The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-03-14
THE WEBER ESTABLISHMENT.
a Correspondent of FLORISTS Exchange"
Visits it on Trip West.

Correspondent of FLORISTS Exchanpe,,
Visits it ON Trip West.
The current issue of Florists Ea;-
change, published in New York Citv
IN the. interests of Horticulture. con
talns an article on the flower grow
ing and propagating establishment of
Messrs. H. Weber & Sons. near Oak
land. The paper also has very fine
half tone engraving of Mr.. Henry
Weber, Sr., which we would like TO
reproduce but the lines are too fine
for the grade of paper used by us.
We will therefore be content in giving
below the article contributed to the
Exchanges:
Saturday morning, February 90, in
company VIM. Weber, the Cincinnati
delegation started for Oakland, Md.
which was reached after about eight
hours ride from Baltimore. Oakland
is situated on the top of the Alleghan-
les, 2,oOO feet above the sea level, and
is IN a sort of a basin, which has an
area OF about % square miles.
On arrival we were driven in a sleigh
TO the Weber establishment, which
contains $4,000 square feet of glass.
Mr.. Weber tells me they will add TO-
0Uo teet more the coming summer.
Inc nrst house we entered was 240
ieet long by % feet wide. Half of this
mouse is planted to Norway, which is
me grower and fine producer,
Tree from disease, and a perfect calyx.
Inc balance of the house is planted
with roses, principally Kaiserin
augusta Victoria, which Mr.. Weber
tells me does better with him than
pride or Bridesmaid. | notice that
Uhe hrm uses the model carnation
support principally, although the
Dorner Method was also seen. Hec-
tor Is the scarlet carnation here; it
seems to be good producer. Egypt
Is GIeif new crimson; it appears to be
prolific, has good strong stem, a
nne calyx, and is strong grower,
beauty.
We now come to the Geneyive Lord
This variety needs no introduction
| can only add, as have always said
1t is a grand carnation. But the house
that makes the greatest show is the
one devoted to Mrs. Thomas w. Law
'c'oO AAO" lJldlIUS are COUllIlO
INTO full crop, and present beautiful
sight.
The propagating house, where all
THESE prize winners are produced, is
240 feet in length, and at present is
very interesting spot. The material
used to root the cuttings is a sandy
loan of a very fine soft texture and
the roots seem TO revel in it. All
tnrOIIUh N tl,o
reaching out for their food, and Mr..
Weber tells me not 1 per cent. of the
cuttings is lost. Certainly such cut
tings as are here seen cannot but give
satisfaction.
Quite line of bedding plants. such
as cannas, coleus, yeraniums and be-
gonias, is grown, also callas and smi-
lax.
The seeding house was well strip
ped of flowers, so we did not see anv
of the really new things with which
the firm will surprise us later. Three
boilers for heating this establishment
are used, of 100, 125 and 20 horse pow
err respectively. They are all tubular.
At the time of our visit the thermom
eter stood at - degrees above zero
AS we did not arrive at Oakland until
after four o'clock in the afternoon, IL
was dark by the time we had finished
our tour of inspection, but much
pleasanter surprise was in store for
us, that of the meeting of Mr.. Weber's
family. They have recently moved
into their handsome new residence,
which by the way was planned by
Mr.. Weber's daughters, and is surelv
work of art. We were entertained
at dinner, after which the balance of
the evening was spent in listening to
instrumental and vocal music render
ed by the Misses Weber and Miss
Agnes Billiard
Our party consisted of George Bay
err, OF Toledo, o.; E. A. Nelson, of
indianapolis, Ind; r. Witterstetter
W. X. Partridge, VIM. Jackson and
Il. II. Gillett. Upon arriving home we
found that they had been having
quite spell of winter that had d.
unfinished the coal pile considerably.