. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SBPTBHBKB 8, 1U14 The Florists' Review 18. '' After' this 1 'devoted my entire at-' teution to selecting, (bfl:; l^est-selling colors of the winter-flowering Spencers. My places in Grand View and Bound Brook, N. J., were too small for so many varieties, so I sent all the seed to California, where it might be propa- gated quietly. This was quite necessary, as both my places are every year visited by many hundred florists, who are auxious to obtain something new in the winter sweet pea, and if they had seen the magnificent flowers there, they would h
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SBPTBHBKB 8, 1U14 The Florists' Review 18. '' After' this 1 'devoted my entire at-' teution to selecting, (bfl:; l^est-selling colors of the winter-flowering Spencers. My places in Grand View and Bound Brook, N. J., were too small for so many varieties, so I sent all the seed to California, where it might be propa- gated quietly. This was quite necessary, as both my places are every year visited by many hundred florists, who are auxious to obtain something new in the winter sweet pea, and if they had seen the magnificent flowers there, they would have done almost anything to obtain some of the seed. On California Seed Fields. "My California place was the ideal spot in which to work quietly, without being bothered by experts. In 1909 I ' planted over six acres for seeding pur- poses alone. In 1910 I planted these ex- tensively in my greenhouses in Bound Brook, N. J., and allowed the doors to be opened for inspection. Hundreds of florists came for thousands of miles HFound to see the flowers, and I shall never forget the expression on their faces when they saw these flowers first. In March, 1911, I exhibited some of the flowers at the second national flower show, in Boston, and they were one of the chief attractions. One seedsman at once offered me $100 for a single ounce of the seed, and one English florist offered a high price, but I refused to sell , any of the seed. Of course neither knew it, but at that time I already had many acres in California planted with this ?p-<t place to launch into business. So, 'as^t spring, he prepared his plans, and ^"•^ John C. Moninger Co., of Chicago, ^"rni^hed the material for a range of f i)ur houses, Which may be* seen in the accompanying illustrations. TheT6''iU a. house for roses, 28x120; one for carna- tions, 28x100; one for general stock, 28 X 100, and a show house, 18 x 56. In addition, there is a smaller house for propagating, 15x35. Prospects for a live bus
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