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I think planted in clumps probably originally. They spread.
How wonderful. I haven't even seen any highway with day lilies. That's lovely.
And so easy. I mean they take care of themselves.
Yes, as do azaleas, as do laurel, as does rhododendrons, as do dogwoods and cherries and crabs. Well, nothing like this was put forward and there was no visualization of what could be done at any of the meetings that I went to.
Did you speak?
I wasn't asked to speak. I was asked to be an observer, which I was.
I felt the conference was a success as it had got many people together and as there was an indication of the President's and Mrs. Johnson's sincere interest, but I didn't have the feeling that they got visualizations of what they could do to make cities more beautiful because cities were included in this--the planning of cities, the planting of green belts in the cities, the improvement of cities. To be improved, cities must have trees and flowers and flowering trees and flowering
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