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The great variations among plants and flowers that to most peopleseem very much alike should become better known both for the enjoy-ment this study yields and for its educational and cultural value. Theformation of a fine collection of one or two genera of plants like thepeony, the iris, or the gladiolus, may become a hobby that will givefor the study and time and money expended upon it much reward,additional to that obtained from enjoying the blooms of one's ownchoice plants. Not only are ideals of excellence improved and theaesthetic sense cultivated, but there is genuine and lasting pleasurefound in becoming acquainted with congenial persons through a widerange of territory, united by community of plant interest in a pursuitthat leads to refinement. The interchange of ideas expressed in theirpublications yields a satisfaction greatly enhanced when the membersof the society interested in "promoting" the flower meet in convention.It all becomes fascinating to a degree unintelligible to a person who hasnot yet given himself enthusiastically to specializing in a flower.For those who have the inclination or the financial means that justifythem in seeking the satisfaction that comes from possessing rarevarieties of a flower, there are available the publications of the societiessuch as have been named. |
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