History and stories of Nebraska . h thought and too thankful forevery flower which grew on the prairies and along the streamsto choose from among the anemones and violets, the roses, the amorphas or shoestrings,the spiderworts, the puccoonsor Indian paint brushes, thegoldenrods and sunflowers, oneflower which should be pre-ferred before all the others. As the years went on thefeeling grew that Nebraskashould have a state flower andthe people set about choosingone. It was agreed that theflower chosen should be in it-self a fit emblem of Nebraskaand that it should be foundgrowing abundantly in a
History and stories of Nebraska . h thought and too thankful forevery flower which grew on the prairies and along the streamsto choose from among the anemones and violets, the roses, the amorphas or shoestrings,the spiderworts, the puccoonsor Indian paint brushes, thegoldenrods and sunflowers, oneflower which should be pre-ferred before all the others. As the years went on thefeeling grew that Nebraskashould have a state flower andthe people set about choosingone. It was agreed that theflower chosen should be in it-self a fit emblem of Nebraskaand that it should be foundgrowing abundantly in all partsof the state. So they lookedover the prairies, the plains,the woods, the valleys and thesandhills. Everywhere theyfound the bright, graceful,cheery goldenrod, beautiful notonly in the tender green leafand bud of springtime, in the golden glory of summer andautumn, but also in its quaker colored garb in our winterlandscapes. And they said, The goldenrod shall be Ne-braskas flower. This choice was made in 1895, when the 204. The Golden Rod, NebraskasFlower NEBRASKAS FLOWER 205 Nebraska legislature passed an act making the goldenrodthe official flower of our state. There is never a time when the goldenrod cannot be foundin our landscape. QUESTIONS 1 Have you found the goldenrod in Nebraska in spring? In summer? In autumn? In winter?2. Why is it especially well fitted to be Nebraskas flower? ARBOR DAY NEBRASKA has given many good ideas to the world, butnone better than the idea of Arbor Day. The earlysettlers of Nebraska looked out from the little fringe of woodsalong the streams upon a treeless prairie. Natural prairiegroves like those of Iowa and Illinois were lacking. Thefar-sighted fathers of this state studied and thought muchupon this question. All the early speeches and the earlynewspapers are filled with the thought that the prairie mustbe plowed and trees must be planted and made to grow be-fore the people would have homes where they would like tolive and bring up
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