. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i88g. The American Florist. 89 George Savage I have known well for nearly sixteen years. lie is one of the best plantsmen and orchidists in this country, and a universal favorite in Roch- ester. When ('.eorge Such's great uur- series at South Amboy, N. J., were in their /enith Mr. Savage was propagator there for several years; then he went to rhilailelphia, and to England, ami back to South Aniboy to the Rathbone green- houses, and in a year or two f uoceeded Mr. Clements as the general manager of the great Such n
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i88g. The American Florist. 89 George Savage I have known well for nearly sixteen years. lie is one of the best plantsmen and orchidists in this country, and a universal favorite in Roch- ester. When ('.eorge Such's great uur- series at South Amboy, N. J., were in their /enith Mr. Savage was propagator there for several years; then he went to rhilailelphia, and to England, ami back to South Aniboy to the Rathbone green- houses, and in a year or two f uoceeded Mr. Clements as the general manager of the great Such nurseries. When these nurseries were broken up Mr. Savage engaged with Mr. Kimball, and here he still is, honored and respected by every- body'. Cilazed orchid pots were used in large aud small sizes, in ordinary, pan and ha.'iket forms, for liench work and sus- pended from the roof and Mr. S. tells me that orchids do just as well in them as they do in soft, porous pots, and they around by Mr. Kimball's house—the finest mansion in Rochester. The gar- dener there was in great trouble. In a large bed filled with siib-tropical plants some playful street dogs the night before must have had a jolly good time, and in their romping broke many plants and scraped out a hole big enough to bury a sheep in. .?<; HARRY'S NURSERIKS are one of the most noted on this conti- nent, not only for fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs but also for roses and hardy herbaceous plants. Like most large nurseries of the kind large tracts of ground here and there and a good many miles apart are devoted to the growth of young trees, but the home nurseries are right in the border of the city and the horse cars run past the office door. The propagating houses and frames, the hardy plant department and. Trough vor tMKTORM\HG ^o?.^cco Uquor have a great advantage over ordinary flower pots in never getting green and dirty. The water lily house is one of the feat- ures of the place. It is about 80
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