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HORTICULTURE 



August 5, 1905 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 PROJECTED 



Trenton, N. J. — C. Ribsam, three houses. 

 Baraboo, Wis. — William Peck, one 

 house. 



LODA, 111. — Addems & Morgan, one 

 house. 



E.-vsTON, Mass. — George Gtddes, one 

 house. 



Cromwell, Conn. — A. N. Pierson, rose 

 house. 



Charlotte, Mich. — W. E. Carman, one 

 house. 



Ottumwa, Ia. — O, P. M. Cnley, one 

 house. 



Chariton, Ia. — James Knceland, one 

 house. 



ASHEVILLE, N.C. — E. E. Briiwn, one 

 house. 



St. Louis, Mo. — Bourdet & Roehr, one 

 house. 



HoLYOKE, Mass. — W. H. Phinney, one 

 house. 



Monson, Mass. — George L. Fuller, one 

 house. 



Aurora, III. — Aurora Greenhouses, two 

 houses. 



Wakefield, Mass. — E. Winkler, two 

 houses. 



PortL/V-nd, Ind. — Frank & Son, two 

 houses. 



Louisville, Ky. — Nanz & Neuner, two 

 houses. 



Harrisburg, Pa. — J. A. Kepner, two 

 houses. 



.\llentown. Pa. — Andrew Yeager, two 

 houses. 



Centrally, III. — J. W. Ross, two 

 houses. 



Rock Island, III. — H. Hensley, range 

 of houses. 



WoBUKN, Mass. — Sneider & Co., range 

 of houses. 



Newburyport, Mass. — C. McGregor, 

 one house. 



Athol, Mass. — George W. Sutherland, 

 two houses. 



Aurora, III. — Aurora Greenhouse Co., 

 two houses. 



McKiNNEY, Texas. — George W. Taylor, 

 two houses. 



Stone Church, N.Y. — Floyd Haynor, 

 violet house. 



MiLFORD, Mass. — C. H. Metcalf & Sons, 



Noe, 



house, 15 x6o. 



Congers, N. Y. — Schneider 

 house 20 X 200. 



Grosse Point, Mich. — Fred Pautke, 

 house 3 1. X 230. 



MiLFORD, Mass. — Mason & Hodges, 

 vegetable house. 



Athol Centre, Mass. — E. E. Fairbanks, 

 cucumber house. 



Hyde Park, Mass. — George .\nder.son, 

 carnation house. 



Enid, Oklahoma. — Kenwood Green- 

 houses, one house. 



Cleveland, O. — Kirchner Bros., two 

 houses, each 20 X 80. 



Waltham, Mass. — E. N. Pierce' & Sons, 

 two houses each 30 X 300. 



Albany, N. Y. — Whittle Bros., one house, 

 Fred Golding, three houses. 



Dover, N.H. — C. L. Howe, 3 houses, 

 42X131, 19X103, and 21 X88. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — F. & H. Mergan- 

 thaler, range of carnation houses. 



Hingham, Mass. — Peter B. Bradley, rose 

 and chrysanthemum house, 100 X 20. 



Lake' Odesssa, Mich. — Lake Odessa, 

 Floral Co., two houses each 20X100. 



The King Construction Co. report having 

 recently placed contracts for Iron Frame 

 Construction as follows: 



ROSLYN, L.I. — Mrs. Brice, two houses, 

 each 18 X 50. 



Washlnoton, Pa. — E. Culbertson, one 

 house, 25 Xgo. 



S,VNBORN, N.Y. — C. F. Treichler, one 

 house, 29 XI 50. 



WiLLiAMsviLLE, N.Y. — Byrne Bros., one 

 house, 29 X 100. 



I-;. Haven, Conn. — J. A. Long, one 

 house, 214x125. 



Tewksbury, M.'iss. — The Patten Co., 

 one house, 28 x 140. 



Geneva, N.Y. — W. & T. Cass, three 

 houses, each 12 X7S. 



Hamilton, Ont. — McLeod Bros., two 

 houses, each 24 X 150. 



Aylmer, Que. — R. H. Wright, two 

 houses, each 21 X400. 



Woodstock, Ont. — H. G. Doyle, five 

 houses, each 14J X 100. 



Lancaster, N.Y. — W. J. Palmer & 

 Sons, one house, 30X210. 



Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co., 

 three houses, each 17X50. 



Aldershot, Ont. — George Unsworth, 

 two houses, each 21 J X 100. 



Rochester, N.Y. — Chas. S. S. Suhr, 

 three houses, each 21^X97. 



Alameda, Cal. — J. C. Siegfried, one 

 house, 16X45; o"^ house, 16X24. 



Greenvale, L.I. — C. F. Bertanzel two 

 houses, each 18X200; one house, 18X36. 



Syracuse, N.Y. — P. R. Quinlan & Co., 

 one house, 28I X142; two houses, connected, 

 21 X 142. 



Westbuey, L.I. — Chas. Steele, one 

 house, 10X100; one house, 2if Xioo; palm 

 house, 30 X 30. 



Mt. Greenwood, III. — Mt. Greenwood 

 Cemetery Association, for W. N. Rudd, 

 three houses 12 X65, 26i X 100, 21 J X 114. 



Burnham, Hitchings, Pierson Co. report 

 the following contracts; 



Beverly, Mass. — W. S. Winslow, con- 



Brookline, Mass. — W'illiam Whitman, 

 range of conservatories. 



Manchester, Mass. — Lester Leland, 

 range of conservatories. 



So. Braintree, Mass. — Ellis Hollins- 

 worth, range of 1 



WINDOW GLASS BY MACHINERY 



Relative to the manufacture of window 

 glass in Belgium by macliinery invented by 

 i^mile Fourcault, honorary engineer of the 

 mines at LodeUnsart, near Charleroi, the 

 London Daily Mail, says: 



The Fourcault machine turns out con- 

 tinuously, sheets of glass 39^ inches wide, 

 of any desired length and of a uniform 

 thickness, var)'ing from one-fifteenth to five- 

 sixteenths of an inch. This glass can be 

 obtained as rough glass for making e.\tra 

 thin glass, as horticultural glass, and as 

 window-glass for certain export markets. 



The machine is described as a box of 

 fire-brick material floating on a "springing 

 fountain" of glass. In the bottom of this 

 box is a slit called the stretcher, and through 

 this stretcher a sheet of plate glass is intro- 

 duced into the molten mass. The molten 

 glass adheres to this plate. When the plate 

 is pulled up vertically it is followed by a 

 mass of melted material that wells up with- 

 out effort. Once started, the molten glass 

 continues to flow out in a sheet without the 

 plate being dipped in the stretcher again. 



The "springing fount;un" in which the 

 stretcher floats is a kind of pit, the walls of 

 which are heated by the heat of the glass, 

 and on the top of the pit is an apparatus 

 for dragging the glass u]> and for annealing. 

 This apparatus is simply a c himney to draw 

 off the heat, in which there are about 17 

 pairs of rollers. The glass is lifted through 



these roUers by adhesion, and by the time 

 it reaches the top of the chimney it is suSi- 

 ciently cool to be cut with a diamond into 

 desired lengths while stiU attached to the 

 machine. 



The operation of annealing — depriving 

 glass of brittleness by allowing it to cool 

 slowly — is at once difficult and capricious. 

 The greatest importance of annealing in all 

 branches of window-glass making lay in the 

 fact that the plastic glass had to be manipu- 

 lated by tools which were colder than the 

 glass. It was and is by the older method 

 a very delicate operation. The Fourcault 

 machine does away with all this. Annealing 

 is no more a necessity. The glass coming 

 out from the "delivery box" cools and con- 

 geals gradually, and at a certain point has 

 lost its heat. It is then that it comes in 

 contact with the first Ufting rollers, which 

 are at the same temperature as the glass 

 itself. Hence the glass appears at the top 

 of the chimney perfectly flat, and possesses 

 uiie(|ualed brightness on both sides. 



.■\s the Fourcault machine is particularly 

 recommended for its simplicity and for the 

 saving of time and material which it effects, 

 it will no doubt become of great importance 

 to glass manufacturers. 



LIST OF PATENTS 



Issued July 4, 1905 

 793,705. Lawn Edge Trimmer. Robert O. 



Windsor, Providence, R. I. 

 794,009. Surface Cultivator. ' Jacob A. 



Hamelback, Newark, O. 

 794,119. Hoe. Amos Richardson, Milton, 



Ore. 



794.150. Fruit Gatherer. Carl Hertz, San 

 Francisco, Cal. 



Issued July 11, 1905. » 



794,422. Grass-Cutter. Frank A. Nelson, 

 Wakefield, Mass. 



794,538. Hedge Trimmer. Ernest J. Nol- 

 ting. North Topeka, Kans. 



784,361. Weed-Cutter. Edwin M. Lamb- 

 son, Walla Walla, Wash. 



794,318. Weed Exterminator. Mathies 

 Schmitt, Austin, Minn. 



794,600. Weed-Turner. Willis M. Ells- 

 worth, Erie, Pa., assignor of one-third to 

 William I. Swartsfager and one-third to 

 L. L. Orton, Erie, Pa. 



Issued July 18, 1905 



794.791. William N. Doan, Blissfield, Mich. 

 Assignor of one-half to Louis L. Doan, 

 BUssfield, Mich. Lawn-Trimming Tool. 



794.883. Martin L. Porter, Redding, Cal. 

 Basket. 



794.884. Martin L. Porter, Redding, Cal. 

 Fruit-Gatherer. 



794,939. Catherine E. H. Jacoby, Easton, 

 Pa. Flower-Holder. 



795.151. Clarence Monroe and Casius A. 

 Coulter, Loveland, O. Fruit-Picker. 



795,191. James W. Bonsall, Glenville, O. 



Lawn-Mower Attachment. 



Issued July 25, 1905 

 795,729. Lorenz Otzen, .San Francisco, Cal. 



Device for Packaging Fruit and the Like. 



795.792. John G. Fassett, Pasadena, Cal. 

 Press-Follower for Dried Fruits, etc. 



795,421. Leroy Swarts, Coldwater, Ohio. 



Agricultural Implement. 

 795,443. Bartow Johnson, Comanche, 



Robert J. Dysart 



Public Accountant and Auditor 



Simpl* methodB of correct accounting 

 especially adapted for florists' use. 



Books Balanced and Adjusted 



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