The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-11

Hill plant, both located on Easthaven
avenue, are the largest in the state.
Mr.. Hill is known all over the coun
try as being the originator of ,he
new forcing" roses, which are the
Columbia, Premier and Butterfly.
which virtually have displaced old
forcing varieties.
Mr.. Hill will send out his new rose,
America, next year and florists in the
country are eagerly awaiting it.
Mr.. Hill was awarded gold medals
for his new roses by the city of Paris,
France, National Rose Society of
America" and the city of Portland.
Belong to Friends Church.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hill are promi-
nent in the Society of Friends. Mrs.
Hill has been president of the Ladies
Aid society of Reid Memorial hospi-
tai for 10 years or more.
Besides the son, Joseph II. Hill, Mr..
and Mrs Hill have two daughters,
Mrs. Fred H. Lemon and Mrs. E. H.
Mann; six grandchildren, John Lem
on of Newcastle, Alice Lemon, Gurney
Mann, Stuart Mann, Mariana Mann
and Joanna Hill, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph H. Hill.
The celebration will be informal and
friends may call Monday afternoon
and evening.
Mr.. Hill came to America, boy of
five years, with his father, who had
been a lover and grower of plants IN
England. They settled at Geneva,
n. Y, where, after few years, the
boy was employed by the nursery
firm of T. C. Maxwell and Brothers,
who were leaders in Outdoor-grown
roses. Here he became familiar with
the best varieties of roses cultivated
at that time.
| In 1865 his father came to Rich
mond, and in 1881 father and son be-
gan a general florists catalogue bust
ness with headquarters east of the
city. The residences nov occupied by
Oliver Bogue and Robert Huen are on
the site of their first establishment.
Later the company moved its houses
! to the site east of the Glen row Occu-
pied by Fred Lemon, Mr. Hills SON.
| in-law.
Mr. Hill found an open market wait
! ing for his newly developed roses. In
/ 1906 the business was moved to East
have navenue, and six 500-feet long
glass houses were erected to care for
the swiftly growing trade. Today
there are 18 glass houses, most of
them 500 feet long.
Mr. Hill is considered in America
and many foreign countries the best
known American rosarian.
Wins Many Prizes
! In the early days of his life in Rich
mond all the rose novelties were col
lected by Eugene Verdier of Paris.
| ha Hctc Of
have been preserved in Mr.. Hills
| office.
There, too, may be found something
like 80 handsome prizes meritoriously
won on his superior flowers. Princi-
pal among these are the gold medal OF
the French National Rose Society He
also received the gold medal awarded
by the French Chrysanthemum Soci
ETY.; the silver cup given by the Royal
Horticulture Society of Great Britain
and the Gold Medal for the finest
American rose, awarded only once
every five years in this country, which
he won for his Columbia, displayed a
few yars ago in the national rose
tests.
For generation or more Mr.. Hill
has bought and tried all the roses OF
the world, which seemed to have pos
sibilities. In 1912 on one of his mum
erous trips abroad in search of finds,
Mr.. Hill saw in the Paul establish
ment at Waltham Cross, England, the
beautiful bloom of the Ophelia, just
introduced He saw it's possibilities
and bought all he could obtain. With
his own methods and on his own high
reputation he put that great rose te
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