. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. GREENHOUSES OF PETER REINBERG, CHICAGO, NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE SECTION IN BACKGROUND. igo6. The American Florist. 737 ?ensuing season found all the houses filledwith roses and carnations, another fourhaving meanwhile been built. After this houses were added everyyear, and from that time to the pres-ent the story of the place has been asteady, consistent, and very rapid rise,until today there are no houses, all ofmodern construction, covering 25 acres?of land, and containing in the aggregatein the neighborhood of 1,500,000 feet?of glass
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. GREENHOUSES OF PETER REINBERG, CHICAGO, NEW AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE SECTION IN BACKGROUND. igo6. The American Florist. 737 ?ensuing season found all the houses filledwith roses and carnations, another fourhaving meanwhile been built. After this houses were added everyyear, and from that time to the pres-ent the story of the place has been asteady, consistent, and very rapid rise,until today there are no houses, all ofmodern construction, covering 25 acres?of land, and containing in the aggregatein the neighborhood of 1,500,000 feet?of glass. During the present year a largesection has been added to meet the Richmond 38,000 Bride 35,000 Bridesmaid Uncle John 30,000 Madame A. Chatenay 27,000 Iliberty 15,000 Ivory 15,000 Perle 14,000 Mrs. Marshall Field 7,500 Sunrise 5,000 Killarney 3,000 Here we have a grand total of 334,500plants in all and the figures are instruc-. MAIN BLOCK OF GREENHOUSES AT PETER REINBERGS, CHICAGO. ever increasing demand for AmericanBeauty roses, 11 houses, covering fiveacres, having been erected and filledwith the popular favorite. Just nowthese plants are looking very happy andwell content with their new quarters,and a healthier or cleaner lot it wouldbe difficult to find. Foreman Collinswhen asked what he idid for blackspot, that frequent foe of the Beautygrower, said Keep it out. No doubthe is right, but this it seems is justwhat some growers cannot do. It isevident by the condition of these plantsthat they were clean when planted, putinto clean quarters, and kept clean bycareful and judicious attention to cul-tural details. From such an acreage of glass veryselect flowers in immense quantities aregathered, and as it is the invariablerule to send out nothing but perfectlyfresh blooms it is no wonder that thedemand for Peter Reinbergs stock isso good. No fear of our shipping staleblooms, says Leonard Kill, the genialmanag
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