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HOETICULTUEE 



March 15, 1913 



OVERVALUATION OF GREEN- 

 HOUSES. 



A peculiar condition of affairs exists 

 among the several greenhouse men 

 and the board of relief. It was many 

 years ago that the standard valuation 

 of greenhouses was placed at $14 per 

 square foot. 



In those days wood and glass were 

 the principal materials of construction 

 which made $14 a reasonable figure of 

 valuation. Modern methods of con- 

 struction calls for iron piping for 

 framework which is much cheaper 

 than wood consenuently lessening the 

 cost of construction. 



The assessors this year dug up the 

 old $14 per square foot valuation and 

 used it in making up the grand list. 

 The result was a boost to the amount 

 of several thousand dollars of the 

 town's grand list. It happens that Ole- 

 son and Lunden, were the only green- 

 house men who handed in their list to 

 the assessors last fall. When aggrieved 

 owners of greenhouses appealed to the 

 board of relief and showed the mem- 

 bers of that board the unjust raise in 

 their tax list, bringing with them fig- 

 ures to show cost of construction, etc. 

 That body immediately saw the rea- 

 sonableness of their appeal, but were 

 powerless to do anything. The law ia 

 very plain on the matter. Anyone who 

 fails to swear in their list has no ap- 

 peal from the assessors' valuation, to 

 any source. 



If the board of relief should take any 

 action upon the appeals of the green- 

 house men, even though they appear to 

 be unjustly assessed, each member of 

 the board would be liable to a fine of 

 $50. 



As conditions exist nothing can be 

 done this year in the way of relief. It 

 should be a good object lesson not 

 only to the greenhouse men, but to all 

 other property owners, to hand in their 

 lists next fall, as the board of asses- 

 sors will no doubt do things differently 

 than in former years and tax lists will 

 probably be raised all along the line. 

 — Xeiv Haven Register. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Easton, Pa. — D. B. Nevin, additions. 



Glasgow, Ky. — Morgan Brents, one 

 house. 



Omaha, Neb. — Jules Serleth. one 

 house. 



Chatham, N. J. — S. P. Neipp, two 

 houses. 



Rochester, N. Y. — Wm. Galentine, 

 one house, 



Milwaukee, Wis. — August Kellner, 

 range of houses. 



Stony Croft, Ct. — Miss Marie Hotch- 

 kiss, conservatory. 



West Collingswood, N, J. — Charles 

 Zimmer. additions. 



Danlelson, Ct. — Franklin Crosby, 

 house 100 ft. in length. 



Flatbush, N. \. — Dailledouze Bros.. 

 Lord & Burnham house 57 x 200. 



Chestnut Hill, Pa. — Myer & Samt- 

 man. Lord & Burnham house 57x350. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — John Stephen- 

 son's Sons, Lord & Burnham house 75 

 x500. 



The Lord & Burnham Company are 

 about to remove their office from the 

 St. James Building, 1133 Broadway, to 

 the new 42d street building opposite 

 the Grand Central Terminal, New 

 York City, where they will have a 

 very much enlarged and better equip- 

 ped office facilities. 



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NEWS NOTES. 



Berea, O. — Carl Gerdman has leased 

 the greenhouses of G, Schneider. 



Corfu, N. Y. — The greenhouse estab- 

 lishment of the William Scott Co. will 

 hereafter be conducted by David Scott 

 in his own name. 



INCORPORATED. 



Augusta, Me. — Atlantic Seed Co.,, 

 capital stork, .$30,000. 



Troy, N. Y. — Standard Seed & Soil 

 Inoculation Co., capital stock, $1,000. 



Hemet, Cal. — Howard Rose Co., 

 capital, $20,000. 



Boskoop, Holland. — The firms of 

 Felix & Dykhuis and Van Balen & Co. 

 have merged into one organization. 

 Mr. J. Dykhuis will be the American 

 representative of the new concern. 



Boonevllle, Mo. — Peyton & Barnes 

 have dissolved partnership, and Mr. 

 Barnes will hereafter conduct the 

 Boonville Nurseries. Mr. Peyton will 

 do business under the name of Peyton 

 Nurseries, as representing the firm of 

 T. R. Peyton & Sons. 



