November 15, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



61tl 



The Building Business and the Business of Building 



A FEW ui^-lits .iLTo. :it th,. X,.w V<.rk Florist riiil) 

 meetiiij^. I uveiht-ard a louversiitiou tbat was so 

 full nf plain rommou sense facts that I am going 

 to pass along the conversation to you. 

 Two growers were talking — two of the most successful 

 r -se growers in the business. 



One remarked: '"Never has our stock looked quite so 

 good or as promising." The other replied: "Well, you 

 are not doing any of your own building this year, as 

 usual, and as a result you have been able to give all 

 your time and attention to growing. Long ago I made 



up my iiiiiid tli.it I oiiuld not afford to do my own 



greenhouse liuikliug and exjiect to keep on building my 



business as it should be built. 



"I let the greenhou.se builders build all my houses, and 



I keep busy building my business.'' 



The point we wau to make of cour.se is: If these 



seasoned men in the business can't afford to do their 



own building, then how can you? 



Let's you and I get together and talk the proposition 



over. If anybody can build e<'onomically for you, we 



HiicKin 



NEW YORK OFFICE 

 1 170 Broadway 



Factory. Elizabeth. N. J. 



PHILADELPHIA OFFICE 



Pennsylvania BIdg., 15th and 



Chestnut Streets 



Order Now ! 



SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO. 



Are Leader* in 



GREENHOUSE GLASS 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. 



I 466 ^^'^ Erie St. ■ ■ CHICAGO ) 



SASH BARS 



32 feet or longer 



HOT BED SASH 

 PECKY CYPRESS BENCH LUMBER 



Wl 



GREENHOUSES 



ERECTED AND EQUIPPED COMPLETE IF DESIRED 



Write for C'iriular "D" and Prices 



The A. T. STEARNS LUMBER CO. 



NEPONSET, BOSTON, MASS. 



You know the import- 

 ance of having proper 

 greenhouse fittings, and 

 a relialile ventilating 

 equipment in your green- 

 Iiouse. 



We manufacture these 

 articles in such a man- 

 ner that we feel per- 

 fectly safe in guarantee- 

 ing our material in ev- 

 ery possible manner. 



It will pay you to in- 

 vestigate. Write us to- 

 day for catalog, prices, 

 etc. 



ADVANCE CO. 

 Richmond, - Ind. 



Mention HORTICULTURE when writing 



ETROPOLITAN 

 ATERIAL CO. 



PATENTED 



Greenhouse Boilers and 



Construction Material 



Please Settd for dtttiin^ue 



1392-1414l!lETR0P0LITAN AVE. 



BROOKLYN. N. Y. 



GLASS 



for GRKENHOrSE and HOT BED 



.SA.SHK.S. Our prices can be had by 

 mail, and it will pay you to get theui. 

 We carry the largest stoclt of Speciallr 

 Selected Class in Orenter New York and 



can supply any qnantity from a box to 

 a car load on a one day notice, and at 

 Kuck Bottom I*rices. 



PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc. 



21.5-21; Ilavemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y'. I 



Evans 20tti Century Arm 



\yiH oot twist the shafting pipe. Three 

 limes the power of old style elbow armft. 

 Sold only with Evans Challenge Machine. 



\C'ritf for fret Cataloi^tte to 



QCAKKB riTT MACHINE CO. 



RtchmoBd. Ind. 



FURNISHED 

 AND ERECTED 



Greenhouse Materials 



IRON or WOOD SASH BARS 



In all lenj^tlis up to .S2 feet. 



Milled to any detail furnished or will 

 furnish details and cut materials ready for 

 prpc fl.cn. 



— Frank Van Assche, ■""In^oXT.M 



Rose Ave 

 Street 



JERSEY CITY, N. J. 



