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done in tree planting, which is everywhere on the 

 increase. Many florists now raise young trees 

 and plants for sale to people improving their 

 grounds, planting orchards, etc. This nursery 

 business, as it is called, is a special department 

 of horticulture and bears the same relation to 

 the commercial florist or orchardist that seed 

 growing does to the market gardener. The 

 largest nurseries in the country were started on 

 small capital, but soil and climate enter so largely 

 into success that the business is not over-crowded. 

 The ever increasing demand for bulbs has led 

 to a great extension of the business of raising 

 them, but America has a comparatively small 

 share in it. Holland is the greatest producer, 

 large areas being devoted exclusively to the rais- 

 ing of lilies of various sorts. Bulbs require deep, 

 rich, warm, and highly manured soil and the 

 most careful attention. The high prices paid for 

 land in Europe has led to the most modern and 

 ingenious methods of increasing soil-production. 

 The same necessity has not hitherto existed in 

 this country, but it exists now, and it has become 

 necessary to get the greatest possible returns, by 



