. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. happyduring the afternoon, and when the lit-tle impromptu meeting was called afterthe luncheon, in order to express thanksand appreciations to the host andhostess, Mr. Vincent said that hisearnest wish was for everybody to makehimself at home. Among the visitors present were threeex-persidents of the S. A. P. O. H. viz.:Edwin Lonsdale, Patrick OMara and Gude. Professor H. J. Patterson,director of the Maryland ExperimentStation, Professor Symons, entomolo-gist; Dr. H. B. M
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. happyduring the afternoon, and when the lit-tle impromptu meeting was called afterthe luncheon, in order to express thanksand appreciations to the host andhostess, Mr. Vincent said that hisearnest wish was for everybody to makehimself at home. Among the visitors present were threeex-persidents of the S. A. P. O. H. viz.:Edwin Lonsdale, Patrick OMara and Gude. Professor H. J. Patterson,director of the Maryland ExperimentStation, Professor Symons, entomolo-gist; Dr. H. B. McDonnell, professor ofchemistry, and Messrs. White and Bal-lard, assistant horticulturists, all of theMaryland Experiment Station. All ofthese gentlemen mads short speechesat the meeting held, and voiced the sen-timents of the entire gathering in ex-pressing their thanks to Vincent & Sonsfor the pleasant day spent at WhiteMarsh. Governor Warfield of the Stateof Maryland had intended to be at thegathering, but owing to that day beingset for turning the first sod in prepara-tion for the coming Jamestown Exposi-. ed there are six houses each 165x 22 feet; six houses 228 x 28 feet;and two houses, each 100 x 20feet, alt heated by steam from a bat-tery of six Furman boilers. The to-tal area of the farm is 200 acres; itis favorably surrounded by woodland,and is all of it under cultivation insome crop or other. It might perhaps not be out of placehere to say a word or two about MrVincent upbuilding his Maryland locaied here in | s<;S and built hisfirst greenhouse in 1S70; a modest struc-ture, in x 15 feet in dimensions. Hedid a little in the nursery business butsoon left thai and took up the raising of vegetable plants, And to give an idea of the volume of the vegetableplan! business :it the present time, wem;iy say thai this year twenty millionplants were disposed of. 900,000 tomatoplants alone being filled In one , chrysanthemums and geran-iums were also take
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