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The Garden Magazine, October, 1923 
If Mandan can, you can 
One of the best lighted towns in 
the United States is Mandan, North 
Dakota, which has one ornamental 
street light to every ten residents. 
Better street lighting means safer 
streets and higher property values. 
Yet the cost per person per year is 
so small that every live town can 
afford it. 
If Mandan can, you can. 
The same street light¬ 
ing engineering serv¬ 
ice that helped Man¬ 
dan to illuminate is at 
the service of your 
city. These specialists 
are part of the Gen¬ 
eral Electric Com¬ 
pany; an organization 
of 100,000 men and 
women who make 
apparatus through 
which electricity is put 
to work. 
Success 
Iwiih l\OSCS 
by c JR^ob ert ‘Pyl e 
Dear Folks: 
This week I've been ‘Mown East.** Hartford, 
Conn, has been the mecca for American Florists 
and Ornamental Horticulturists. All in one hour, 
I was able to talk with Roy Wilcox the Palm 
grower of Los Angeles, California, with W. C. 
Griffing, whose brothers own a string of nurseries 
along our Gulf states, and with Harold Hume, well- 
known for his horticultural triumphs in Florida. 
The next hour presented J. C. Vaughan of Chicago 
and New York, Robert Craig of Porto Rico and 
Philadelphia, both of them American Horticultural 
Pioneers on a par with Peter Henderson. 
Why yearn for transcontinental air lanes when 
one could annihilate space and get first hand re¬ 
ports from the chief actors from every comer and 
every angle of the Horticultural Field, all comfort¬ 
ably under one roof. 
Of course, the chance to talk with Rose men 
here as elsewhere meant most to me, and the Rose 
growers present represented no less than several 
millions of Roses now growing in various parts of 
New York State, Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
and elsewhere. 
“What has the season been for Roses?’* Was 
my question and from section after section came 
the answer, “It has been dry.’’ Six weeks or per¬ 
haps double without rain. One man who planted 
3 00,000 plants, on account of drought, saved only 
7f),00 0. Drought also has checked new growth so 
that there is great lack of new wood with eyes 
suitable for budding. This also curtails next year’s 
crop. Drought is but one of many hazards we 
growers must “get by’’ to turn out strong, sturdy, 
sure to bloom Rose plants. 
If ever good Rose plants seem high in' price, 
remember the Rose man may not be able to 
market many of the plants upon which he has 
spent his labor and judging from what I have seen 
and heard, I can see no prospects of lower prices 
ne * year the reverse would not surprise me. 
If you can get good Roses for planting this 
Fall, tiy it. Dr. E. M. Mills, the expert ama¬ 
teur and our American Dean Hole, living as far 
north as central New York State, writes me that 
he prefers Fall Planting for Roses if he can get 
the Roses. 
We’ve selected*.a lot of Roses 
for Fall planting and our Fall 
Catalogue is now ready to mail. 
Send for a copy to-dtry. 
CONARD &JonesC °* 
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Box 24, West Grove, Pa. 
Headquarters for Rose Hugonis 
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A few dollars will buy seeds of the 
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Sample packet containing twelve distinct 
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Rev. J. A. Anderson, Glenn Hall, Leicester, England 
MS,ROSES 
Also Tulips, Hyacinths. Narcissus, Crocus, Lilies, 
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Our New Guide to Rose Culture for 1923 
Send for copy to-day. It’s free. Offers the leading 
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