记得在大陆上正式提出国花问题,是在1981年秋冬之际。当时我正出差西南,接连收到《植物杂志》编辑部几封快函,嘱就国花事写一短文,我照办了。这就是《我国国花应是梅花》(载该刊1982年第一期)发表的由来。该文刊出后,连同附于篇首的“编者”,都在全国乃至海外引起了强烈而广泛的反响。 I remember in the mainland formally proposed the national flower issue, in the autumn of 1981 on the occasion. At that time, I was on a business trip to the southwest. I received several quick letters from the editorial department of Plant Magazine, and wrote an essay on the national affairs. I did it. This is the origin of the publication of “China’s national flower should be a plum blossom” (the first issue of the journal 1982). The publication of the article, together with the “editors” attached to the essays, aroused strong and widespread repercussions throughout the country and overseas.