Teddy Bear - Pink and White Ranunculus
There is a Native American legend that the coyote was tossing his eyes in the air and catching them. On a particularly high toss, his eyes were captured by the eagle who refused to give them back. Now blind, the coyote created new eyes from the ranunculus growing along a nearby stream. This is why the lovely blooms are sometimes called "Coyote's Eyes". The floriography of the ranunculus is "dazzled by your charms", a message well-conveyed by this delightful little bear. A lot of people don't know that Teddy Bears came about as the result of a hunting trip in Mississippi back in 1902. Then President, Theodore Roosevelt, hadn't had much luck hunting bear that day. Some men from his hunting party cornered a bear for him to shoot. He felt this was rather unsportsmanlike and refused to shoot the bear. A couple of days later, a political cartoonist named Clifford Berryman published a cartoon in the Washington Post that poked a little fun at the President's refusal to shoot the bear. A shop owner in Brooklyn saw the cartoon and came up with the idea to make a stuffed bear and dedicate it to the president. He called the stuffed animal, "Teddy's Bear". Later, the shop owner, Morris Michtom, obtained permission from the President to use his name and mass produced the toy bears. This delightful little bear is an excellent choice for birthdays!
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