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July 7. I!il7 



The "littlf old llr-l lii>ii». 

 which n'ai4 heated by tui oil ^' 

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Tlir si*\cn hi'iii'h iron fru- 

 mrr ^vliere the pri/e win- 

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A RARE treat it was indeed, that morning I stopped 

 off at Biddeford. Maine, to see .Mr. and Mrs. 

 Strout and the greenhouse business they had so suc- 

 cessfully established. 



I say "they" because "they" did it. 



Mr. Strout says the success is largely due to .Mrs. 

 Strout. Mrs. Strout says "our team-work did it"; 

 and she ought to know. 



Generally speaking, schoolmasters and preachers 

 are not supposed to make very good business men 



Here is a glaring exception, after 18 years of 

 teaching. 



Both loved flowers and were tempted to over in- 

 dulge themselves in buying. So concluded to grow 

 some. Started with sweet peas and sent a boy down 

 to Old Orchard Beach to sell them. Paid well. Built 

 a little greenhouse. 8x 10. and heated it with an oil 

 lamp and covered it at night with straw mats. Made 

 it pay. 



Next built one 16 x 30. Looked so large, wondered 

 how they would ever fill it. Scattered the potted 

 plants around so it would look full. By Decoration 

 Day had it crowded. Sold out everything that was 

 salable. "It was that day," so Mr. Strout says, "that 

 they made their real start." 



Next they bought a Lord & Burnham Violet house; 

 followed by another of ours owned by a local florist 

 which they moved. Continued to build, until the cli- 

 max was reached in one of our iron framers. 49 x 183 

 feet. 



No better carnations are grown by anyone, so such 

 experts as Mr. P^ishor and Mr. Patten say. 



Mr. Strout says the suggestions of these men were 

 a great help to him in getting started. 



Besides being a carnation expert, Mr. Strout is a 

 fisherman of no mean luck, and a hunter of acknowl- 

 edged prowess. 





Tord. «iRiirnham(o. 



Builders of Greenhouses and Conservatories 

 SALES OFFICES: 

 BOSTON PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO ROCHESTER 



Tremont BIdg. Widener Bldg. ConliDenlal & Com- Granite BIdg. 



merciaj Bank BIdg. 



DETROIT, Book BIdg. TORONTO, Royal Bank BIdg. MONTREAL, Tran.portaUon BIdg. 



FACTORIES : Irrington, N. Y. Gene»a, N. Y. De> Plaine», Dl. St. Catfcarinn, Canada. 



NEW YORK 

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