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horticulture: 



January 2, 1909' 



A COMPARISON 



When you compare the cost of the wooden 

 house with our Iron Frame House, bear 

 in mind that the Iron Frame costs less to 

 erect, less to keep in repair, and gives 

 you greater returns in quantity and quality 

 of flowers, than the best cypress house 

 made. This construction pays for itself 

 many times over. 



The next best proposition is our Half Iron 

 Frame House. Send for circular. 



Hitchings &. Company 



1170 Broadway New^fork 



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THE POST 

 QUESTION 



Along twenty years or so 

 ago we put up a large range of 

 greenhouses at ^^carborough, 

 N. Y.. and used wrought iron 

 posts— not steel, mind you — 

 but wrought iron. We have 

 recently dug up several of 

 those posts and find they are 

 just as good as ever. 



Now we believe it stands 

 to reason that a solid post 

 with no joints from the plate 

 down, has the advantage of 

 increased strength ; so in 

 many of our jobs we are now 

 using the solid Guaranff. 1/ 

 Wrong/:! Iron Pest. Not the 

 rolled steel post mind you, 

 which in a few years always 

 rusts entirely off at the ground 

 — but Guaranteed Wrought 

 Iron. 



~his subject is thoroughly 

 gone into on pages four to 

 eight of our Handy Hand 

 Book. If you haven't this 

 book — send for it. 



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Main Sales Offii 



1133 BROADWAY. N. Y. 



int Building 

 15 Filbert St. 



WHY THE U=BAR WINS 



If .^ou^ would just take the time to go and see a U-Bar house and talk with a U-Bar gardener, then you would 

 appreciate how downright truthful we are in saying it is the lighest. most productive house built. 



The main structural point of the U-Bar house is the combining of the rafter and roof bar in one, making the 

 U-Bar. This combination is no larger than the single roof bars used in other houses. It does away entirely with the 

 heavy iron supporting members, and makes possible the only successful curved eave. 



The glass is spaced 24 inches instead of 16. 



The core bar is soaked in a chemical preservative, before putting it in the galvanized steel U-Bar casing. 



All iron parts are painted with a special aluminum finish which remains bright for years without attention. 



To sum it up then — the U-Bar is indisputably the highest type of greenhouse construction. The ideal con- 

 struction for private estates, parks, public institutions and florists' show rooms. Send for the catalog. 



U-BAR GREENHOUSES 



PIERSON 



DESIGNERS and BUILDERS 



U-BAR CO. 



1 MADISON AVE„NEW YORK 



