. The dream of "Ellen N" : an illustrated descriptive and historical narrative of southern travels . f controlling trade and making it flow through their hands. They realize that the situationof Memphis makes an extensive territory of the most fertile lands in the world tributary to her; and thatif they but make the effort the country will yield them its fruits—and the men of Memphis are not themen to let an opportunity slip through their fingers. They are wide-awake, pushing and abreast of thetimes. Of late vears the city has been almost entirely rebuilt, and it is altogether modem in appeara
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. The dream of "Ellen N" : an illustrated descriptive and historical narrative of southern travels . f controlling trade and making it flow through their hands. They realize that the situationof Memphis makes an extensive territory of the most fertile lands in the world tributary to her; and thatif they but make the effort the country will yield them its fruits—and the men of Memphis are not themen to let an opportunity slip through their fingers. They are wide-awake, pushing and abreast of thetimes. Of late vears the city has been almost entirely rebuilt, and it is altogether modem in appearance. T. A both bv river and rail has steadily grown, and a wider field of enterprise has now been openedIts trade, both ^ > ^^ f *; ™ ^^^^f^.^^.^ingits raw products, instead of sending them away to be manusince Memphis has taken to •^^^*- ^^^^^^1 impression that the city was unhealty, and, indeed ^t:^^lro^^^^^^^ ^ ^-™-^ --- ^ -- and surface^ drainage hasremoved this objedlion. The death-rate and mhcaltliN as the great majority of cities. licipal tables of mortality show that Memphis. IS situited rn inorthern suburbof the clt^ ofClirksMlle indIS about ID nunutes ilk fromthe corner of Seend and anklinSts The LodgeIS the propert olL >pt J J Crusmann whieh is his resi•a fit abode for imillionaire—nestling as * it does xmong man^ fine sp^eniieiis of e%ergeens from which it deI nes its euphonious appellation Thfitness of the location for a nursery flower-garden may be seen at a glance, liom the facT: that the magnolias of Floridaand spruces of Nor%vav flourish side by side, beingin that happy medium of latitude where the rich and xanedlloral treasures of the South meet in gorgeous arra>- their o-jf^^-^ ^^!^^hood of the North. The flower-garden and nursery composes about fifteen t cultivation. More than half is devoted to flowers. Carnations, roseschrysanthemums, tube roses and dahlias are grown by the thousands; palmsS ferns are also a specialty, geraniums