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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 30, 1910. 



WEST aSOVE, PA. 



The career of the Dingee & Conard 

 Co. is a good illustration of what has 

 been done by many florists in pioneer 

 work — the work of beginning business 

 in sparsely settled districts, growing 

 up with the community and repaying 

 the patronage received from the com- 

 munity by contributing liberally to the 

 community's prosperity. The business 

 world has been slow to give florists 

 the credit which is due them for what 

 they have accomplished in this line. It 

 has been difficult to realize how such a 

 frail, flimsy and perishable product as 

 flowers could give such substantial aid 

 to the world of industry. 



When Charles Dingee came to West 

 Grove he found but one house. A 

 frog pond covered a large part of what 

 is now a thriving borough. Its facili- 

 ties were weekly mails and railroad 

 connections at Port Deposit. The first 

 partners in the enterprise were Isaac 

 Jackson, J. B. Gray and Charles Din- 

 gee. The first location was nearly op- 

 posite the residence of Mr. Dingee. 

 Mr. Dingee soon afterward formed the 

 firm of Dingee, Conard & Co., with 

 Alfred Conard and Mark Hughes. The 

 sending of growing plants by mail or 

 express was not at that time thought 

 of. After many experiments, many 

 failures and endless study, the firm 

 succeeded. Cigar boxes were used for 

 packing the living plants. Agents were 

 sent scouring the country for the empty 

 boxes, which were used for this pur- 

 pose until a few years ago, when the 

 present neat packages were devised. 



There are now none of the above- 

 mentioned men associated with Mr. 

 Dingee. Alfred P. Reid, president of 

 the First National Bank of West Ches- 

 ter, is now the president. M. Henry 

 Lynch is vice-president and is in ac- 

 tive charge of the business. P. J. 

 Lynch is treasurer and James D. Head- 

 ley is cashier. Charles Dingee, at the 

 age of 85, watches the growth of the 

 business in the hands of others, and his 

 interest is unabated, although he is no 

 longer active in the work. He is still 

 hale and hearty. 



The business was founded in 1850. 

 The company now has a large plant 

 also in New Castle, Ind., and one at 

 Charlotte, N. C. 



Tewksbury, Mass. — Larkin T. T. 

 Chandler is building a greenhouse here 

 and will grow violets for the trade. 



Bottineau, N. D. — The trustees of the 

 North Dakota School of Forestry have 

 let the contract for the erection of a 

 greenhouse at the school. 



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