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HOETICULTUEE 



December 27, 1913 



Bird Steel=Frame Greenhouse Company, Inc. 



DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF 



Greenhouses, Conservatories, Palm Houses and Sun Parlors. Heating Engineers 



SPECIALISTS IN BOILER CONSTRUCTION AND HEATING SYSTEMS FOR GREENHOUSES 



General Sales Office; 15-17 WEST 38TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY 



Cable Address: "STEELHOUSE." N. Y. Telephone 5673 GREELEY 



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HEWS STANDARD POTS 



US... 



POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 



Pearson Street 

 LXNia ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



Main Office and Factortea 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



part of the lawn. In another case 

 where pulverized sheep manure was 

 used plentifully a remarkable catch of 

 a beautiful little lawn grass growing 

 about 4 inches high and known as Poa 

 annua was found. The seed of this 

 grass cannot be had in the market, 

 and yet it is one of the most desir- 

 able lawn grasses, thriving in the 

 shade where other grasses will not. 

 Whether the sheep manure contained 

 the seed, or whether it merely fur- 

 nished a suitable environment for its 

 development, as does potash or clover, 

 was not learned. 



The large amount of organic mat- 

 ter contained in sheep manure makes 

 it an excellent lawn fertilizer, al- 

 though from the point of view^ of 

 plant food contained it is more ex- 

 pensive than most chemical fertilizers. 

 Still, we believe that no chemical fer- 

 tilizer can take its place on lawns. 

 The number of weed seeds it con- 

 tains is its worst feature, but this 

 might possibly be overcome by some 

 system of sterilization. The applica- 

 tion of steam would have a tendency 

 to increase the ammonification and 

 would be a troublesome process, but 

 if the weed seeds could be killed by 

 an application of formaldehyde and 

 potassium permanganate it would be 

 a practical method. Fumigation with 

 this substance will kill opion seed 

 very quickly, but whether it would 

 have the same effect on weed seeds 

 we do not know. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Fresno, Cal. — George C. Roeding. L 

 and Fresno streets, one house. 



Frederick, Md. — C. Herman & Son, 

 West South street, range of houses. 



Greensboro, Pa. — Greensboro Floral 

 Co., Summit avenue, range of houses. 



Nelsonville, Ohio — Gibson & Son. 

 one King house. 



Concord, Cal.-,— MaoQuiddy Bros., 

 house 20 X 130. 



Baltimore, Md. — Greenniount Ceme- 

 tery Co., one house. 



Los Gatos, Cat. — George M. Tyler, 

 one house. 



Glenolden, Philadelphia, Pa. — Emil 

 F. Leiker, range of houses. 



Elmhurst, III. — Hoskin Floral Co.. 

 two houses 25 x 150: one house 27 x 

 275. 



DRCEIR'S *'Riverton Special" Plant Tub 



So. Dlam. Ea. Dos. IflO 



10 20 In. tl.4S $16.00 flMM 



20 18 In. !.»> 14.00 1U.« 



30 10 In. 1.00 11.26 MjM 



«0 14 in. .68 7.00 SCO* 



SO 12 In. .43 5.00 M.« 



00 10 In. .38 4.00 STO* 



70 8 In. .30 I.M 28M 



Utoufactared for ui excIailT.l7. Tbe bMt tab ercr Introdnced. The neatct, UcbUot 

 and cbeapeaL Painted (reen, with electric welded hoopi. Tbe (our largest alxw k.v« 

 drop handles. 



HENRY A. DRCER. J^^ r^. «*»■ ■< sm^ . 714 ClMStMt Street Plilailelyb'ia, Pa. 



1000 READY PACKJlD CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND BULB PANS 



can be slitpped at an liour'.s noiir,,. I'rire 

 per crate: 



EOOO 1% In. @ $6.00 

 1500 2 ■• -^ 4.88 

 1500 2(4 " " 6.25 

 1500 2M •• " 6.00 

 1000 3 " " 5.00 

 800 3V4 " " 5.80 



HanNGER BROS., Patterr, Fort tiwti, N.T. 



topst IdUr ( Sm. SI Imin St.. N. Y Uy. tfartt 



m mtiiin-ijai iiaim ft utm imt 



r-8TAN D A R D F LO W ER^ 



Floors 



If your greenbouses are within 500 mllea 

 of the Cnpltol. write us, we can aare 

 you money. 



W. H. ERNEST 



^ ZStb & .U Sts. WashlncteB, D. C. ^ 



rHOSE RED POTS 



A*k Uw Florist That Uteo Tkem 



Dvtrott Flower Pot Co., D««att, Misk. 

 Mention HORTICULTURE when writing 



You know the Import- 

 ance of harlng prop«r 

 greenhouse flttinga, and 

 a reliable Tentllatlnf 

 equipment In your green- 

 house. 



We mannfactore theac 

 articles In such a man- 

 ner that we feel per- 

 fectly safe In gnarantee- 

 Ing our material In ev- 

 ery possible manner. 



It will pay yon to In- 

 vestigate. Write Oi to- 

 day for catalog, prlcea, 

 etc. 



ADVANCE CO. 

 Rictwiond, - M. 



King Greenhouses 



Produce Results 



Write for ReafioDs 



KENG CONSTRUCTION CO. 



28 CiDg't Road North Tonawanda, N. Y. 



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sieeERs & sieeERs 



fATBKT LAWVBRS 



Bos 9, National Unioa Buiklinc 

 Waahington, D. C. 



