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I MICHIGAN NURSERY INTERESTS 
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THE E. MAUDLIN NURSERY, BRIDGMAN, MICH. 
Mr. E. Maudlin established this business in 1890 and was 
responsible for its rapid growth. When in 1904, Mr. 
Maudlin was compelled to retire, R. H. McNeil who had 
worked with him for some time and thoroughly understood 
all branches of it, took charge and finally purchased the nur¬ 
sery. The present owner makes a specialty of the wholesale 
trade though there is a fast increasing retail business. 
The nursery is in the famous fruit-belt of Michigan and 
as regards soil, climate and shipping facilities is extremely 
fortunate. 
I MICHIGAN NURSERY COMPANY, MONROE, MICH. 
E. H. Reynolds established these nurseries sixty years 
ago. Their growth was slow until 1889 when the business 
which had been known as the E. H. Reynolds Nursery was 
incorporated as the Reynolds & Lewis Nursery. Today the 
name is as above. 
The company holds along Lake Erie at Monroe, a large 
tract of land which is especially adapted to growing select 
nursery stock. A general line of stock including fruit and 
ornamental trees, vines, shrubs, roses and small fruit plants 
is grown. 
The company is now adding to its already extensive 
equipment, a new packing cellar fifty by a hundred feet to 
accommodate increasing business. 
THE CENTRAL NURSERY AND FLORAL 
COMPANY, (Inc.), KALAMAZOO 
This firm first existed through the organization and 
incorporation of the Central Michigan Nursery in 1895. 
Block of marketable apples. 
The company purchased a farm in a fine suburban residen¬ 
tial section and located there its growing headquarters and 
offices. In 1900, the Kalamazoo Nursery and Floral Co. 
J. N. Stearns, Kalamazoo Nurseries. 
was organized by parties interested in the Central Michigan 
Nursery, and a range of greenhouses was built on a thirty 
acre tract just north of the city. In 1901, a consolidation 
of the two properties and companies was effected, combining 
the entire plants and businesses of the companies, except 
the retail floral store. The property north of the city was 
sold. In 1907, the entire property and assets of the com¬ 
pany were sold and transferred to the new organization, 
which included new capital and personality. L. P. Thurs¬ 
ton was elected president and general manager; Miss Jessie 
L. Sornberger, secretary and treasurer The present direc¬ 
tors are L. P. Thurston, Victor L. Palmer and W. E. 
Upjohn. 
The home grounds consist, of seventy acres of land 
devoted to a large variety of ornamental shrubs, perennials, 
small fruits, and fruit trees, with a view, exclusively, to 
supplying a large and constantly growing retail trade. The 
company employs agents on the road and does a Mail Order 
Business. There is a greenhouse range of 40,000 feet of 
glass, in which are grown Carnations, Roses, Violets, 
Chrysanthemums, Sweet Peas and the like for local trade; 
a portion of the glass is also used for propagating Roses, and 
other stock needed in the Nursery. The company has a 
large storage cellar, underground stables and plenty of bam 
and shed room. The soil is admirably adapted for raising 
high grade Cherry and Peach, small fruits, Evergreens and 
perennials, the latter item being a strong feature. 
