Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10

by rewards and it is said that they receive
a certain percentage upon what is sold,
The superintendent of the estate is Mr..
E. Burnett, a polished gentleman, Har-
ward graduate and school-fellow of Mr..
Twombly in his boyhood days. Gossip fixes
his salary at $4,000 a year, but that is not
official.
Madison seems a chosen spot for million
aires with fad for flower groW wing. Mr..
I Marmaduke Tiden, a branch OF the same
stock as the late Samuel j. Tilden and an in
veterate golf player grows the finest Maid
and American Beauty roses in the country,
His sales average $4,000 a year
By the side of Mr.. Tilden's are the green
houses of Mr. C. A. Work. He supplies a
large quantity of flowers to Madison and
the surrounding country, an average of
$1,000 a year.
Near by is Mr.. T. ]. Slaughters fine plant
His cultivation of flowers was at first a lad,
but he made great success and has shipped
large consignments to New York for some
years, averaging $4,000 a year.
Henry Hentz's Greenhouses.
One of the finest greenhouses in the coun-
try is that established a few years ago by
Henry Hentz, jr, popular young million
nire.
He has nine greenhouses, each 175 feet
long by twenty feet, built at a cost of $780,
600, His packing house is like some great
fortress with it's walls two feet thick
He sends out an average of $4,000 worth
of flowers a year. Mr. Hentz has taken up
horticulture as a business occupation.
Mrs. R. B. Holmes, wife of the Wall street
broker raises American Beauties. She has
greenhouse in Madison and sends to
market about $1,000 worth of flowers an
nually.
One of the finest Westchester estates is
Brlar Cliff farm, the property OF Mr., Walter
w. Law, former partner of Mr.. William j.
Sloane
This farm was established two years ago
1t lies between Tawytown and Sing sing
and from its northern to it's southern bound
airy covers four miles, trayersed by ma2-
adam2ed roads.
The property was laid out under the I'd
vice of Mr. Olmstead, the landscape gardener
Of Central park
That portion which overlooks the river
approaches the boundaries of Scarborough
and the estates Of Mrs. Eliot f. Shepard,
William Rockefeller, II. Walter Webb. V.
Everett Macy, James Speyer and the home
grounds of the owner
1t is one of the most perfect farms in ;his
country. On the estate are school hOus p
church and a golf course There are a post
Office, telegraph and long distance tee
phone.
The greenhouses on Brlar Cliff farm cover
several acres. The chrysaIthemums AMI
roses attain great perfection and 14O varieties
of carnation are in bloom al one time.
The COW stables and dairy cost fortune
Each COW is sponged seyerai times a day
and is always combed before milking. The
attendants wear steriizeI suits OF white
duck, which are boiled Immediately after
each milking, The farm maintains we'll
equipped laboratory in charge OF a yeteri-
nary chemist.
The dairy Is fifty feet square with a tower
OF rough stGne. The structure is tiled
throughout. It has a reception room OF hard
wood from which the different rooms a-e
reached through doors Of glass, whore my
be Viewed tho whole process Of dairyng.
In one room the cream is being skinned,
in another is the milk bOtrllng, in anotne
the chlrning. In the basement Is the ship
ping department the sterlizing and the pas
teuI'lzln6.
This farm Is stocked with 600 Jersey COWS.
a few NormaGdies imported from France
and several famous bulls. Two thoagaqd
quarts OF milk q day COO quarts OF cam
and 500 pounds of butter a week are shipped
TO the Briar CIil dairy agencies IL New