. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 592 The American Florist. Oct, IS, You Ought to Kno>v f mUAT till- steady growth of an\ company is the surest indica- tion of the value of that coiniiaiiv's stock and service. It takes the Right Stock, the Right Price and the Right Service to make the Right Growth. With these facts in mind, a short history of the steady and healthy growth of the Geo. Wittbold Co. should be of the utmost interest to every buyer of plants and nursery stock. During the vear IMoT George Wittbold, thenonly 26 years of age, came to C
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 592 The American Florist. Oct, IS, You Ought to Kno>v f mUAT till- steady growth of an\ company is the surest indica- tion of the value of that coiniiaiiv's stock and service. It takes the Right Stock, the Right Price and the Right Service to make the Right Growth. With these facts in mind, a short history of the steady and healthy growth of the Geo. Wittbold Co. should be of the utmost interest to every buyer of plants and nursery stock. During the vear IMoT George Wittbold, thenonly 26 years of age, came to Chicago from Hanover, Germany, wliere hevpas born, and entered into part- nership with a Mr. Williams, the firm name being Williams & Wittbold. Mr.' Wittbold had obtained a thorough knowledge of plant growing at the Royal Botanic Garden in Germany, and was well qualified for the responsibilities which he assumed here. Williams ^t Wittbold had two places, Mr. Williams conducting one on what is now Fullerton avenue, while Mr. Wittbold's first i;lass was about where North avenue intersects Clark street, which was then some distance outside the city. At the close of the Civil War the partnership of Williams & Wittbold was dissolved, and in 1S69 Mr. Wittbold acquired the land on which he lived and con- ducted his business for forty-one years, till death finally inter- vened. At the time of his purchase this was marsh ground, far outside the settled city limits His contemporaries told him it was not worth the | he agreed to pay for four acres, bnt by the time Mr. Wittbold had his marsh filled in he had many opportuni- ties to turn his investment profitably. All the time that Chicago was growing the Wittbold business grew with it. Where in the beginning only a little local trade was handled, in the course of time a big range of glass backed up two retail stores, and a large wholesale business was done, both in the city and throughout the west. Mr. Wittbold brought np a fam
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