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Certificate on Registration of Kimjongilia as New Variety of Begonia Family Displayed

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, December 6 (KCNA) -- A certificate on the registration of immortal flower Kimjongilia as a new variety of the begonia family at the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) and other new materials were put on display at the Kimilsungia - Kimjongilia Exhibition standing on the bank of the Taedong River here. The Korean Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Committee put on display at the Immortal Flower Information Room of the exhibition the certificate which says the U.S. Begonia Society formally registered Kimjongilia as a new variety No. 991, authorized by the ISHS, a copy of the magazine of the society and a ribbon symbolic of the first place awarded to Kimjongilia at the Begonia Show held in the U.S. recently.
    The magazine introduces the biological characteristics of the flower, stressing that the flower goes by the august name of Kim Jong Il, the great leader of the DPRK.
    It also carries an article saying that the flower was awarded top prizes at the 12th International Flower Show and the China 99 Kunming World Horticultural Expo as well as a photo of the flower in full bloom.