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HORTICULTURE 



March 27, 1920 



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The Harvey's Build Hitchings Houses 



ONE crisp September morning, some five or 

 so years ago, I was met at Brandywine Sum- 

 mit, Pa., by one of "The Harvey Boys" and 

 taken to the Old Harvey place for as delightful a 

 day's outing as I ever hope to have. 



Meeting the elder Mr. Harvey was not the least 

 of the day's pleasure. Recall how we stood in 

 front of the old house and looking across the field, 

 Mr. Harvey said: "Here was where the old Revo- 

 lutionary battle of the Brandywine was fought. 

 At that spot right over there was where the fierc- 

 est fighting was done." 



"Some summer evenings, when the day's work 

 is over, I come out here and look across this field 

 and kind of let my imagination have its own way 

 in seeing that battle all over again. And then I 

 think of Washington, who against such tremen- 

 dous odds broke the chains of the country's en- 



slavement, giving to us all a liberty like which 

 the world had never known." 



"Somehow, thinking of Washington like that, 

 always renews my vows of sincerity towards life. 

 It makes me renew my determination that in do- 

 ing whatever we do, we will build strong — build 

 our greenhouses and our characters equally 

 strong." 



Having read these inspiring words of Mr. Har- 

 vey, you know why that day stands out so par- 

 ticularly strong in my mind. 



You can also understand why I was more than 

 usually pleased when one of our salesmen phoned 

 that "The Harvey " had just ordered two Hitch- 

 ings Houses — two Half-Iron Frame Houses, one 

 243 ft. by 33 ft. 6 in.; the other 252 ft. by 33 ft. 6 in. 



We know you, who know .the Harveys, can but 

 congratulate us on numbering them among our 

 customers. 



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