Abstract: A rose cultivar intended for greenhouse culture for cut flower production, the new plant being distinguished by its abundant and continuous production of medium large flowers of a soft clear shade of pastel pink borne on long, medium strong stems and having an excellent vase life. As a greenhouse rose, this plant has a free and vigorous growth habit, upright and much branched, with abundant foliage having a high winter production of flowers for the cut flower market.
Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe named Singapur having vigorous growth habit and free branching, highly floriferous, with numerous cherry colored flowers formed at every shoot, excellent keeping quality, and its suitability for production in 8 to 15 cm. pots.
Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe named Seraya having highly floriferous habit, with numerous rose colored flowers at every shoot, attractive foliage, compact and moderate growth habit, free branching, and by its suitability for production in 8 to 15 cm. pots.
Abstract: A new variety of Streptocarpus plant is characterized by its small, narrow and flattened leaves. The plant has bouquet-type flowers standing above the leaf line. The flowers have a flattened appearance resulting from flat bottom petals and reflexed top petals.
Abstract: An apparatus for loading a pull tab on a slider body in a machine for progressively assembling sliders for slide fasteners is disclosed. The machine comprises a base, a turret supported on the base so as to rotate about its center axis and has a plurality of spaced-apart recesses arranged circumferentially around and on the turret for receiving and holding a slider body, a plurality of assembling stations arranged around the periphery of the turret, and means for intermittently rotating the turret so as to position the slider body holding recess successively opposite each of the stations. The apparatus is disposed at one of the assembling stations and comprises a pull tab supply means and a pull tab holding means.