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HORTICULTURE 



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Prize That Which Is 



1800 years ago there lived a great philosopher, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, 

 at a'l? Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself an 

 which is best in the universe? Now, if this wise ancient were living today 

 to change a word of the lines I have quoted, would he? When he talked ab 

 Cittlcfi, ths peerless Phalaenopsis or the glorious Oncidium? And it is the 

 over all that he " prizes that which is best." 



It Is Now Many Years Since I Be- 

 gan to Urge 



this fact on the fl >rists of America and you see 

 I am still "keeping everlastingly at it." Directly 

 or iniire:tly the precedence and prosperity of 

 many of the most noted florists in the country 

 are due to the handling of McManus* Orchids. 

 You can't put the fact too strongly, that the 

 florist who gives Orchids and Gardenias a 

 secondary place today, will never, never "get 

 there." Distance need be no bar to the ship- 

 ment of these fine goods. I have shipped 

 them successfully across the Continent. 



Telephone 



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JAMES i 



CATTLEYA HEADQUi 



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