The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . e necessary for himto find a new location and this provedno easy task. In his search he ex-amined something more than two hun-dred farms, from Plymouth, Mass.,on the south to Somersworth, N. H.,on the north, and settled at last uponMadbury, N. H., as offering the great-est number of essentials for his busi-ness success. Many points had to beconsiderd in making this selection—a heavy clay soil is absolutely neces-sarv for the cultivation of the rose— gregate 225 acres, against which nomortgage ha
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . e necessary for himto find a new location and this provedno easy task. In his search he ex-amined something more than two hun-dred farms, from Plymouth, Mass.,on the south to Somersworth, N. H.,on the north, and settled at last uponMadbury, N. H., as offering the great-est number of essentials for his busi-ness success. Many points had to beconsiderd in making this selection—a heavy clay soil is absolutely neces-sarv for the cultivation of the rose— gregate 225 acres, against which nomortgage has ever been recorded. The work of building the first housebegan in 1890 and was completed thefollowing year. Its dimensions are50 by 812 feet. Mr. Elliott firstplanted the American Beauty, butthe venture was not successful. American florists have long lookedto Europe for their novelties, butthree years ago Mr. E. G. Hill ofRichmond, Ind., gave to the worldthat wonderfully beautiful deep redrose whose velvety petals, exudingrich fragrance, make it today queenof the roses. This, with becoming. Exterior View of Greenhouses, No. 2 then, too, there must be level fields,arid in this case they needed to be ofample proportion, in order to accom-modate the mammoth plant which has here established. Thewater supply must be access to the depot, to enablerapid shipment and to avoid longhauls of building materials, was ofgreat importance. He wanted to se-cure a large house as a summer homefor the family—and easy access to theshore, while not absolutely necessary,was in his case very desirable. first purchase was theYoung farm and to this he hassince added two more farms and inall has purchased seven different par-cels of land. His holdings now ag- modesty, he christened The Rich-mond. Its keeping qualities aresecond to none and it is hard to con-ceive a more beautiful sight than thefirst bed which ]\Ir. Elliott planted,which measures 4x150 feet
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