Mr. Lanham Revisited: April 15, 1926

Planting delphiniums and doing his civic duty

It was a warm day in Rome, cloudy with a light drizzle in the afternoon. That morning, Mr. Lanham planted some delphiniums in his yard. He had put out some phlox in a bed with some roses the day before.

He put in a long day at work, plus attending a Kiwanis Club board meeting, then returning to Lanham & Sons after supper, where the board of directors of …