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brought together as many shrubs and 

 plants as could be obtained. 



In a short time, a small progagating 

 house was constructed, in order to en- 

 able the men to continue the work 

 during rainy days and in winter. 

 While this house is comparatively 

 small and inexpensive, it nevertheless 

 stands for a large amount of work 

 accomplished. 



The greenhouse was constructed at 



Although the work was started less 

 than five years ago, it has grown so 

 rapidly that practically all the avail- 

 able space in the immediate neighbor- 

 hood of the office and yards is utilized 

 for nursery purposes. Thousands of 

 shrubs are being distributed all along 

 the line of the Western Division and 

 many are sent to other divisions, and 

 yet the propagating area increases. 



The nursery being located where 



General View of the Boston & Maine Nursery at South Lawrence. 



one end of the warehouse and supply 

 yards of the Western Division at 

 South Lawrence, Mass., where Mr. 

 Curtis has his headquarters. One is 

 struck with the happy manner in 

 which the aesthetic is blended with the 

 practical here a department of shrubs 

 for embellishing right of way merg- 

 ing into piles of rails, ties, switches 

 and movable railroad property of all 

 kinds. 



the workmen naturally congregate 

 prior to setting forth upon their vari- 

 ous duties along the line, gives an op- 

 portunity to utilize the spare hours 

 of these men, which in the aggregate 

 means a great deal of time. 



Nearly every arriving train brings 

 one or more men from a completed 

 job of some kind, and instead of "kill- 

 ing time" waiting for the next train, 

 he spends his leisure to advantage hoe- 



