Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1935, Page 30

Nature'’s Oregon Hollygrape (Berberis Aquifolium). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. REGON chose for her State flower the most famous member of the barberry fam- ily, the hollygrape. Lewis and Clark carried fine specimens back East from the Columbia River Valley. David Douglas, in 1823, on his first visit to America, saw the plant in the New York and Philadelphia nurseries. He took back to England many cut- tings and soon this plant was a great favorite, at first each one selling for | 10 pounds. On another visit to America Douglas found the plant growing wild in Ore- gon—on the banks of the Multnomah River (now the Willamette). He gathered many seeds and sent them home. By 1837 the price of the plants had dropped to 5 shillings each. Few evergreens have been so readily established on British soil. There it 1s used as a ground cover, for the bushes are low and flourish under high | trees. The English use it also for mid- | Winter decorations, as the beautiful | holly-like leaves are usually ruddy | hued at this time, while in the Spring | they are a deep glossy green. 1In Oregon, too, the bronze and crim- son foliage of the hollygrape in Winter 15 used for Christmas decorations. In the Spring, the shrub is indeed ai wonderful sight. The small, tufted | mass of flowers is a bright yellowish green. They attract the nectar seekers and the air is filled with the happy roar of their wings, as they rush to | and fro between one large group of the | far North as British Columbia. | insidious foe to reach her. Children with a brighter blue “bloom,” which gives to the fruit an exquisite tint. A very delicious jelly is made from the luscious berries, said not to be sur- passed by any other sweet. Today, the hollygrape is known as far East as Nebraska, as far South as | Arizona and to date has reached as The last reports are that she is steadily marching onward. Somehow, the Oregon hollygrape has learned to establish herself in lo- cations where the cedar rust spores cannot reach her. Many of her cousins have been the unwitting vic- tims of this devastating pest of the great wheat fields. They have com- municated the spores back and forth and millions of dollars’ worth of wheat has been lost. But this canny bar- berry selects only such sites as will make it practically impossible for the The hollygrape is not a climber, like the common Americar: wild grape, but prefers to establish her record as a shrubs and another. | Then, in the middle of Summer, the plant is heavily laden with the thick clusters of deep blue berries, covered ! Bedtime Longlegs I BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. With admiration be discreet When greeting those whom first you meet. Old Mother Nature. OST of us are inclined to ad- mire those who can do things | that we cannot do, or Wwho | possess what seem to us ad- | vantages that we do not have. | You know, most of us seldom are | wholly satisfied. It is sad, but true. | ‘The short wish they were tall. The | stout wish they were thin. The slow | wish they were fast. The weak wish | their were strong, and so it goes.| Each is inclined to admire some one else and often that admiration is sad- 1y misplaced. An almost daily visitor to the ponds & e, 2z < S D e / i 17 WY —— = -7 (E‘{% e R AN ALMOST DAILY VISITOR TO THE PONDS OF PADDY THE| BEAVER WAS LONGLEGS THE | GREAT BLUE HERON. of Paddy the Beaver was Longlegs the Great Blue Heron. Some people call | him a Crane, but he isn't a Crane. He | would tell you that the Cranes are another family altogether. Longlegs is | well named, for his legs are long, very long. So is his neck, and so is his bill. | When he is flying that long neck of | his is laid back on his shoulders, so | that he seems to have almost no neck | at all. At the same time his long legs are carried straight out behind him. When he alights he drops those long legs. Then his long neck is stretched up for its full length and you realize what a tall bird he ls. He and Paddy the Beaver are old ‘friends. He has been in the habit of visiting Paddy’s pond ever since Paddy made that pond by building the big dam. You see, Longlegs now and then gets a Frog there, or a Fish, both of which are very wel- come on his menu. But it is not| only for what he may get there that he visits the pond; it is the sort of a place he likes. It is peaceful and quiet, with trees all around. It is a delightful place to rest and doze, as well as to look for food. Longlegs had been interested when he discovered that Mr. and Mrs. Wood Duck and Mr. and Mrs. Quack were spending the Summer there. They are neighbors with whom he ordinarily is on very good terms. At first he didn’t #hink much about their staying. Then suddenly it came to him that if they | were staying they must be nesting there. | “That means that sooner or later there’ll be some young Ducks on these | waters,” thought Longlegs. “That may be no concern of mine, yet it might well be. I'm not much given to making trouble for my feathered neighbors, but I must confess that I would once in a while like a change of fare, and I know of nothing that will give me a more pleasant change than a young Duck. I don't have a chance to try it very often, so, of course, I don’t make a business of it. but if a baby Duck should swim with- éonnysayings 1 has catched a berry nice hoptoad. I don't know should I put him in the glass with Drandpa’s extra set, or sabe him t’ slick down that little girl's Reck at school. | of that State. wide, handsome shrub, whose berries are eagerly sought by maa, bird and beast. (Copyright. 1935) Stories s Admired in reach, I fear the temptation would be more than I could resist.” So Longlegs the Heron knew when Mrs. Wood Duck brought her big fam- ily of 12 little fluffy Ducklings to the water and he knew when Mrs. Quack the Mallard Duck brought her four. After that he spent a little more time than usual at Paddy's pond. Always | while he was there he kept his eyes | open for baby Ducks swimming within | reach of that long neck and long bill | of his. Now, of course, both Mrs. Quack and Mrs. Wood Duck were aware that Longlegs was not to be trusted too | | near their babies, so they were care- i(ul never to take the Ducklings too | | near where Longlegs might happen to be. Later, when the children were older, there would be no danger. They pointed Longlegs out to the youngsters and warned them that they never should swim near him. Now, there was one of the wee Wood | { Ducks who never could see Longlegs without sitting still to admire him. | He just couldn’t help it. He would | look at his own little short legs and | | then he would look at those very long | legs and he would say: “I wish I had long legs like those. It must be won- derful to be way up in the air like that. He can see all around. I don't see why we Ducks have such little short legs. No, sir, I don’t. I think Longlegs the Heron is the most won- derful person I ever have seen. Such wonderful long legs! Such a wonder- ful long neck! Such a wonderful long bill! Such wonderful broad wings! I wish I were a Heron.” So the foolish little Duckling sat and admired Longlegs the Heron ev- ery time he had a chance and forgot his own advantages. (Copyright 1935.) o Who Are You?! The Romance of Your Name. BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS. THIS distinguished family is traced to the early sixteenth century, to Rouen, France, the old capital of Nor- | mandy, where John Lanier, musician, lived until the era of the religious wars in that country. Seeking refuge from persecutions, he was forced to leave his native land, and took up his residence in England. It is recorded that he possessed property in Crutched Friars, parish of St. Olave, London, and it is thought that he was the father of John and Nicholas Lanier (then spelled Lanyer), who were mu- sicians in the court of Queen Eliza- beth in 1581. . The first of the American Laniers came to this country with other French-Huguenots by way of England under patronage of the King. In their native France they had been a family of high social standing, pos- sessing considerable wealth, with many large estates, most of which was con- fiscated by the state. They contrived, however, to bring with them to Amer- ica some of their former possessions, consisting of money and jewels of great value. The first Lanier to come to America was John, who was in Charles City County, Va., in 1670, and from the time of 1676 his name is fre- quently found in public records of the Old Dominion. John was fourth in descent from the John of Rouen, men- tioned. . Laniers have written their name in- delibly into the history of America. Coming from a long line of musicians, poets, soldiers and statesmen, they have gloriously upheld the family’s finest feelings and traditions. The name of Sidney Lanier of Georgia, whose poems of nature and of the Southland are renowned, is beloved by all. His brother, Clifford, was also a musician and poet of note. Laniers are now living in various States. Among the eminent present- day members of the family are Mary Lanier of Lands End, Kevil, Ky., one of the Lanier poetesses; Maj. Alex- ander Sidney Lanier of Washington, D. C, and Lee Lanier of Louisiana, who has been Lieutenant Governor (Copyright, 1938.) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Corn Flakes Muffins, 1 cup sifted flour. 21, teaspoons double-acting baking powder. 1, teaspoon salt. 2 tablespoons sugar. 1 egg, well beaten. 25 cup milk. “Intelligent is the way some one 3 tablespoons melted butter or other shortening. 1 cup corn flakes. Sift flour once, measure, add bak- ing powder, salt and sugar, and sift again. Combine egg, milk and short- ening; add to flour mixture, beating only enough to dampen all flour. Add corn flakes. Turn into greased mufin Selfishness” has described following‘n course in business that is for the common gooc'l. even though not profitable at the moment.. That’s how we feel about continuing our people on the 40-hour week 5 days—8 With so many millions hours per day still unemployed, we wish that all retail stores throughout the country would continue under former code requirements as to wages and hours. 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