March 2, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



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Promptness and Good WorKmansHip 



The uliove combined with personal attention to 

 all work, and the fact thut 1 have m my employ men 

 especially selected for their proficiency in greenhouse 

 heating and building assures ycju of I'lie best results 

 possible for the amount of money expended. 



Private gardeners and commercial tlorists in all 

 parts of the country for whom 1 have installed work 

 will verity the above. (Send for list). 



IS VOUR HEATING PLANT IN ORDER FOR THE COMING WINTER? 

 F NOT CAN SEND VOU COMPETENT MECHANICS AT ONCE. 



Everything for Heating and Ventilating, Grates, 

 Smoke Boxes, Etc. 



WILLIAM H. LUTTOIN, West Side Ave. Station, JERSEY CITY. N. J. 



Tel. 4 I 2 R. Bergen 



Eastern Agent Furnnan Boilers, write for prices 



SOME RECENTLY INVENTED APPLIANCES 



IMPROVEMENTS IN ROOF CON- 

 STRUCTION. 

 Herman Thaden of Atlanta, Ga., has 

 obtained a patent on the improvement 

 in roof construction indicated in the 

 accompanying illustration. Fig. 1 is 

 a perspective view of a sI\;eleton roof 

 embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a 

 view, partly in vertical section and 



partly the side elevation, of the means 

 for attaching to the ridge of the roof 

 structure. Mr. Thaden claims in this 

 invention the following: 



In a roof structure, a ridge, wall 

 plates spaced upon opposite sides of 

 the ridge, rafters extending from the 

 plates to the ridge, truss-rods running 

 from the wall plates in reversely-in- 

 clined upward directions, and ap- 

 proaching near the rafters at their 

 lower ends, a block yieldingly secured 

 to the ridge, and connecting the truss- 

 rods and ridge and arranged to equal- 

 ize the strain upon the truss-rods, and 

 purlins carried upon the truss-rods 

 and positioned to support the rafters 

 intermediate their ends. 



FLORISTS' PLANT STAND. 



We reproduce herewith photographs 

 showing front and rear view of a plant 

 stand, which is sent to us by the 

 George Wittbold Company. 



The stands are very light, made of 

 galvanized iron, and they can be used 

 as a vase. They telescope, so that a 

 great many stands will take no more 

 room than one, Mr. Wittbold. who 

 does probably the largest amount of 



decorating of this kind in Chicago, 

 states that he has found it to be very 

 valuable in his work. 



A SERVICEABLE GREENHOUSE- 

 BRACKET. 



The "Economy Bracket," of which 

 a picture is here shown, seems to pre- 

 .'ient the maximum of convenience, 

 strength and beauty with the mini- 

 mum of obstruction and expense. Its 

 value as space saver, a convenience- 

 for the accommodation of shelves for 



(Showing Method of Fastening.) 



seedlings, etc., and for raising things 

 toward the light when desired, will be 

 apparent to every greenhouse man 

 without further explanation. It is 

 recommended by Patten & Co., F. H. 

 Kramer, S. J. Goddard and other well- 

 known growers. See advertisement of 

 Buxton & Allard in this issue. 



TO OUR READERS. 



You will confer upon us a special 

 favor if you will scan the advertise- 

 ments, as they .ippear from week to 

 week, and favor v.'ith your patronage 

 the firms there repressnted whenever 

 you possibly can. A reference to HOR- 

 TICI'LTURE when sending for goods 

 will be a kind and thoughtful cour- 

 tesy, which will be of far reaching 

 benefit to us, and will, as such be deep- 

 ly appreciated. 



BETWEEN YOU AND ME, What 



do you think of the Buyers' Directory 

 and Ready Reference Guide of HORTI- 

 CULTURE? Cent a word! Cheap 

 and Efficient Advertising, I call it. 



