Hollyhock Flowers of Quezon Hall (City/Camp History 5)
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(DSC03473) Hollyhock, Common Hollyhock, Musk Mallow, Pink Mallow (Alcea rosea, Althaea chinensis, Althaea ficifolia, Althaea rosea) ..... With the road reaching its completion, Commission officials realized that once visitors reached Baguio, there was nothing for them to see or do in the new summer resort. There were no facilities that could sustain the town’s new role as the Summer Capital. When it was “discovered” in 1900, Baguio had nothing more than two wooden homes and a lot of grazing lands. The name Baguio came from the word "bag-iw", meaning moss, of which there was an abundance of. The entire population of the mountain community was about thirty, including one foreigner by the name Otto Sheerer. Practically all the land was owned by the Igorot Chief Mateo Cariño, and was used as grazing lands for his cattle. Certainly this kind of community was not ready to become a nation’s capital. Therefore, William Howard Taft sought the assistance of the famed urban planner, Daniel Burnham, to create a city plan for two capitals of the country: Manila and Baguio. (Taken from Heritage Conservation Society)
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