. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OCTOBKK 11, 11*17. The rionsts Kcvicw 19 {•amp at Ayer, Mass., October 5. Young Mr. Abranis has been associated with his father in the florists' business for sevcM-al years. Nebraska Man Joins. A. T. Howard, of the Howard Green- houses and Flower Shop, Scottsbluff, Seh., has answered the call of Uncle Sam and joined the army. He is now iit one of the training camps learning how to make war in the most approved modern .style, Galveston Seedsman in Army. H. 1*. Hargrave, one of the owners of llargraves' Seed Store, Galveston, Tex., is a member of the
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OCTOBKK 11, 11*17. The rionsts Kcvicw 19 {•amp at Ayer, Mass., October 5. Young Mr. Abranis has been associated with his father in the florists' business for sevcM-al years. Nebraska Man Joins. A. T. Howard, of the Howard Green- houses and Flower Shop, Scottsbluff, Seh., has answered the call of Uncle Sam and joined the army. He is now iit one of the training camps learning how to make war in the most approved modern .style, Galveston Seedsman in Army. H. 1*. Hargrave, one of the owners of llargraves' Seed Store, Galveston, Tex., is a member of the quartermaster's ^ o^ ^^^ United States army and is stationed at Camp Logan, Houston, Tex., one of the camps where what was the national guard is in training. Mr. Hargravo was associated with his fa- ther, M. P. Hargrave, who died recent- ly, and his brother, J. F. Hargrave, in the seed l)usiness at Galveston. A VISIT TO WHITE MARSH. Home of the Vincents. At a recent meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Baltimore I talked to Richard Vincent, Jr., about dahlias. He had a vase of new dahlias on exhi- bition that surpassed anything I had ever seen, and as we examined them the thought struck me that I had never been out at White Marsh, Md., to see the home of the dahlia, canna and chry- santhemum. So we made an engage- ment, and in due course of time I met Mr. Vincent at historic old Camden sta- tion, Baltimore, and from there on it was a personally conducted tour, with a most interesting man for guide. As we passed through the beautiful coun- try Mr. Vincent pointed out to me spots of unusual interest, and about fifteen miles out we got oflf at a station in a quiet spot. There was a postoffice and a group of buildings, and things looked unusually busy and i)rosperous for such a location. To run ahead of my story, I learned on my return to the station that the Vincent dahlia farm was re- sponsible for this station and postoffice in the woods. We had about a mile's
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