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According to the Wisconsin Blue Book, school children in 1908 nominated four candidates for the state flower: the wood violet, wild rose, trailing arbutus and white water lily.
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
Flower: Wood violet The wood violet was chosen in 1908 when Wisconsin schoolchildren nominated four candidates: the wood violet, the wild rose, the trailing arbutus and the white water lily.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
Kettering had long been impressed by the way that leaves of the trailing arbutus plant could turn red even when covered by a layer of snow, somehow capturing the energy of the sun’s rays more effectively than other plants.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024
Flower: Wood violet The wood violet was chosen in 1908 when Wisconsin schoolchildren nominated four candidates: the wood violet, the wild rose, the trailing arbutus and the white water lily.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
Kettering had long been impressed by the way that leaves of the trailing arbutus plant could turn red even when covered by a layer of snow, somehow capturing the energy of the sun’s rays more effectively than other plants.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
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“Trailing arbutus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trailing%20arbutus. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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