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约翰·D·洛克菲勒:洛克菲勒回忆录·补录 46
约翰·D·洛克菲勒《洛克菲勒回忆录》· Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · 领导
In nursery stock, as in other things, the advantage of doing things on a large scale reveals itself. The pleasure and satisfaction of saving and moving large trees--trees, say, from ten to twenty inches in diameter, or even more in some cases--has been for years a source of great interest. We build our movers ourselves, and work with our own men, and it is truly surprising what liberties you can take with trees, if you once learn how to handle these monsters. We have moved trees ninety feet high, and many seventy or eighty feet. And they naturally are by no means young. At one time or another we have tried almost all kinds of trees, including some which the authorities said could not be moved with success. Perhaps the most daring experiments were with horse-chestnuts. We took up large trees, transported them considerable distances, some of them after they were actually in flower, all at a cost of twenty dollars per tree, and lost very few. We were so successful that we became rather reckless, trying experiments out of season, but when we worked on plans we had already tried, our results were remarkably satisfactory.
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定位:Additional excerpt 46 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
洛克菲勒说,买树苗和做别的事一样,规模大就有优势。多年来,搬运和栽种大树——直径十到二十英寸甚至更大——给他带来极大乐趣和满足。他们自己造搬运工具,用自己的工人,一旦学会对付这些庞然大物,就能对树做许多大胆的事。他们搬过九十英尺高的树,许多七十到八十英尺,而且都不是小树。他们试过几乎所有树种,包括专家说搬不活的;最大胆的是七叶树,有的大树在开花时被运走,每棵花二十美元,却很少死。成功之后他们甚至有点冒失,反季节做试验,但按已试过的方案做时,结果非常令人满意。
上下文
洛克菲勒回忆录中讲述自己大规模移植树木的经历,展现他把商业规模思维用于园艺。
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你有没有把工作中练出的方法,大胆用到一件看似不相关的爱好上?
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