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HORTICULTU RE. 



August 17, 1907 



THE FACTOR OF SNOW IN GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 



that will kill: all the 

 Weeds in your Lawn. 



I f you keep the weeds cut 

 so they do not go to seed 

 and cut your grass with- 

 out breaking the small 

 feeders of roots, the grass 

 will become thick and the 

 weeds will disappear. 



A Snow Bound and 



While spending a delightful Sunday 

 afternoon with the editor of one of the 

 largest country life magazines, our 

 conversation drifted to green houses 

 and the part they ocupy in "the great 

 awakening." "The awakening" is 

 what he called the now universal open- 

 ing of people's eyes to giving system- 

 atic attention to growing things; also 

 the wonderful developments for sur- 

 rounding themselves with the glass- 

 grown beauties of Nature. He spoke 

 of the large ranges of glass as far 

 south as sunny Atlanta, and on the 

 other hand the difficulties the snow- 



S now-free Coinpailson. 



completion an addition to an old style 

 house. The addition was of the most 

 modern coustructiou, by a firm from 

 "the States." When we reached there 

 the new hoiise had no heat in it, and 

 the workmen were just getting the 

 trenches in shape for the piping. That 

 house, hcwever. was absolutely free 

 from snow or ice, and the sides were 

 piled up with the scow that had con- 

 tinually slid from the roof. The older, 

 heated house was on the left of the 

 new one, and at right angles to the 

 potting room. The gutter had held 

 back the snow on this roof, and you 



The Same Houses As Tbev Looked in "the Good uld Summer Time.' 



bound Canadians have had in keeping 

 their green house roofs free from 

 snow and ice. 



It was a fortunate coincidence that 

 took me a few days later to Montreal. 

 Sitting in the hotel one afternoon, 

 with the mercury sagging down to 20 

 degrees below at noon, and three feet 

 of snow on the level and more falling, 

 it occurred to me to visit some of these 

 Canadian green houses and get a line 

 on the conditions spoken of by that 

 editor. So I looked up a photographer 

 and started out. The only green house 

 I managed to reach that day was in a 

 little town north of Montreal. The 

 owner was just having brought to 



can see from the photograph how the 

 house was practically snowed under. 



To better give an idea of how these 

 houses stand, and to compare the con- 

 struction of each, I have borrowed a 

 couple of photos from the builder — one 

 an exterior, shown herewith taken in 

 the early .summer when things had 

 started up a bit outside; and the other 

 an interior which at that time was fill- 

 ed with tomatoes, yielding an average 

 of five quarts to a plant. To those of 

 you, then, who have had United States 

 snow and ice "troubles of your own." 

 I would sug.gest the curved-eave house 

 as a practical solution of the problem. 



L. W. 



The Clipper will do it. Asl4 your dealer for 



them. If they have not got them, below is the price; 

 No. J — i2-inch Mower $5; No. 2 — is-inch Mower $6: 

 No. :^ — 18-inch Mower $7; No. 4 — 2i-inch Mower $8. 

 Send draft money-order or registered letter. 



In writing advertisers, mention HortlCDltDre 



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SASH BARS 



82 feet er loagei 



HOT BED SASH 

 PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER 



GREENHOUSES 



ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED 



Write for Circular "li" and Prioea 



i5oo2in.potsincrate$4.88 



Tbe A. T. STEARNS LUMBER eO. 



NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS. 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS 



Packed ia small crates, easy to handle. 



Price per crate Price per crate 



120 7 in. pots in crateJt.ao 

 60 8 " " 3.00 



HAND MADE 

 48 9 in. pots in crate $3.60 

 48 10 " " 4.8« 



24 II " " 3.60 



24 »3 " " 4.80 



12 14 " " 4.80 



. ^.__ 6 16 " " 4.50 



beed pans, same pnce as pots. Send for price list of 

 Cylinders for Cut flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn 

 Vases, etc. Ten percent, off forcash with order. Address 



Hllflngrer Bros.,Pottcry,Fort Edward,N,Y. 

 ftugustRolkeriSons, Agts., 31 Barclay St., N. If . City. 



BOSTON PLATE & WINDOW GLASS CO. 



GREENHOUSE 6LASS 



German and American 

 '.61 to 287 i St., BOSTON 20-22 Ganal St, 



^^^^^''^.■****^^** 



Holds Class 

 Firmly 



••e the Point av 

 PEERU5S 



OlBBlns Point* AT* thiVMt. 

 No rlgbti or Una. Box of 

 t.OOO polDU 76 iU. pMtpKld. 



BENRT A. DREEB, 



714 CkertMBt B«., rfctla., Tm. 



NOW IS THE TIME TO IKSURI 

 TOUR GLASS AGAINST DAMAGE 



BT HAIL* For particuljiri address 



John O. Emtmf, Smd^im Rfrm^m Km ^, 



