Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . account of a movement for securing byact of the State Legislature the adoption of atree and a flower which might be accepted for useas a floral emblem by the i^eople of the movement originated with Mrs. James , of Roehelle, 111., and as the result of asuggestion made to Superintendent C. E. Joiner,of the Roehelle public schools, in the month ofApril, 1907, a circular was sent out to the pub-lic schools inviting, through the teachers, a voteof the pupils on the subject. This was fol-lowed in November, 1907, by the circulation ofa blank for
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . account of a movement for securing byact of the State Legislature the adoption of atree and a flower which might be accepted for useas a floral emblem by the i^eople of the movement originated with Mrs. James , of Roehelle, 111., and as the result of asuggestion made to Superintendent C. E. Joiner,of the Roehelle public schools, in the month ofApril, 1907, a circular was sent out to the pub-lic schools inviting, through the teachers, a voteof the pupils on the subject. This was fol-lowed in November, 1907, by the circulation ofa blank for voting purposes, which resulted inthe casting of 52,107 votes, as follows: Trees-Oak, 21,987; maple, 16,517; elm, 5,082. Flow-ers—Violet, 10,583; wild rose, 12,628; goldenrod, 4,.315. The vote was canvassed by theMesdames M. D. Hathaway, Susan Casa andJosephine Barker, and on its submission to theLegislature the following act was adopted: Sec. 1. That the native oak tree be, and thesame is recognized and declared to be the native. JOHN AXDKRSOX HISTOEY OF OGLE COUXTY. 627 State tree of the State of Illinois; and that thenative violet be, and same hereby is recognizedand declared to be the native State flower ofthe State of Illinois. Special credit is given to Representative John-son Lawrence, of Ogle County, and Senator An-drew J. Anderson, of Winnebago, for securingthe passage of the act. The only other State which has selected a na-tive tree as a State symbol is New Yorli, whichhas adopted the maple. Other States whichadopted State flowers are as follows: California—California poppy. Colorado—Co-lumbine. Delaware—Peach blossom. Idaho—Syringa. Indiana—Corn. Iowa—Wild —Pine cone tassel. Michigan—Apple blos-som. Minnesota—Moccasin flower. Montana—Bitter root. Nebraslia—Golden rod. Nevada—Sunflower. New Yorli—Rose. North Dakota—Golden rod. Olilahoma—Mistletoe. Oregon—Golden rod. Rhode Island—Violet. Utah—Segolily. Vermont—Red clo
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