Wilhelm Muhle in Timisoara, Romania

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Mill was educated at Czech and German schools. 1876 Mill opened a nursery operation in Temesvar district Erzsébetváros (German Elisabeth City), and acquired a shop in today's Strada Alba Iulia, the Casa cu Flori (German The House of Flowers). From there he drove successfully flowers and ornamental plants in Southeastern Europe, partly as far as Vienna or Budapest. Mill was from September 1893 to July 1895 the editor of the then bimonthly Rose Zeitung, the German edition of the Hungarian magazine Rose Rózsa Újság (1889-1896). The Wiener Illustrierte Garden newspaper published in the August-September issue of 1899 a report on Wilhelm mills botanical study trip to North and South America. In the Austrian Gartenzeitung Wilhelm mill was mentioned in 1906 for breeding a tea rose. Wilhelm mill was next to Wenceslas Franz Niemitz one of the leading florists of the city; both were entrusted with planning and executing the Royal Rose Garden, which was inaugurated on July 19, 1891, predecessor of today Parcul Rozelor. Through his work Mill made Temesvár already early in the 20th century known as the city of roses. William's son Arpad mill carried on the business of his father after his death. Thirteen new varieties of roses were registered at an international level by him. With Arpad, the park developed during the interwar period into the largest rose garden in South Eastern Europe with more than 1,400 varieties of roses from Europe, America and Asia.