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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbrdabt 27, 1913. 



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aEO. McALPINE 



Wm. McAlpine Believes that 



Beauties can be 



HOR some time I have been posseesed with "a determination to grow Ameri 

 Beauty Roses for the Boston market. It always seemed to me a reflection 

 us eastern growers that we had to send to New York and Philadelphia 

 Beauties. 



After studying the conditions very carefully, I became convinced of the fact t 

 climate or soil were not the main factors in failure. 

 I believed the houses were wrong. 



I was convinced that what the Beauty needed was lots of breathing space i 

 freedom from draughts, and a greater uniformity of temperature than it is possible 

 maintain in the smaller house. So in 1911 Lord & Bumham built for me one of tt 

 Iron Frame Compression Truss houses, 60 feet wide x 400 feet long. 



We first tried the house out with Pink and White Killameys, Richmonds a 

 Wards, which were of the finest quality. 



Lord & Burnham Comp 



