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August 22, 1908 



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ATTERS h ?e now reached the point where Experiment Stations, Agri- 

 cultural Cc leges and Schools find greenhouses absolutely indispensable 

 in their wor ., A recent notable instance is that of the Connecticut Agri- 

 cultural College at Storrs, plan and two views of which are shown. An 

 interesting feature and one unusual for a college range, is the vinery hav- 

 ing a single center walk. In lajing out this range, its absolute utility was 

 the first consideration, and nothing of practicalness was sacrificed for 

 effect ; still the result is most pleasing. 



Our Sectional Iron Frame Construction is in this case bolted directly to 

 the cast iron sills which cap the masonry walls. This method of construc- 

 tion is omewhat more expensive than when 

 the Guaranteed Wrought Bar Iron Posts are 

 substituted, but for public institutions the 

 added effect and air of durability is felt by most 

 of the institutions to be worth the difference. 

 The Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 at Amherst, Mass., has just placed with us an 

 order for seven new houses. Only yester- 

 day we booked an order for the Louisiana 

 State Agricultural College at New Orleans, 

 for a plant laboratory, straight roofed palm 

 house and two growing houses. 



This morning's mail (August 1 7) brings in- 

 quiries from two more Agricultural Colleges, 

 so you can see what the trend of things is. 



We are also turning out just now some 

 greenhouses with our new Cast Iron Bench, 

 for the State University of Kentucky. 



In all this kind of business we handle, the 

 committees seem to have the same ideas in 

 mind, of building the greenhouses just as en- 

 duringly as they do their other 

 buildings, which fact, no doubt, 

 has a good bit to do with the 

 steadily increasing use of our 

 Sectional Iron Frame Green- 

 houses. 



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Plan of the Layout 



Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs. This view was taken partic- 

 ularly to give you an idea of the splendid effect of the straight 

 roofed palm house 



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Climbing up on the steep roof of a professor's house, we snapped this view of the growing houses with roof of palm house showing at the back 



