March 11, 1911- 



HORTICULTURE 



821 



THE DREER CELEBRATION. 



One hundred and seventy-nine of the 

 leading florists of Philadelphia, Wash- 

 ington, Baltimore, and New York vis- 

 ited the new range of greenhouses of 

 the Dreer Co. at Rlverview, N. J., on 

 the 8th inst^ A special train was char- 

 tered by the courtesy of this firm — 

 who also served a collation after the 

 inspection of the houses to their 

 guests. Robert Craig was spokesman 

 for the visitors, and returned warm 

 thanks for a pleasant and profitable 

 afternoon. 



J. Otto Thilow responded for the firm, 

 and \-ead a telegram from William F. 

 Dreer — who is at present in California 

 — extending greetings to the visitors 

 and congratulations to all those con- 

 cerned in the wonderful feat of having 

 erected three acres of greenhouses— a 

 complete new establishment and all 

 planted and in running order in twelve 

 weeks. L. R. King president of the 

 King Construction Co., was present, 

 and did much to explain knotty points- 

 to the visitors, and received many can- 

 gratiilations on the good and quick job 

 he had accomplished. J. D. Eisele, the 

 manager of the Dreer nurseries also 

 received his share of the praises going 

 — as everybody realized that he was 

 the man behind the gun — or as Mr. 

 Thilow stated it — the fire behind the 

 engine. A group photograph was 



Uouse of Vailegated Pineapple. 

 Even far-away Bos- Messrs. Eisele, Strohlein, Tull, Clark 



general verdict 

 ton was represented in the person of 

 our good friend Thomas Roland. The 

 New York delegation was headed by 



and other officers of the company were 

 indefatigable in their personal efforts 

 to make the visit agreeable to their 



taken by Mr. Pancoast at the wind-up 

 as a memento of the occasion. A very 

 pleasant and profitable afternoon and 

 one long to be remembered was the 



Tbe New Dreer Rauge. 



John Birnie, who took fatherly care 

 of his crowd, and among other things 

 gave us entertaining dissertations on 

 the shortcomings of King David. 



guests. Captains of departments too 

 numerous to mention, were ubiquitous 

 and always on hand where the inquiry 

 or the want of a guest expressed itself. 

 We congratulate the company and all 

 concerned on the beautiful and smooth 

 arrangements, and the splendid and 

 all ro\md success of the outing. 



House of PlinpniT 1inph<»tan!. 



The Boiler House. 



