. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 680 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Xtic National Flower. CHARLOTTE E. WARKER. The National Flower ! What shall it be ? Wind whisper it softly to me. "Not the Arbutus, lovely and shy, Hiding its head fI'om even the sky, Only loving the quiet nooks. The song of birds, of rippling brooks, In some lonely, shady glen. Away from the busy haunts of men. Exhaling there the breath of Spring, To Winter's graves sweet offering ; Too short thy life, thy flowers too rare For a whole Nation's claim to ; "Not the Laurel, whose glossy leaves So soft adorn
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 680 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Xtic National Flower. CHARLOTTE E. WARKER. The National Flower ! What shall it be ? Wind whisper it softly to me. "Not the Arbutus, lovely and shy, Hiding its head fI'om even the sky, Only loving the quiet nooks. The song of birds, of rippling brooks, In some lonely, shady glen. Away from the busy haunts of men. Exhaling there the breath of Spring, To Winter's graves sweet offering ; Too short thy life, thy flowers too rare For a whole Nation's claim to ; "Not the Laurel, whose glossy leaves So soft adorn the festal wreaths. Or round the victor's brow entwine As tribute to his gifts divine. Long ages past the laurel's been Emblem of greatness unto men. The Nation's flower should know no state- No rich, no poor, no small, no great— The laurel, then, men fain must see, The Nation's Flower can never ; Wind, wilt thou whisper again to me. The National Flower, what shall it be ? " Something that grows without thought or care. Springing up by the wayside everj'where. Cheering the wearj^ heart passing by. Reflecting the sunlight unconsciously. Sui-ely, bright Golden-rod it must be you ! Suggestive the rod, unless men be true ; Suggestive the gold ; pure deeps must men shower Along the world's wayside—thou art the ; —Good Housekeeper. HOX. J. IW[. HAHIBAUOH. The subject of this brief sketch is one of the men of whom the State of Illinois is proud. His career in the last Legis- lature, as a representative from the 36th District, has made a national reputation for him as a champion for the rights and privileges of apiarists. During the present year the Bee Journal has contained the full text of the bills he has championed, and has often referred to the successful work he has done in the Legislative halls of Illinois, and we need not here repeat them. His father, S. D. Hambaugh, repre- sented the same District from 1842 to 1844, and the son is therefore an h
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