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A VISIT TO WHITE MARSH, MD. 

 On the 19tli inst. a party of about 

 twenty of the members of the Wash- 

 ington Florists Club, at the invitation 

 of Messrs. R. Vincent & Sons, made a 

 visit to their establishment at White 

 Marsh, about 16 miles outside of Bal- 

 timore. The occasion was the dahlia 

 show, which has become an annual 

 feature at this establishment. We had 

 the pleasure of finding among the 

 guests horticulturists from Baltimore, 

 Philadelphia, New York, Boston and 

 many other places throughout the 

 countrv, and I can say that no one 

 present could have left without feel- 

 ing that they had been highly repaid 

 by the magnificent exhibition. 



Upon arrival we were ushered into 

 the large packing shed about 250 by 

 50 feet in dimensions. And here let 

 me say that no more magnificent spec- 

 tacle in the way of floral exhibition or 

 displav have I ever witnessed. On 

 each side of the building we had a con- 

 tinuous bank of dahlias, arranged in 

 wet moss in small boxes about two by 

 three feet, the front of the boxes hid- 

 den bv foliage, a backing of greens 

 forming a backgiound. Two hundred 

 and sixtv-five varieties of dahlias were 

 thus exhibited, each arranged in a 

 huge bank by itself, thus showing to 

 best advantage all the separate varie- 

 ties. Down the center of the room 

 there was a long table about eight feet 

 wide, which was also banked with the 

 flowers, leaving on either side a space 

 of about two feet, where a cloth was 

 laid and luncheon served to the S"ests. 

 After luncheon had been serve^d Mr. 

 Vincent, in a brief speech, extended to 

 his guests a cordial welcome, which 

 was responded to by Mr. Peter Bisset. 

 president of the Washington Florists 

 Olub. Short speeches were also made 

 by Patrick O'Mara, Kdwin Lonsdale, 

 Wm F. Gude, J. J. Perry and Chas. A 

 Seybold, also by H. J. Pf"er|on/.f 

 the Maryland Experimental Station 

 and T. B. Svmons of the Maryland 

 State Horticultural Society. After this 

 all the guests dispersed trom the 

 building and went out in all directions 

 to view the dahlias growing in the 

 fields After spending an hour or so 

 at this, they returned to the buildings 

 and were refreshed with ice cream and 



"^^Mr Vincent has a farm here of 400 

 acres, in the centre a magnificent gar- 

 den His residence is surrounded by 

 beautiful trees and shrubbery and 

 Iving about the place in angleb and 



out about one-quarter of a mile are 

 the homes of his three sons and 

 daughters. Here together they all toil 

 in this business, which is large enough 

 for them to support many other fami- 

 lies living on the farm. It Is an edu- 

 cation to any man in any business who 

 will visit this place and ponder oyer 

 the work which has been and is being 

 done. Emerson said. "A man may get 

 in the center of a forest and build a 

 mouse trap, and if he does it well 

 enough the people will find their way 

 through the forest to come to him for 

 it " This is literally the case here, tor 

 when Mr. Vincent started it was in the 

 center of a forest. Such a man as this 

 is a public benefactor and in my opin- 

 ion is worthv of a monument, which 

 in this case will not be erected after 

 he is dead, but is built already and 

 stands a living testimony to his in- 



dustrv and courage. ^ 



Z. D. BLACKISTONE. 



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