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Along Azalea Row
I now humbly discover th at
when Cortez landed in Villa Rica
in the year 1519 he was presented
^ ith beautifully made garlands
and floral decorations! Four types
of these old garlands are still be
ing used in Mexico. One is a com
bination of cypress and flowers;
another of braided honeysuckle
and flowers, sounds beautiful and
fragrant. O ur Christm as ropes
>f pine, made th eir appearance
in Mexico, hundred of years ago
in an intricately tw isted pine
pine garland. G arlands of flowers
strunk like a necklace and made
of tuberoses or frangipani are
still sold in the m arkets every
Thursday and Sunday. These are
taken home and arranged or are
draped around the image of a
saint.
ments, used for mohe than a cen
TVxas. About a m onth ago he
tury, is one representing the sun.
It is often made of azaleas and
went to Long Beach to visit rel
A recent suggestion th a t this
ative from where he came home.
and 2000 are used in w hat m ust
is a good season to hold forth on
be a stunnii^g sight.
The bus strike, now in effect,
flower arrangem ents, has led me
Even our brides bouquet of or did not prevent Rev. E. C Hicks
Sm ith-Corona” Typew riters at
into a strange garden path. And
ange blossoms has been carried from returning home last w e e k - the Pilot Office.
a most fascinating one. Now when
by oui little dark-eyed neighbors
he took to the air from Long
it's raining and I can't work in
tor m any years. It is such a tr a Beach and landed at Crescent
my garden. I can sit by the fire
dition th a t it fresh blossoms are
t ity, Thursday evening.
and read about arranging the
not to be found, artificial orange
Rev, Hicks left here about the
flowers I
a m optomislicaWy
blossoms are paintakingly made.
planting.
middle of November for O kla
Since earliest history, flowers
hor A ll Occasions
homa where he visited a brother
So, of course. I was sidetrack
have been used to decorate Mex
whom he had not seen for years.
ed by an article on Flow er Ar-
ican homes. However, it was un I During the weeks he was gone,
At Young’s G ift Shop in
tangem ent in Mexico by D ita Lou
til 1932 th at the Mexico City G ar.
, Rev. Hicks covered much of the
Brookings, and Margar
Dean. It was about 15 years ago
den Club was form ally organized.
territo ry he once saw back in et's Flower Shop at Cres
th a t my attention was first a t
Beside the study of modern a r
the days of his youth when 1 e
tracted to the a rt of flower a r
rangem ents. the club has intro
cent ( .ity. S en d F low ers
entenxl
the race at the opening
ranging through a book of pic
duced new plants and vegetables
of
the
Oklahoma
territory.
He
By
Wire.
tures put out by a national com
to Mexico. W ith her wonderful
also
spent
considerable
tim
e
in
pany. I just assumed th at planned
Decorating doors is an old Mex and exotic variety of flowers at
arrangem ents more or less dated ican custom, especially on feast all seasons and her n a tu ra l love
from that time and naturally or days. Being a tropical country, of beauty and color, the Mexican
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iginated in the United S tates!
the profuse blooms of gardenias woman gives to the world a style
and red carnations are used as th at is all her own.
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nonchalantly as we use our lilies. , The yelloiv alamanda sprawls
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Imagine walking down a street In gold confusion on the walls
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where the doors are all fram ed And in among its flow er-suns
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ground of cypress.
And flings its ta tters on the
breeze
One of the nearly lost arts, is
A
ll
scarlet and m agnenta-red
j
the m aking of carpets of flowers.
A
canopy
above
m
y
head
Once upon a time, the streets
DON BLANDING.
of Coyoacan w ere carpeted with
flowers on special feast days. It
is said th at Indians would come
from miles around, bring their
m aterial w ith them and begin
their work at m idnight. They'd
blend various colored flowers and
colored sawdust i n t o beautiful
and in tric a te patterns on the
streets.
By F aye Sunderland
Rev. E. C. Hicks Is
Home After Trip
flow ers
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