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about the future of his own business, wlietlier the 
near future will consist of lean years when he will 
have to economize at eveiy i)oint to kee]) his business 
solvent or whether it will be necessary to branch out 
to meet tlie demaiuls of the future. 
Whatever immediate future may have in store 
there is little doubt but that the no great distant fu¬ 
ture holds promises to the nurseryman and florist be¬ 
yond ])i-esent conception. 
Our business in the main is like agriculture, it is 
fundamental and not only so but it caters to the re¬ 
finement of human happiness. 
Before this vast country is brought even to the hor¬ 
ticultural condition of Europe try to imagine the in¬ 
calculable nurseries that will be required to bring it 
about to say nothing of the modern democratic spirit 
of advancement that is demanding refinement, art 
and comfort for the masses as well as the classes. 
Is there any reason to doubt that our highways 
will be laid out, planted and parked from one end of 
the country to the other? Or that every community 
will be laid out in parks? 
Jh’ogressive manufacturers are showing all over 
the country that a factory need not be a dump, that 
it is possible to have nice grounds surrounding them. 
Trees preserve the roads, help to keep down the 
<lust and ])revent disease. 
Wan is a gregarious animal but also a reasoning 
one and he has found out that congested city life is 
not good for him and the reaction toward suburban 
and country life has set in, encouraged by the elec¬ 
tric car and the automobile. 
While perhaps the latter is drawing much money 
that would otherwise go to the nurseryman, in tlie 
end it will cease to be a luxury and really indirectly 
promote interest in the nurseryman’s products for 
wlio wants to live in the country without nice sur¬ 
roundings? 
The inspiration of hope and imagination is the best 
wish of The National Nurseryman to its readers foi- 
the New Year. 
Bulletin No. 28 of the U. S. 
BULB GROWING 1). of A. recording experi 
IN THE U. S. ments in bulb growing at 
Bellingham, Washington, 
proves very conclusively that Dutch bulbs, such as 
Hyacinths and Tulips, can be grown in the United 
States as well if not better than in Holland. 
It would be a very unpatriotic American or ]) 0 ()rly 
informed horticulturist who ever thought anything 
else. It really did not need the I)e])artment of Agri 
culture to ])rove it. 
There is climate and soil in the immense area of 
tlie United States suitable for all plants of the tern- 
])erate and sub-tropical zones, d’o gain the skill and 
train the workinan so that it can be done on a com 
mercially profitable basis takes time, money and 
brains and constitutes the real problem. 
That this jiroblem will be solved in time there is 
little doubt, but at jiresent at least American grown 
bulbs will not greatly affect the market. 
Bvsiness Movements. 
A NEW NURSERY 
Paul E. Gray and Harrison R. Cole have started a 
nursery in the name of Gray & Cole at Haverhill, 
Mass., and are growing a general line of flowering 
plants, vines, shrubs, trees, with a department of 
landscai3e gardening. 
W^e wish the new firm every success in their ven¬ 
ture. 
R. M. C. Rohlfs of the Alta Vista Nursery, Daven¬ 
port, Iowa, purchased at public auction 48 acres of 
land for which he paid the sum of $15,440, or $386 
per acre. The tract of land in question adjoins the 
nursery on the Brady Street Road two miles from 
the city. Mr. Rohlfs expects to use the property to 
extend his nursery. 
Albert Tersteeg, formerly manager of the Sunny- 
field Nursery Company, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to¬ 
gether with William Godding, also of this firm, have 
purchased all the stock and the name has been chang¬ 
ed to the Poughkeepsie Nursery Company. The con¬ 
cern will be incorporated and F. B. Down will con¬ 
tinue an officer in it. 
M. G. Coplen, Rockville, Md., writes as follows; ‘H 
am removing my nursery from Green Spring, West 
Virginia, to a larger and better location near W^ash- 
ington, D. C. 
WGll be in the market for a general line of nursery 
stock for spring jfianting. ” 
Chase Brothers Company, Rochester, N. Y"., have 
disposed of the property where their offices are locat¬ 
ed, but expect to remain where they are until tlie 
spring of 1914 under a lease. 
N. E. Copeland, Oakland, Kansas, writes: “AVe are 
quitting the nursery business.” 
WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY 
The hfty-ninth annual meeting of the AVestern 
New Ah)rk Horticultural Society will take place Jan¬ 
uary 28, 29 and 30th, 1914, in the Convention Hall, 
Rochester, N. A’’. 
