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THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



Brides and Bridesmaids, Special 

 Brides and Bridesmaids, Extra 

 Brides and Bridesmaids, No. 1 

 Brides and Bridesmaids, No. 2 



Richmond 



Beauties, Specials .... 



Beauties, Fancy 



Beauties, Extra 



Beauties, No. 1 



Beauties, No. 2 



Lily of the Valley .... 

 Chrysanthemums, Ordinary 

 Chrysanthemums, Fancy . . 



$3.00 to $4.00 per hundred 



2.00 to 6.00 per hundred 



1.00 to 1.50 per hundred 



.25 to .75 per hundred 



1.00 to 6.00 per hundred 



15.00 to 20.00 per hundred 



10.00 to 20.00 per hundred 

 8.00 to 10.00 per hundred 

 4.00 to 6.00 per hundred 

 2.00 to 3.00 per hundred 

 3.00 and upward per hundred 

 6.00 to 10.00 per hundred 



20.00 and upward per hundred 



As a side line the common flowers will bring good prices ; 

 mignonette, bachelor buttons, cosmos, and even nasturtiums, 

 which you can't keep from growing if you just stick the 

 seed in the ground, or lilies of the valley, which you can 

 hardly get rid of once they start, never go begging, if they 

 are fresh. 



A favorite flower with many is the sweet pea, which can 

 be grown out of doors in the summer time where you have 

 a good depth and quality of soil. 



I have seen May blossoms and autumn leaves on the 

 branch and even goldenrod brought into town and sold at 

 good prices. 



Enterprises often look attractive at a distance; for in- 

 stance, raising orchids, especially as some of the flowers 

 remain on the plants ready for market for weeks and bring 

 high prices. But to ship flowers at a profit they must be in 

 quantities, else the expenses eat up the returns, and they 

 must be shipped with considerable regularity, else you lose 

 your customers. To get such a supply of orchids would 

 take a very large capital and involve so much labor that it 

 is doubtful if more than good interest could be realized on it. 



