Davis County Clipper | 1947-08-29 | Page 7 | Kansas Gardener Gives Seeds Free throughout World

1 Kansas ansas Gardener I II I Gives Se Seeds ds Free Throughout a lout World or TOPEKA KAS Although Although he il tl s living on a modest pension Phil E. E Zimmerman is known in many parts of the world l His Is notoriety stems from the fact that at he is Identified simply as the man who gives give away flower seeds I Known as the worlds world's champion seed giver the tall taU gangling flower lower gardener makes certain that his Ws' flowers get around He gives them away free I ISome Some of the Zimmerman flowers are are arc growing grO in every continent In Inthe Inthe inthe the world except Australia Im going to get them there pretty pre pret pretty ty soon he pro promises Almost eve everybody in Topeka knows Zimmerman Others are arc just justas as likely to know him in China Great Britain Cuba or Africa There are more than 1000 garden In Topeka bearing Zimmerman a II flowers He is credited with being instrumental in eS establishing several several several sev sev- eral hundred n new w flower o r gardens garden ev every cry ery year