Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-06-03

! DiroctOrs-Douglas Percy, Nelson Beall,
Lloyd Lowndes, James Ward and Owen
Price
TREDEGAR GARDENS = Vegetables
and FloWTs.-What promises to be
an important industry has lately
sprung up 10 our midst in the shape
Of a large garden and greenhouse
devoted 10 horticulture and iloricul-
ture. We refer to Tredegsr Gardens,
situated in MeCulloh's addition, lying
east Of the G. & P. railroad and COW
ering five and quarter acres, W. II.
Evans, Esq., proprietor.
BY special invitation of its aHable
proprietor our representative visited
il one day this week and had "a look
around" at the garden and surround
ings.
As before stated it covers FIVE and
a quarter acres, a large portion Of
which is under cultivation. Early
vegetables Of all kinds are being rap.
idly pushed forward and our citizens
will shortly enjoy food Of this kind at
least a week or ten days earlier than
ever before.
In the northeast corner Of the lot
is furnace or forcing.house. 10 by
IL feet, from which are two annexes,
running parallel, and known as
the proragaling room'. These are
each 81 by IL feet. The forcing
house will contain two large furnaces,
pipes from which will lead into the
annexss fer the purpose Of keeping
steady heat u there places winter and
SUNNI r. The propagating rooms are
covered entirely with glass roofs and
contain large stands upon which are
about 8 inches OF sand, aud into
Which the seed and young plants are
placed. In these rooms are over QUE
hundred and fifty different kinds Of
Il wers, Including coleuf, mignonetteF,
geraniums, alltanas, begonias, palms,
fuschlas, arbutilous, pelargiums, ferus,
alecopodoms, roses, pandanas, carna.
tions, hibiscus, bslsam, plnks, cen.
taureas, SC. also fine collection Of
hanging bas ket plants. Two of the
most prominent flowers in the room
are the Night Blooming Cereua, which
will shortly blossom, and the Rex
Bagonia, which, by-the-way, is the
stateliest and prettieSt plant of the
family of begoni as. In these rooms
are tiny little green dots appearing
on the surface of the sand which We
were assured would finally develop
into flowers of great magnitude. 1t
is not our purpose, however, to tell
the readers Of the JOURNAL how
flowers are propagated and forced,
for then they would be equally as
wise az Mr. Evans or tie writer, and
as natural sequence forcing.houses
might spring up all ever town, and
if they were not success our re.
porter would be blessed (2) for it.
On leaving the hot-house the eye
takes in little plats of ground, through
which the infant sprout Of the vege-
table is coming up. Five hot-beds,
so by feet, are filled with young
and vigorous vegetables, among which
we noted cabbage, cauliaower, lettuce,
radlsh, beets, tomatoes, celery, pep
pers ard cucumbsrs, all loosing fine
and showing the excellent manner in
which they are handled. In other
parts of the garden are onions, beans,
peas, &c., while about one and a-half
acres are planted in early potatoes.
The proprietor has secured the SER
vices of Mr.. Frank Rogenhofer, a
noted gardener and nurseryman, who,
at one time had charge OF Mr.. George
III. Pullman's conservatory in Chicago.
Already there are seen evidences OF
Mr.. Rs superior skill in handling
plants.
The interest manifested in this new
industry BY Mr.. Evans, who is nov.
ice, is wonderful, and already he feels
assured that in a few years his reward
will be ten-fold and amply repay hin
for all his trouble, He contsmplates
putting down about a halt-acre in
Strawberries next spring and by for
cling them expects to have that deli
cious fruit as early as the Anne
Arundel growers.
The seeds used by him and also
the propagating plants are from the
well-known seed-house Of Peter Hem
derson & Co., New York, and about
five men ale steadily employed in
placing them and attending to their