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HORTICULTURE 



November 20, 1915 



The ghow windows are obonged every day. Never are 

 tbey crowded ; alwa>§ iu there a choice, tasty sugges- 

 tion in floral possibilities. 



To get an interior that does justice to this cbamilng 

 shop, was out of the question. 



It was a good deal like "not being able to see the woods 

 because of the trees." 



Gettimig Both Esids of Ae Striim 

 r itlhie Schroeter— Stahe, 



IF you happen to be fortunate enough to know Mr. 

 A. J. Stahelin of Detroit, you can best admire the 

 quiet, thorough-going way he has with him. 

 Every once in a while, he does something that makes 

 some of his fellow growers sit up and take notice. 

 One of them was, building a house on wheels. 

 The next was building a big Lord & Bumham Iron 

 Framer, 72x400 feet, for sweet peas. 

 Then came the opening of a flower shop — unique and 

 charming in every particular. 

 Here it is, you will find Mr. Schroeter giving vent to 



his hustling progressiveness; while Mr. Stahelin 

 looks more particularly after the producing end. 

 In one of his many pilgrimages for ideas I had the 

 pleasure of spending a day with him among the Ken- 

 nett Square growers near Philadelphia. Later, I was 

 most delightfully entertained at his home when visit- 

 ing his greenhouses. 



Both times, I was impressed with the fact of his 

 being very much like the description of a straight 

 line: "The shortest distance between two points"; 

 which dominating trait, doubtless had a lot to do 

 with his buying one of our finest type of houses. 



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This iron frame house is 72 feet wide and 400 feet long. When the photo was tal<en last winter, 

 the house was filled with sweet peas. 



SALES OFFICES: 



NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO ROCHESTER CLEVELAND 



42ncl Street Bldg. Tr-mont BIdg. Franklin Bank Bldg. Rookery BIdg. Granite Hidg. Swetland Bldg. 



TORONTO, CANADA, Royal Bank Bldg. MONTREAL, Transportation Bldg. 



FACTORIES : Irvington, N V. "^es Plaines. III. St. Catharines, Cansila 



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