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HORTICULTURE 



March 27, 1920 



George Watson^s 

 Corner 



"Xon In yoor sm&ll corner and me 

 iB Bulne." 



Alfred M. Campbell who is pictured 

 with a company ot his good workers 

 in the accompanying illustration has 

 ■built up a fine reputation in the trade. 

 He entered the commission cut flower 

 business at Pennock's where he re- 

 mained one year. After that he had 

 :a year at Niessen's, and three years 

 at Reid's and in 1906 commenced for 

 limself at 1510 Sansom street where 

 lie still remains. 



His first experience in the growing 

 end was in his boyhood at Robert 

 Craigs and four years later in 1908 he 

 took over the La Roche greenhouses 

 at Collingdale. 



He lived with his family in Philadel- 

 phia until 1916 when he moved out to 

 Strafford, where he had made another 

 new expansion in the growing end. 



At Strafford he bought out the in- 

 terest of Edward A. Stroud who had 

 (established a modem range of glass 

 for local and shipping trade and was 

 ■widely known, Mr. Campbell has 

 made this place even more noted by 

 the fine crops of carnations, lilies. 

 cyclamen, hydrangeas and other mar- 

 ket specialties which he has been 

 growing. 



His next expansion came when in 

 1919 he acquired the Samtman place 

 SLt Hatboro, also a modern range 

 which he devotes mostly to rose grow- 

 ing, and manages very successfully. 



The Collingdale place has grown old 



and weather worn auu finally was 

 used mostly for ferns, asparagus and 

 other greens; and during the war 

 glass and other materials being in de- 

 mand, it was cleared up entirely, and 

 a good price realized on the trans- 

 action. 



Altogether Jlr. Campbell is a very 

 busy man and keeps a large force ot 

 men on the jump the year round. Per- 

 sonally he is very active and aggres- 

 sive; enthusiastic in his work; plans 

 things for tomorrow and the next day 

 and the day after in his sleep and I 

 fear very much seldom goes to church, 

 as a good Presbyterian ought to but 

 perhaps we must excuse him a bit on 

 that as he has so many works of ne- 

 cessity to do on the Lord's day. He 

 is never too busy, however, to give a 

 cheerful smile, indulge in a friendly 

 chat, and swap opinions with callers 

 from far and near. Callers are many 

 as he has a wide acquaintance, being 

 a frequent exhibitor at many shows in 

 metropolitan centers all over the coun- 

 try and a frequent prize winner when 

 he enters into competition. If there 

 be anything new around — he wants 

 to know about it, and that is one ot 

 the attributes of our wide-awake busi- 

 ness men who want to keep in the 

 front of the procession. 



One of the reasons I have taken 

 the trouble to write these few lines is 

 because I get a chance to say some- 

 thing without interruption, whereas 

 usually "Al" insists on doing all the 

 talking. Here is where I get even with 

 him for once. 



An interesting social function will 

 take place at the Calvary Presbyterian 

 Church, Germantown, April 15th, when 

 Elsie Luck Runcle will be joined in 



matrimony to Charles Foster Pennock, 

 of Lansdowne, Pa. The bride is a 

 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Henry 

 Runcie of Germantown. 



MR. COWEE'S BILL. 



A vigorous effort is being made to 

 secure a horticultural building for the 

 fair ground at Syracuse. Assembly- 

 man Arthur Cowee, of Albany, N. Y., 

 the well known gladiolus grower, has 

 presented a bill which is receiving 

 the hearty support of horticultural in- 

 terests throughout the state. This 

 bill is as follows: 



Section 1. The state fair commis- 

 sion is hereby authorized and empow- 

 ered to execute all necessary con- 

 tracts in behalf of the people of the 

 state of New York for the erection, 

 construction and equipment of a hor- 

 ticultural building for the exhibitions 

 of fruits, flowers, vegetables, seeds, 

 bee and honey products, farm produce 

 and nursery stock, said building to be 

 erected on the state fair grounds at 

 Syracuse, New York, at a cost not to 

 exceed five hundred thousand dollars. 



Sec. 2. The necessary expense in- 

 curred for the purpose of securing in- 

 formation as to methods of exhibiting 

 these products and such soil survey, 

 borings and test pits and the compen- 

 sation of experts in connection with 

 the drafting of plans and specifica- 

 tions shall be included as part of the 

 cost of the building and be paid from 

 the appropriation therefor. 



Sec. 3. The sum of five hundred 

 thousand dollars ($.500,000), or so 

 much thereof as may be necessary, is 

 hereby appropriated out of any mon- 

 eys in the state treasury, not other- 

 wise appropriated, for the erection, 

 construction and equipment of such 

 building and all other expenses in- 

 curred under the provisions of this 

 act. 



The Campbells are Here 



FERTILIZERS FOR WINDOW 

 PLANTS. 



Every window gardener wants a 

 cheap fertilizer for plants that is not 

 objectionable to handle. The Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, Pennsylvania De- 

 partment of Agriculture, suggests the 

 following mixture, known as Wagner's 

 Solution, the ingredients for which are 

 oasily obtainable at any drug store: 



Ammonium phosphate, 2 ozs.; sodium 

 nitrate, 1% ozs.; potassium nitrate, 

 1% ozs.; ammonium sulphate, 1% ozs. 



Dissolve these salts in five pints of 

 water and keep this as a stock solution. 

 For use on the soil in which the plants 

 iire growing dilute four ounces of this 

 .solution in three gallons of water, or 

 if only a small amount is to be used, 

 iHlute at the rate of one ounce to a 

 .gallon ot water. Apply to the soil 

 frequently. 



