176 THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



that of Maryland. Two English florists who have settled 

 in Baltimore County, ten and thirteen miles northeast of 

 the city, daily send to all parts of the United States and 

 even to Canada many large boxes of beautiful roses, car- 

 nations, violets, and other choice flowers. Both of these 

 men began on a small scale and have prospered. 



The farmer who has a couple of thousand dollars to pay 

 cash for a small farm in Maryland is assured of a good 

 living. But also a less favored settler, if he has only from 

 four to eight hundred dollars, can have a good start in Mary- 

 land, and probably as good a chance for independence and 

 prosperity as anywhere. 



Families of immigrants when traveling to the Western, 

 Northwestern, and Southern states of America have to spend 

 from one hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars for rail- 

 road tickets from New York to their destination ; by going 

 to these adjoining states they can save all that money, and 

 invest it in land. 



The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration 

 also publishes information for the home seeker. 



To most people the name Virginia carries with it limitless 

 vistas of tobacco fields covered with darkies plying the hoe, 

 or picking off the ubiquitous worm. Before the War this 

 picture would have been a true one ; but since the awaken- 

 ing of the younger generation to a better understanding of 

 her resources, together with the withdrawal of large numbers 

 of the colored people into industrial occupations, no state 

 offers more attractive inducements to the homecrofter than 

 Virginia. In climate, diversity of soils, fruits, forests, water 

 supply, mineral deposits, including mountain and valley, 

 she offers unsurpassed advantages. Truly did Captain 

 John Smith, the adventurous father of Virginia, suggest that 



