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THE TREE DOCTOR 



Photo 155 

 Chrysanthemums grown at Wm. Rockefeller's, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



will notice how they grade back in height to the right. 

 The tallest are seen in Photo 155. Mr. Middleton, the chief gar- 

 dener and florist, is seen among the plants. He is standing on 

 a three-foot step-ladder ; some of the plants were twelve feet 

 high. Mr. Middleton is a Scotchman, and like most of the old- 

 country-trained men, he is thoroughness to perfection. People 

 remark, "Oh, well, at Rockefeller's and such places, where they 

 have everything to do with, this is easy." It is true there are 

 great advantages at places where houses are especially construct- 

 ed, and there is "everything to do with ;" nevertheless, it is also 

 true that all the facilities in existence will not produce the re- 

 sults if you have not "the right man behind the gun/' As pre- 

 viously remarked, America is woefully lame in that there is no 

 system of drilling the boys in a manner to turn out first-class 

 "workmen" in these particular lines. Xow and then a lad with 

 innate love of the profession has come to the front. Of course, 

 the country is "young." but w r e are certainly "old" enough to 



