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The Florists^ Review 



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,;i!n|> at Ay<'r, Mass., OctolitT '>. Wnin<^ 

 \|r. Al)i:iins lias Ix'cii associatcil with 

 his tatliiT ill tin- lloiists' Imsiiicss t'oi 

 .(•vfial v«'ars. 



Nebraska Man Joins. 



A. 'I'. Howard, of tlic Howard (irccii 

 houst's and [''lower Shop, ScottshliitV, 

 \i'l»., lias answered the call of riicie 

 S.tiii and Joined the ai'niy. He is now 

 ,it one of the trainin;^- canips learniii'^ 

 1,,(W to make wai in the most a[>i)ro\ed 

 modern style. 



Galveston Seedsman in Army. 



U. I'. Har<;rave, one of the owners of 

 llai};raves ' Seed Store, (.Jalveston, Tex., 

 i>; a nieinbor of the (|uartc'rinaster "s 

 corps of the United States army and is 

 stationed at (^anij* Loyan, Houston, 

 I'ex., one of the eanii)s wlier<> what was 

 the national j>iiar(l is in training. .\lr. 

 Margrave was associated with his fa 

 ther, M. I'. Harj^rave, who died recent 

 ly, and his brother, .1. F. Harj^rave, in 

 llie seed liiisiness at (lahcston. 



A VISIT TO WHITE MARSH. 



Home of the Vincents. 



At a recent meeting; of the (iardeners" 

 .ind Florists' Club of Baltimore 1 talked 

 to Richard Vincent, .Ir., about dahlias. 

 \lo liad a vase of new dahlias on exhi 

 hition that surj)assed anything 1 had 

 e\or seen, and as we examined tliem 

 the tliought struck me that I had never 

 been out at \Vhit«' .Marsh, .\Id., to see 

 the lionu! of tlu; dahlia, canna and chry 

 '^anthcnium. So w c made an en<(a<>;e 

 meat, and in dui' course of time T met 

 Mr. VinctMit at histori<- old Camden sta 

 lion, Baltimore, and from there on it 

 \\as a. personally coiiductt-d tour, witii 

 a most interesting man for j^uide. An 

 we |»as.scd throuf^h the beautiful conn 

 try Mr. Vincent jiointed out to me s])ots 

 of unusual interest, ;ind about fifteen 

 miles out we }>;ot ofl' at a station in a 

 i(uiet sj)ot. Tliere was a postotlice .•iiid 

 a }»:roup of buildinjjs, and thiufjs lookcij 

 unusually busy ;iiid prosperous for su( h 

 ;i location. To run ahead of my story, 

 I learutid on my return to the station 

 that the \inceiit dahlia f.aim was re 

 .sponsible for this st;iti<ui and iiosf(d1ice 

 in the woods. 



We had about a mile's ride in mic 

 of the automobiles from the jdace, hmm- 

 lino roads :uid throuj^h a densely woodeii 

 country, arriving; at what is often calle(i 

 " Vincentville. ' ' We emerged from the 

 woods into a wcdl kept farm of .'."id 

 .■icres. There .are fourteen dwcdlings on 

 it, five of whiidi are occujiied by cliil- 

 dron of my host, and the remainder by 

 employees of the farm. The eye wouM 

 become daz/led by the kaleid()sco|pe of' 

 i-olor as we went along the driv(\ and 

 as far as the eye could reach wore fields 

 of ilahlias and cannas in full bloom. 

 Here and theie w.-i^ a ficdd of (dirysaii 

 iliemums not yet in bloom, but the 

 bright green foliage Indped to make \i]< 

 a picture that surpassed anything 1 had 

 <'\-er seen iu flowers. 



The Range and Packing Shed. 



I have stood ou a peak in the Blur 

 Kidge mountains and looki'd oft" into 

 the Cumberland and Shenandoah vallo\ 

 at fields of ripening giiiin that suggested 

 a jiatchwork (piilt. This is just wliat 

 the Vincent dahlia farm wouM stiggesf. 

 except that iie:irl\- ('\erv (Mdor of flic 



WHO'S WHO Tr/d".^ AND WHY I 



Ttir?^^it?^rfRf^^i>?^ ::rff!rit;i^iri.^^ 



HENRY MEUSCHKE. 



Fl'iW men ;ne so I'ortiiuate as to lie ."ible to combine bu-^iiii'>s witli pleasure, or, 

 rather, to have a iirofitable business i|ev(dop from ;i hobby. When his health 

 failed several years ago, Henry Meiisclike, I'ittsburgh, I'a., sold his bakery :ind 

 confectionery business :iiii| moved to <'!tstle Shannon, iieiu that city. There he 

 occupied his leisiu'e growing (lowers. IJeiiewed health ami much pleasure were 

 derived from this work jiid gradiiallv .Mr. Meiischke enlarged the scope of hi.s 

 operations. When his two sons, who also had dev (doped a love t'or llowers, deci<le(l 

 to make floriculture their life work, .Mr. .Meiiscdike built the Saxonwald (iieen 

 iiouses, a range (d' |.")II,(mi(i feet of gl;|s■^. h'ive yetirs ago the range w;is taken 

 over bv the l.udwiy h'ioral Co., ot' wliieli Mr. Meiis(dd\e tin ii becunie tre;i>urer. 

 He wa'^ born in (iermaiiv ^ixtv three \e;iis ;i^o ,iiid i;inie to this eounttv when 

 lie w;is 1 .") ve;ns ot' aye. 



ijiinbow makes up the beautiful sieio . 



In the disflillce I cuilght ^igllt of .-I 

 range of gl;iss, .-md ;in we ,•! ppid.'ic lied it 

 I beg;iii to h;ive some c(uice|ition ol' it-- 

 iii;i;^ii it iide. 'i'lie first range wi' entered 

 \\a> the oiii' in wliiidi the stoik idaiit^ 

 ai e ke|it. in this range, wliicli covers 

 .in acre of grouinl, one can see ;;n(i,(i(Mi 

 ueianiiinis growing om beiiclns. beside^ 

 otliei bedding plants. All of tiic best 

 varieties are grown, .and a^ tiie liim 

 ^ells plants from L' :in<l ;; inch pots fi. 

 lloiists, its reputation demands that 

 iveryt liiiig must be the best in variety 

 .ind, above everyt li iiit;. tiiie to name. 



.\s Mr. X'inceiit e\|ii;iine(| the care 

 and system used to .-ireoiuplish this, 1 

 was not surprised tli.at sjiipnieiits ;ire 

 in.ade to florists in every state east of 

 the !Mississip]ii, from Maine to Florida. 

 In the |iacking liouses there was an 

 Older t'or 1,0011 ger;iniunis t'loni '■'> itudi 

 pots beilii.; put oil till' tiiiclv t'or Miiine. 



This yicMl ni;iss ni' stock is s(d(t with 

 out ,'i s.'ijesnum oil till' road, .'idvertise- 

 nieiits ,'iiid a catalogue being the only 

 ■ ' s;i h'siueu " ' eniployeil. This p.'lckillg 

 sllecl is three stories .'ill, I ;i cellar, ,'ind 



eveiytiiiiiy .'ilioiit it Works like .'i piece 

 ol' Well lubricated maciiinerv. H. .\ . 

 \'ini('iit. who has cli;iry:e cd' this |ilaiit 

 '•lid 111' till' liiisiiiess, has iiis otiici- in 



the celitel ol' this beeilivi- o |' illdustrv, 



and 111' has devised .'i system tti.'it Is as 

 lii'arlv perfect .'is it po-.>ihly couhl I.,'. 

 There is (Uie tliiiii; t'or vvliicii he i- ;il- 

 wavs nil the .ileit; that i-. ;iii oppoi'- 

 tiinity to ecoiionii/e on sp.-oe ,'ind labor. 

 Kadiatiiig from this shed aie foiii blocks 

 ot' houses, each of these coveriiiL; an 

 acre of gi'(Mind. In e;ich ot' these ranges 

 tli(! benches run crossways instead of 

 the length of the lunise, ,-ind one cm 

 readily see where much time is saved 

 iu wheeling the plants from flu; jiotting 

 benches to the lioiises. These four 



