Show Nation in Bloom As Flower Week Observance Set The entire nation is in bloom this week for the third annual ob ob- observance observance servance of of National Flower Week Sponsored by the Society of Ameri American can Florists National Flower Week is planned as a tribute to the beauty and happiness brought into every every- everyday everyday day lives by flowers Throughout the week unusual facts and information information mation on flowers will be disseminated disseminated to the public Because of the abundance of flow flow- flowers flowers ers during the early part of Novem Novem- November November ber the entire nation will be con con- converted converted into a fall flower festival Florist shops and greenhouses will hold open houses featuring special display of flowers and plants Typical of the marked strides made hi in floriculture are develop development ment of double varieties of many flowers and cross Con Con- Continuous Continuous research is being accomplished accomplished in all phases of floriculture In the scientific field hydroponics a system whereby flowers are grown in chemical solutions with with- without without out soil required 75 years of study and experimentation Keeping the industry attuned with the times shipments by air tele telegraph telegraph graph deliveries and new methods of packaging and preserving flow flow- flowers flowers ers have been developed as means of prolonging the publics public's pleasure from flowers |