Not long after the opening of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Blossom Day, an annual feature in California life was observed, to be followed later by nature's offering of flowers on the shores of all nations. Here are some blossoms:
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Flowers speak in all nations of hope to the fainting heart. And in the nation where flowers degenerate man cannot live.
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"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars
And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven
And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels."
—Whitman.
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Who am I and who are you to shun the sea-born rain when trees and flowers and birds are made merry by it and never think of shelter.—Adapted from Quayle.
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"Flowers and fruits are always fit gifts because a ray of beauty is appreciated all over the world; because the language of the flower can be understood in any land."—Comfort Guild.