Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1895 — Color of Flowers. [ARTICLE]

Color of Flowers.

Originally, all flowers were yellow, say the botanists. The order of development in color appears to be yellow, pink, red, purple, lilac, up to deep blue —probably the highest level—while white may occur in any normally colored flower, just as albinos are found among animals. As flowers become more specialized they become morb dependent upon the visits of special insects, purple and blue flowers, for instance, benefiting most from and being most preferred by bees and butterflies. “A trout is the queerest fish,” said Brickley; “It will bite, get hooked badly, and bite again.” The Widow Smith looked at him absent-mindedly for a minute, and then added, “Yes; but the poor fellow’s to be excused; it’s human nature, you know.—Adams Freeman. Grandpa—Don’t get scared, Willie; the tiger is about to be fed; that’s what makes him jump and roar so. Willie (easily)—Oh, I ain’t afraid of him, grandpa. Papa’s the same way when his meals ain’t ready.—Standard. D’Auber—Who is that homely woman rhapsodizing before the picture of the handsome society matron? D’Angelo —She’s the original of the painting New York Herald.