James E. Homans, editor

“ In fact, so rapid was his success that he was brought face to face with that difliculty which besets many an energetic business man who starts in a small way; his trade developed faster than his capital could increase and he was hampered by his inability to meet the new business on account of the limited size of his plant. ”

“ Adolph was the eldest of three brothers, with whom he was later to found an establishment which has since become the largest in the world. His early education was acquired in the Milwaukee public schools. Having concluded his studies, he was for a while employed in Milwaukee, but when he was nineteen years of age, he went to Niles Center, Ill., where he found employment in the greenhouses of a large florist business. ”

“ There are now close to eight miles of greenhouses, and the firm sends its collectors to South America and the Philippines for rare orchids and other exotics from tropical climes. The orchid department alone requires eight large greenhouses, each 250 feet in length. ”