THE CHOICE FLOWER
A country nurseryman introduced a .simple little flower which he advertised as the Rhodum sldus. The name proved particularly attractive and resulted in a big business. One day a botanist who was shown the new flower by an admiring lady friend noticed that it was nothing more than an ordinary familiar weed. He wrote and asked the nurseryman where he had obtained the name by which he sold it, and in reply received a postcard with the words: "I found this flower in the road beside us. so christened it the Rhodum sidus."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 109, 10 May 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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96THE CHOICE FLOWER Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 109, 10 May 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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