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Hornberger’s Home and Garden Service 
HERMAN JUNGE 
PRESIDENT 
WILLIAM G. FOX 
VICE-PRESIDENT 
ALBERT E. FOX 
TREASURER 
ANNA JUNGE FOX 
SECRETARY 
SMITH & YOUNG CO, 
GREENHOUSES AT 
CUMBERLAND, INDIANA 
KOUNDED 1094 
INCORPORATED I9Z0 
BRANCHES: 
COLUMBUS. OHIO 
BIRMINGHAM. ALA. 
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND SUPPLIES FOR FLORISTS 
LINCOLN 536SS366 
229 WEST NEW YORK ST. 
INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA 
To whom It May Concern 
Following is a partial list 
of local florists who have bought " Shaw* s Seedling 
Gladiolus"through this concern for a number of years 
and find that, on account of the color, size and 
unusual keeping qualities, also, its general usefulness 
in floral work, it is a good one to have on hand. 
Smith & Young Company. 
Arlington Flower Shop Atkins Flower Shop 
Delaware Flower Shop 
East End Greenhouses 
'yyi+vua 
J. A. Grande, Florist 
Hack Bros. 
Ross Floral Company 
Luebking Floral Co. 
/{&JL 
Chas. Lockwood, Florist 
Temperly’s Florists 
Madison Ave. Flower Shop 
PLANT PATENTS DO NOT MEAN QUALITY 
It has been brought to the attention of the Patent Office, which bureau comes 
under the Commerce Department, that some nurserymen and flower growers have 
been trading on the assumption that plant patents are a guarantee of quality or 
merit. This is an incorrect or false holding and the Patent Office has issued the 
following notice (From Florida Grower) : 
“U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C., Feb. 23, 1937. 
“This Office has been informed by the Department of Agriculture that there 
appears to be a widespread impression that the issuing of a plant patent is the 
equivalent of an endorsement by the government of high quality and merit of the 
plant patented; and that some nurserymen are giving this interpretation to the signi¬ 
ficance of a plant patent. 
Such an interpretation is absolutely incorrect. Under the terms of the patent 
statute any “distinct and new variety of plant” that is assexually propagated, except 
tuber-propagated plants, may under specified conditions be patented. The one and 
only implication which can be drawn from the grant of this patent, so far as the 
Government is concerned is that the plant of patent is “distinct and new.” 
There have been 238 plant patents issued to date. 
