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H ORTICULTUPE 



March 17, 1906 



This is the Latest Cut Flower House 



( Order'taken last Januar> ) 



This is quick work and goes to show it's not, an all 

 season's matter for us Lo erect> an iron frame house 



THIS is a fine example of our iron frame construction, standing perfectly rigid and fully 

 self sustaining. This house is 45 feet 6 inches wide and about 300 feet long, and is 

 being erected for the Cottage Gardens Company, the famous carnation growers. They 

 intend it solely for seedlings. 



The benches used by Mr. Ward are 3 feet 6 inches wide and the house is built to 

 accommodate 8 of them. That's a tremendous span — 46 feet for a rafter only 3 inches deep 

 and 5-8 inches thick, but it's possible for these reasons: The way we tie these houses 

 together; the extra bracing and rigidity given by the sash bar clasps, bolted to the galvanized 

 angle iron eave plate ; the ridge bracket binding together the rafters and bolted to the ridge ; 

 the use of the small purlins at frequent intervals, really plotting the frame work out in squares 

 of bracings, while making possible the use of the smallest sash bar made. 



Such a house is a revelation in its lightness and is practically indestructible. The re- 

 pairing of a sash bar is as easy as replacing a shingle on a roof. The iron frame house is the 

 house of the future. All over the country the growers are beginning to use it. The economy 

 of the large house is long since a settled matter. It now settles down to the pure matter of 

 economics; the question of 25 per cent, less fuel expense, the larger volume of air as a 

 protection against sudden changes of temperature and the item of decreased repairs. 



RIDGE BRACKET 



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ANGLE IRON EAVE PI VI E 



LORD & BURNHAM CO. 



Greenhouse Designers and Manufacturers 



1133 Broadway, cor. 26th St., N. Y. Boston Branch. 819;Tremont Bldg 



1R.CVH fRAME: 

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