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New Businesses Blend
In County Setting
Love of the land and a need for an interesting, absorbing hobby have led to the establishment of three compatible businesses in Rappahannock County, all blending into the general agricultural pattern of the area. Three nurseries, each specializing in a different horticultural aspect, have emerged, each under the deft supervision of a woman. Circumstances of the women were much the same. All were widowed, though one.„,has re- ; married, and all had land to^j accommodate a business of ithis nature. At The Shade near Washington, Mrs. Paul Summers has (started a nursery specializing in trees and evergreens. Mrs. Francis Leonard produces
Mrs. Francis Leonard inspects the rows of Azaleas in her nursery at Lullwater Farm, Amissville. The hardy field-grown stock was obtained from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Leonard specializes in flowering shrubs at the nursery w;hich she started as a hobby and is developing into a growing business. The plants and surrounding grounds at the nursery are picturesque with the plush green velvet of the lawns as the background.
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