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Welcome to William Tricker, Inc.®
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America's Oldest Water Garden Specialist est 1892
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Aquatic Growers and Suppliers of Water Garden Products
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
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William Tricker, Inc.® is a leading grower of aquatic plants and supplier of water garden products and aquarium supplies. Our aquatic greenhouses have produced superior aquatic plants for decades and for decades Tricker customers have been receiving quality and guarantees that make Water Gardening a pleasurable experience. Purchase with confidence and GUARANTEES!
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The above water garden pool was shown in our Tricker 1930 Catalog and your garden pool can be as beautiful. WELCOME!
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Trickers Has a VERY Interesting History
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William Tricker (1852-1916) was an originator of commercial water lily culture in the United States. He began experimenting in the later 1800s growing and hybridizing water lilies. He tried to improve the shape, colors and hardiness of these wonderful plants. In the early 1890s he made a reputation as a lead grower of aquatic plants creating desirable Water Lily hybrids and established a commercial water lily company. In 1892 the first William Tricker Company catalog was introduced. |
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| The business was incorporated as William Tricker, Inc. in 1927 in OHIO. The current location, with aquatic greenhouses and outside growing ponds, has served water lily culture since the turn of the 18th century and represents a piece of history in water lily culture with the involvement of other water lily pioneers who worked over the years at William Tricker, Inc.®: Albert Buskirk, Robert Sawyer, W.G. O'Brien and Gil Lambacher. Many hybrid water lilies were named by these noted individuals and are still available. Some are unique and "first of a kind" in their respective classes and can be purchased from William Tricker, Inc.® You can still enjoy these spectacular Water Lily hybrids and witness the beauty they saw so long ago when we had time to ponder nature's miracles! Since 1915 the William Tricker company made many advances in the aquarium industry. Wrought Iron aquariums with slate bottoms were popular in the 1920s and were manufactured here in Independence, OH. Many new varieties of aquarium fish were imported from Germany and sold throughout the United States. |
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TODAY AT William Tricker, Inc.®...
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The William Tricker Inc.® company is under the direction of Richard Lee, biologist. His mission is with great admiration and devotion that the William Tricker company heritage continue in the same path that was started so long ago by the founder William Tricker! William Tricker, Inc.® is proudly listed in the National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Tricker's continues to provide the best aquatic plants that a grower can provide and water garden supplies that are a standard in the industry.
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More Information...
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In Tricker's Book, "1101 Water Gardening Questions and Answers" discusses the history of Water Gardening with the pioneer water gardeners, inventions and the history of William Tricker, Inc.®
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