that it has become ne symbolical flower ot of tho the month of at Ja january nunry primroses Prim roses the spring may love them summer knows but little of them the briar rose according to ancient christinn chrystl in tradition grew from drops or blood that fell to the earth from the seniors saviors brow when it was wai pierced by the crown of thorns on the cross but thoe Is another legend willell which otiis thit christs crown of thorn was made maae of the while briar rose itself and the red rose sprang from these blood stained roses men pierced his bis brow brom with thorns but angels stanched stan ched his blood with roses to tills day the faithful in some parts of russia will never suffer a red rose to lie ile on the ground the red rose Is usually considered an emblem of the crucifixion but the white rose belongs to mary slie she dried her mourning vell ell on n rose bush buah and the bush bore white roses ever eer after pre the god C CUPID of silence a rose and that flower has slice since become the symbol of silence when the greeks wished the conversations at their feast tables to be kept secret 11 freshly gathered rose was hung from the ceiling just bloc the head of hie table it was considered dishonorable and even criminal to reveal anything said sub rosl under tile the rose nut but the mythical m blue rose Is bliss and unattainable tanin 11 ble art ohp passion flower rot got its name from the fancied fanci eil resemble ince of fit certain parts of tl tho I 1 c lower flower to the instruments of file lie cruel nuin it it is also ty SY mol of falth the deviou ell lla arake which Is found in sou thein U europe lu rope north africa and ain AAA minor la I 1 naso hound by tradition tr to li lipior only al ducs aes the devil ahli over oer ibl S faau washington star |