The Monte Vista journal., 1909-03-27
GENERAL PALMER'S BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRY PLACE AT GLEN EYRE
NATURAL SCENERY AND ARTISTIC TASTE COM.
BINE TO MAKE ONE OF THE MOST
PICTURESQUE AND ATTRACTIVE
HOMES IN AMERICA

large number of beautiful flowers of
many varieties. In this nook are also
fruit trees-apple. pear. plum, cherry,
peach-red and black raspberries, cur
rants and Strawberries. General Pal
mer never allows bird to be killed
or molested, consequently Glen Eyrie
has an immense bird population. These
birds have excellent appetites and in
order to get some Strawberries for his
own use he was obliged to enclose
his strawberry patch with wire fenc-
ing both on the sides and overhead
to keep the birds out. His strawberry
patch is in fact enclosed in vast
wire tent. He did not enclose his
cherry trees to keep the birds out, and
consequently with $50 bearing cherry
trees the past season had only one
third of full crop. The birds took
all the cherries. They are not afraid of
colo and therefore take the cherries
before they are fully ripe. not giving
those who want ripe cherries a chance
to gather any. In this same swim
ming pool nook is located the COW
barn, which is the home of eighteen
mich cows, half of them being thor
oushbred Jerseys and the other half
Holsteins. These cows are well treat
ed. They have hay, vegetables and
grain and very large pasture. also
silO to furnish them green food in
winter. There is a separator. which
separates the cream from the milk.
short distance below. in nook
OH the other side OF the creek is the
greenhouse. carpenter and blacksmith
shops. The greenhouse Is probably
three times the size of the South
Canon greenhouse. and is filled with
flowers beautiful and rare. Bearing
orange trees. tomato plants and GU
cumber vines together with ported
strawberries furnish fruits and vege-
tables throughout the cold season
when they cannot be obtained out
doors. Three men are constantly EN-.
ployed In the greenhouse and at times
more. yet not q single flower is ever
sold.
Further on down the creek Is the
vegetable garden where two men are
employed through the growing season
and one man the balance OF the year.
growing vegetables for use at the gen
erals house. Here also is about an
acre OF fruit trees and small fruits.
From the vegetable garden down
about mile towards Colorado City Is
what II called Chambers ranch, II
having been purchased OF Mr.. Cham
bers some years ago Here there il
probably $50 acres In oats. alfalfa,
mangel wurtsels. sugar beets. aspar.
aEus. etc. and about eight acres of
orchard and small fruits. In the
canon above the generals house is Il
small stream Of water which supplies
water for domestic and irrigation pur-
poses. In order TO conserve every
drop Of water possible hve reservoirs
have been built. Landscape gardeners
have had n free hand to make the
grounds as beautiful ~ possible. Oak
shrub. cottonwood and Quakenasp
trees. the natural product Of that 10.
cality. have all been preserved and
Interpreted have been planted all
kinds Of evergreen trees, towering
shrubs and acres Of flowers and mag.
nihcent lawns. II IL impossible to so
describe the premises M to convey a
realisation OF their beauty, but the
foregoing may furnish some idea Of
the place 10 those who have not had
the good fortune to zee II for them.
selves.