. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Wholesale Growers of Onion, Lettuce, Sweet Peas and other California Specialties C. C. MORSE & CO. 48 Jackson St. SAN PRANCISCO, CAL. Mention The Review when you write. PietBrs-WliBeler Sssd Conpiny HolUster, California Growers of High Grade Seeds Onlen, Radish, Lettuce, Sweet Peas, etc. : : : Correspondence Solicited. Mention The Review when you write. CONTRACT SEED GROWER SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato, Vine Seed ni Field Corn lDuAK r. nUKir, nbw jkrs^t ' Correspondence Solicited. Routzahn Seed Co. ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. SWEET PEA and NA
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Wholesale Growers of Onion, Lettuce, Sweet Peas and other California Specialties C. C. MORSE & CO. 48 Jackson St. SAN PRANCISCO, CAL. Mention The Review when you write. PietBrs-WliBeler Sssd Conpiny HolUster, California Growers of High Grade Seeds Onlen, Radish, Lettuce, Sweet Peas, etc. : : : Correspondence Solicited. Mention The Review when you write. CONTRACT SEED GROWER SPECIALTIES: Pepper, Egg Plant, Tomato, Vine Seed ni Field Corn lDuAK r. nUKir, nbw jkrs^t ' Correspondence Solicited. Routzahn Seed Co. ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM SPECIALISTS Wholesale irrowers of full lists of FLOWER and OARDEN SEEDS. Mention The Review when vou write. SEEDS Best that grow. We sell di- rect to gardeners and florists at wholesale. Big beautiful catalogue free. Write today. ABCHIA8 SEED 8T0BE, Box 68, Sedalla, Ho. Mention The Review when you write. In 1803 Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana from Napoleon for $15,000,000. A lot of money at that time. It figured up 2\^ cents an acre, made about 14 states, and was probably the greatest real estate transaction ever known. Jef- ferson saw ahead. Next, in 1822, James Monroe bought Florida from Spain for $5,000,000, a very small part of the as- sessed value of Jacksonville today. Then, just after the civil war. Uncle Sam bought Alaska for $7,200,000, and was severely criticised for thirty years. To- day it pays for itself in gold about three times per annum.'Then, after the Spanish war, we paid $20,000,000 for the Philip- pines because we had whipped Spain and could have had it for nothing, but thought better to smooth it over with money. The profit of this purchase is yet to come. And the last purchase was the Panama Canal site, costing nearly as much as all the others combined—$40,000,000. Profits yet to come. All this work is foresight into the future. Foresight in man is a very valuable asset—a good deal more so than hindsight. Some men have fore- sight to a mode
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