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This space is dedicated to the unusual, whether it be a book, a business, 
a personality, a spot on the map, or a place to eat and drink. This pro- 
vides us an opportunity to commend anything, anywhere, which has 
pleased our fancy, and for the benefit, we hope, of our gentle readers. 
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“PAGEANT OF THE ROSE” took Jean Gordon ten years to compile, and I can well 
believe it, for its 232 pages begin with a fossil, aged thirty-five million years and 
end in a Tyler rose-field. (There isn't a word in it about “how to plant” or "dread rose- 
diseases to fear’’). Just about every interesting thing that ever happened in which 
a rose participated, is attractively presented and handsomely illustrated. Send $5.00 
to American Rose Society, Harrisburg, Pa., and ask them to hurry! 
“PERIOD FLOWER ARRANGEMENT," by Margaret Fairbanks Marcus, is so enter- 
taining, that even the catalog-writer was intrigued, and he has a male's instinctive .. . 
er... uncertainty about “arrangements.” Write to M. Barrows & Co., 425—4th Avenue, 
New York 16, N. Y., and ask them for their descriptive pamphlet on this beautiful book. 
ROYo HENNESSEY’S (ROSE CATALOG. It's nof illustrated) and there may be an 
occasional “grammatical error” but for only two bits (25c) you will run a whole 
gamut of emotions—from resentment, appreciation to laughter. There is a fine listing 
of roses—some mighty good advice by an “eggspert” and some opinions on "this 
and that’’ which you need not share, but will read with avid interest. This “catalog- 
writer’’ will be found (on the last page) still “playing checkers with Roy in the poor- 
house.’’ Scappoose, Oregon will reach him, and be sure to use a lot of Scotch tape 
on your two bits—Roy likes to fight it. 
“THE ROSE” will come to you quarterly by sending your check for $1.50 to 
White Friars Press Ltd., 26 Bloomsbury, Holburn, London W. C. 1, England. “Hon. 
Secretary"’ fairly hovers around the mail-box when this delightful publication is due. 
If an “English accent’’ creeps into her letters, that’s where she gets it. 
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SHAFFER'S TROPICAL GARDENS, 1220—41st Avenue, Santa Cruz. Now there is 
only one ‘Queen of Flowers’’ (the rose, of course) but if you must be interested in 
those exotic plants which intrigue Mother Nature, in her spare time, you had better 
get acquainted with Keith and Eleanor Shaffer. These ‘African Violets’ are real 
people,—conduct their growing business with ‘passionate devotion,” courtesy and 
much knowledge. They have what it takes... to be mentioned here. 
VETTERLE & REINELT also ANTONELLI BROTHERS, Capitola, California. If you are 
passing this way in Summer, stop in Capitola and feast your eyes on the vivid color 
of the tuberous begonias, unequalled by any other flower. Now that's some admission 
from a rose-man! 
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