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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
THE ELM CITY NURSERY COMPANY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. 
PLANNING EXTENSIVE EXPANSION 
The Elm City Nursery Company, of New Haven, Conn., 
is well and favorably known throughout New England 
and the Middle States, having built up a large retail trade 
and reputation for reliability and high grade of stock. 
Their present nursery areas are fast becoming too re¬ 
stricted for their rapidly increasing business require¬ 
ments. A very careful search for a new site culminated 
in the recent purchase of several adjoining farms at 
Woodmont, Conn., hut a few miles from the Nursery’s 
present office and grounds. The new purchases adjoin 
the New Haven Railroad Co.’s station at Woodmont, and 
will serve every economy from a transportation stand¬ 
ings, and a propagating plant will be built near the rail¬ 
road station on a tract of ground of some twenty-five 
acres which will be set apart for the purpose and devel¬ 
oped into an attractive commercial park where the Nur¬ 
sery’s products can be displayed to good advantage. The 
Railroad Company is to co-operate with the nursery in 
laying out the station grounds at Woodmont in a park¬ 
like style. 
At a recent stockholders’ meeting, Ernest F. Coe was 
again elected president, W. W. McCartney, treasurer and 
general manager, and Walter E. Campbell, secretary. 
Ernest F. Coe, President 
W. E. Campbell, Secretary 
and Sales Manager 
W. W. McCartney, Treasurer 
and General Manager 
point. The character of the ground is mostly a level 
plain, being part of a section which for many years has 
produced a high grade of market garden seeds, especially 
seed corn and onions. The character of the soil, together 
with the immediate transportation facilities, makes the 
location one hard to beat. Heavy plantings, mostly of 
popular ornamental stock, will be established in the 
spring, much of the ground having already been pre¬ 
pared. It will be two years before the nursery business 
will be moved to the new location at Woodmont, in the 
meantime, up-to-date offices, packing and storage build- 
Ernest F. Coe has been president of the company since its 
incorporation in 1901, and his personal enthusiasm and 
business foresight has been a great factor in the com¬ 
pany’s success. Wesley W. McCartney has been with the 
company many years, previously having been with a 
number of the largest nurseries. He is a splendid or¬ 
ganizer and popular both with the working force and 
customers. 
Walter E. Campbell has been with the company sev¬ 
eral years, previously having had a wide training along 
nursery lines. He is a live wire and a business getter. 
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PANAMA, The Canal—The Country—The People, by 
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have been prominently identified with the movements and 
activities in the realm of horticulture during the past 
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