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Show Kansas Gardener Gives Seeds Free Throughout World TOPEKA, KAS. Although he il living on a modest pension, Phil E, Zimmerman is known in many parti of the world. His notoriety stems from the fact that he is identified simply as "the man who gives away flower seeds." Known as the world's champion seed giver, the tall, gangling flower gardener makes certain that his flowers get around. He gives them away free. Some of the Zimmerman flowers are growing in every continent in the world except Australia. "I'm going to get them there pretty pret-ty soon," he promises. Almost everybody In Topeka knows Zimmerman. Others are just as likely to know him in China, Great Britain, Cuba or Africa. There are more than 1,000 gardens in Topeka bearing Zimmerman a flowers. He is credited with being instrumental in establishing several sev-eral hundred new flower gardens every ev-ery year. |
