. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo2. The American Florist. 465 which was, I believe, a quarter of a mile. Harriman Junction is the name of a little town of about 5,000 inhabitants at an altitude of 1,000 feet above the level of the sea and Is the junction ooint of the Southern Railway's line to Knoxville and Asheville, the main road continuing to Chattanoogaand New Orleans. About an hour's further ride brought me to Knoxville, Tenn., where to my pleasure and surprise I met our old friend_ J. D. Carmody, who, as yon all know, is one of the direc
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo2. The American Florist. 465 which was, I believe, a quarter of a mile. Harriman Junction is the name of a little town of about 5,000 inhabitants at an altitude of 1,000 feet above the level of the sea and Is the junction ooint of the Southern Railway's line to Knoxville and Asheville, the main road continuing to Chattanoogaand New Orleans. About an hour's further ride brought me to Knoxville, Tenn., where to my pleasure and surprise I met our old friend_ J. D. Carmody, who, as yon all know, is one of the directors of the Society of American Florists and was alio on his way to Asheville. I had heard of numerous disastrous washouts on the road between Knoxville and Asheville before reaching the former place, but upon reaching that place it was learned definitely that the damages to the road were so great that traffic was entirely suspended and a force of 500 men was on the repairs. To reach Asheville the only course then open to us was to proceed by way of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Atlanta, Ga., and Spartanburg, S. C, and thence north to Asheville. Our train was not due to leave until 2 o'clock in the after- noon of that day, Tuesday. We there- fore had about five hours in which to see the points of interest in Knoxville. It was not long until we found two floral establishments, the stores of Charles W. Crouch and of whom gave us a cordial greeting and, although we did not visit his green- houses, we learned that Mr. Crouch had quite an extensive range two miles from town, where further extensions of his plant are contemplated this summer. Mr. Baum has not been long in the busi- ness but is an ambitious, youthful fellow who did his utmost to make our stay in his town one of pleasure and interest. Knoxville is built on the sides of two mountains, separated by the Holston river, which is spanned by a magnificent iron bridge of recent construction, reach- ing from the side of on
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