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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBMSBB 25, 1909. 



MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH. 



The greenhouses of John Breitmeyer's 

 Sons were never in better shape than 

 now. In the new range one of the 250- 

 foot houses is devoted to carnations, 

 mostly of the newer varieties. This house 

 is under the supervision of Ernest Wolf, 

 who deserves much credit. Pink Im- 

 perial attracts much attention. This is 

 one of the favorites. It bears a good, 

 large flower early in the season. 



The roses at Breitmeyer's give every 

 promise of a fine crop of nice, clean flow- 

 ers this year. My Maryland looks es- 

 pecially fine. This variety appears to be 

 an extra good one. It is not subject to 

 ■disease, as are most of our roses. The 

 Beauties, Killarneys and, in fact, all the 

 roses showed much good care on the part 

 of Melvin Davison, who is in charge. 

 Two houses, each 36x250 feet, were 

 added to the new range last summer, and 

 these are now devoted to roses. This 

 addition makes a total of 175,000 square 

 feet of glass in the new range. Eventu- 

 ally all the houses will be on this part of 

 Breitmeyer's sixty-five acres of ground. 



One thing especially noticeable at 

 Breitmeyer's is the growing of vege- 

 tables. Every available space is planted 

 with tomatoes, lettuce, etc. Fred Breit- 

 meyer says, ' ' When our early mums and 

 indoor asters are gone, we have plenty 

 of time to grow a crop of vegetables be- 

 fore we need the benches again, and it is 

 by having your houses working for you 

 always that you make them pay." The 

 chrysanthemums at this place would be 

 hard to beat. Every good commercial 

 kind and some fancies are grown. Many 

 fine pompons, anemones and singles are 

 also s6en. In the pompons the beautiful 

 dark bronze variety. Vera, causes many 

 exclamations. 



At Eobert Klagge's place one of the 

 principal features is an unusually fine 

 house of La Detroit roses. The even 

 growth of these is really remarkable, each 

 and every plant about the same as its 

 neighbor. When Mr. Klagge starts cut- 

 ting, then look out. The Detroit mar- 

 ket will see as fine La Detroits as one 

 could wish for, and lots of them. 



Leojwld Mallest grows only carna- 

 tions and violets, but these he does 

 well. His carnations were not planted 

 until the latter part of July. They have 

 taken a good hold and show great care. 

 Mr. Mallest employs but little help, but, 

 by strict attention to business and with 

 the help of his father, manages to grow 

 stock above the standard. 



At A. L. Stevens' place a fine lot of 

 stock greets the eyes. Besides carna- 

 tions and violets, Mr. Stevens will this 

 year try his luck with sweet peas. If he 

 succeeds in growing the sweet peas as 

 well as he has grown the other stock, 

 then all will be well. 



At John Gary's the visitor will cer- 

 tainly feel compelled, in spite of the 

 proprietor's modest denials, to form a 

 high opinion of the stock, especially the 

 KUlarney roses. The house of Killarney 

 seen here, both white and pink, is not 

 surpassed by anything at Mount Clemens. 



August von Boeselager has more than 

 just greenhouses. He has an eye to the 

 artistic. The grounds around his resi- 

 dence are very nicely laid out. Upon 

 entering the greenhouses, you pass 

 through a cobblestone front, the windows 

 of which are all outlined with miniature 

 electric lamps. 



The carnations seen at Boeselager 'b 

 remind one of a field of thrifty weeds, 

 so heavy is the growth. The plants are 



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