Word: geraniums
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Eggs, butter, meat? . . . There is literally nothing in our grocery store at home that Mrs. Fairless can buy for as little as 3½? a pound ... If you lived among the cliff dwellers of New York City, and if you wanted a little potting soil to put around your geranium plants on your window sill, you could buy it at your neighborhood seed store for 7? a pound . . . Steel is literally cheaper than dirt...
...travelogues, picture biographies of famous men and foreign correspondence by Winston Churchill (see THE HALF-CENTURY). The Strand's notable scientific articles were usually written by nonscientists. When Greenough Smith wanted an article on orchids and the writer protested that he "hardly knew an orchid from a geranium," the editor replied: "Just the thing. I will give you an introduction to the greatest of orchid growers, and if you will write an article on what interests and enlightens you, then [it] will interest and enlighten the public in general." The Strand became a part of British life, from drawing...