. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. yet continue one of Fair-mount Park attractions. In the year 1876 Mr. Millerformed a partnership with Charles P. Hayes who was alreadyestablished, the firm becoming known as Miller & Hayes, orthe Mount Airy Nurseries. About the year 1880, decided to retire, and David G. Yates, who hadbeen chief of the Bureau of Admissions of the CentennialExhibition, bought his interest when the firms name becameMiller & Yates. In the year 1887, Mr. Miller planned togive his entire time to landscaping and retired commerically,when the ownership passed to David G. Ya
. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. yet continue one of Fair-mount Park attractions. In the year 1876 Mr. Millerformed a partnership with Charles P. Hayes who was alreadyestablished, the firm becoming known as Miller & Hayes, orthe Mount Airy Nurseries. About the year 1880, decided to retire, and David G. Yates, who hadbeen chief of the Bureau of Admissions of the CentennialExhibition, bought his interest when the firms name becameMiller & Yates. In the year 1887, Mr. Miller planned togive his entire time to landscaping and retired commerically,when the ownership passed to David G. Yates & Co. Uponthe death of the senior member, Thaddeus N. Yates & At the close of the Centennial Exhibition, Charles , as chief gardener, was placed in charge of the floraldecoration of Fairmount Park, his office being in Horti-cultural Hall, and here under him served John Finnety, andGeorge Ballantine, both well known local florists, and JohnWelsh Young, the popular rose-grower of Spring Bank,. Charles H. Miller 57 who is nationally well known as Phil by his contributionsto the Florists Review. Mr. Miller continued in chargeof the work at Horticultural Hall until his death November2, 1902. The youngest, largest and most favorably situatedof our nurseries is Andorra, founded by Samuel F. Hous-ton, but now owned and conducted by William Warner Harp-er, whose efficient foreman is J. Howes Humphreys. AndorraNurseries^ are situated upon Wissahickon Creek, partly inPhiladelphia and partly in Montgomery Counties, and maybe justly classed as one of the most notable and beautiful inAmerica. As already noted the first importer and distributor ofseeds and plants in Germantown, was Christian Lehman. Inthe same district the first to regularly engage in the growingof miscellaneous plants for sale was Martin the times of Lehman and Baumann, the countrylived through two wars,—progress for a time was stayed,and large places were obliged to rely upon their
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