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Show .4 Blooming Itegluu. The Maritime Alps, a small department depart-ment in Southern France blessed with an exceptionally mild climate, makes a specially of growing flowers, particularly particu-larly in the winter season. The product pro-duct has become really astonishing, reaching an annual total ot 8,308,000 gilograms (nearly 7,300, 000 pounds), having a value of about 15.000.000 francs. This includes 1. SCO, 000 kilo-grams kilo-grams of orange blossoms, the chief crop; 1,000,000 kilograms of roses; 157,000 kilograms of violets; 147.000 kilograms of jasmine; 74,000 kilograms of tuberoses; 50,000 kilograms of jonquils, jon-quils, and -0,000 kilograms of mignonette. |