. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 4'28 The American Florist. April t$, are the old, well-known parks of Baur, Hesse and Wright, here is Ruecker-Jenisch of orchid fame, but the most imposiox of the many country Beats along the Elb- Chaussee is doubtless Bonnet's Park, the estate of Frau Etatsraetin Donner. To visit this park we enter through the main gate, on the Flottbecker Chaussee, and call on Garteninspector Theodor Reimers, the general superintendent. It is a stalwart horticulturist we meet, always ready to cordially receive those whom real in
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 4'28 The American Florist. April t$, are the old, well-known parks of Baur, Hesse and Wright, here is Ruecker-Jenisch of orchid fame, but the most imposiox of the many country Beats along the Elb- Chaussee is doubtless Bonnet's Park, the estate of Frau Etatsraetin Donner. To visit this park we enter through the main gate, on the Flottbecker Chaussee, and call on Garteninspector Theodor Reimers, the general superintendent. It is a stalwart horticulturist we meet, always ready to cordially receive those whom real interest and not mere idle curiosity induce to inspect the grounds. He leads us through his orchards, noted for their large collections of fancy fruit trees, grown in all forms and shapes. Here we see skillfnl and careful trimming and cultivating amply rewarded by heavy burdens of faultless fruit. We are shown some of the model graperies for which Hamburg has a world-wide reputation, and the herb and flower gar- den adjacent is another feature of inter- est. Dahlias with such an abundance of perfect flowers, from July until the frost sets in, command admiration, but also, by their whole appearance, give convinc- ing evidence that the climate on the banks of the Elbe is decidedly more favor- able to them than the summers on the shores of the Delaware and Hudson. After descending a steep, densely wooded declivity we reach the hothouse department. It is only the desire to keep within the limits of a single article that causes me to refrain from going into details as to the splendid collections of orchids, nepenthes, sarracenias, palms and rare stove plants. May it suffice to say that whenever Hamburg prepares her horticultural exhibitions, no dififer- ence if local, national, or international, it is always greeted with keen satisfac- tion when Mr. Reimers announces his intention to appear with the treasures of Donner's Park. As a matter of course he never leaves the field of honor w
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