Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1899 — Favorite Flowers of Royalty. [ARTICLE]

Favorite Flowers of Royalty.

The queen’s special flowers are lilies of the valley and violets, and her intimate friends, knowing her favorite blossoms, send her these In profusion on her birthday, at Christmas and the New Tear. Violets, the pet flowers of the late Emperor Frederick of Germany, have become quite sacred Id the eyes of his widow. The duchess of York prefers lilies of the valley and white roses—the roses of York—for her own wear. The princess of Wales is the most ardent enthusiast for flowers among the royal family, and is never content unless her rooms are simply one mass of scented blossom. As for the prince of Wales he cannot endure to be without his “button-hole.” —Manchester Guardian.