Copyright, 1899, bv 

 rbOKISTS' PUBLISHING GO., 520-535 Gaxton B luift. CHICAGO. 



Vol. IV. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JULY 13, 1899. 



No. 85. 



AMONG CHICAGO GROWERS. 



Reinberg Bros. 



After the large additions made to 

 Reinberg Bros.' glass last summer it 

 was supposed that the brothers would 

 be content for a while with their im- 

 mense glass surface, but a trifle of 24 

 large houses, each 25x265, were built 

 this summer, just to keep their hands 

 in us it were, and it begins to look as 

 though Anton Then's fears were not 

 unfounded. Mr. Then's place is about 

 half a mile south and last summer he 

 was considerably agitated by a fear 

 that the brothers would eventually 

 build down to and over him. This 

 sally excited a good deal of laughter 

 at the time but the case begins to look 

 serious. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of a part of this 

 establishment, with 12 of the new 

 houses in the foreground. The other 

 in are to lie seen ;i t the left and a lit- 

 tle back. The new houses are devoted 

 wholly to American Beauties, and the 



other picture shows the interior of one 

 of the new houses. The young plants 

 are certainly in fine condition and 

 promise splendid results the coming 

 season. 



The brothers will this year bench no 

 less than 86,000 Beauties, and in other 

 roses thev will have 37,000 Maids, 30,- 

 000 Brides. 18,500 Meteors, 10.500 

 Perles, 7,000 Kaiserins. 5,000 LaFrance 

 and 5,000 Golden Gates. The space de- 

 villed to Beauties has been very con- 

 siderably increased in proportion this 

 year. 



Carnations will also be given mor< 

 prominence than heretofore. Tin \ 

 have 300,000 plants now in the field 

 in 23 varieties, and of these they in- 

 tend to house for their own growing 

 as follows: Triumph, 23.500; Evans- 

 ton, 21,000; Jubilee. 12,500; Evelina, 

 11.000; Argyle. 8.500; Flora Hill, 8,500; 



Scott, 7,500; Mrs. Bradt, 7. White 



Cloud, 6.000; Daybreak, 5.000; Frances 

 Joost, 5,000; Mayor Pingree, 5,000; Ar- 



nrazindy, 5,000; America. 1. I; Mc- 



Gowan, 1,000; Nivea. 4,000; Gold Nug- 



get, 3,500; Victor. 3.000: G. H. Crane. 

 1.500: Painted Lady, 1,000; Tidal 

 Wave. 1.000; Gov. Griggs. 1,000; Melba, 

 500. The field carnations have been a 

 little backward but recent favorable 

 weather is bringing them rapidly for- 

 ward. 



This establishment is undoubtedly 

 the largest range of glass in the world 

 devoted exclusively to the production 

 of cut flowers, and a walk through the 

 corridors alone and merely peeping 

 into each house is alone a serious 

 task. The cut of flowers is of course 

 enormous and a large double wagon 

 makes two trips a day to the city 

 salesroom at r.l Wabash ave., where 

 Archie Spencer is in charge. 



Though about 21 acres are already 

 covered with glass the brothers have 

 a total nf :'.!' ;ieres of ground and there 

 is still room for expansion, though it 

 will not be long before the land will 

 be almost too valuable to use for 

 greenhouse purposes, as the city has 

 reached out to and beyond them and 

 residences are going up on all sides. 



Partial View of Greenhouses of Reinberg Bros., Chicago, with new range in foreground. 



