HORTICULTURE 



December 23, 1905 



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The Greenhouse and the Ground Scheme 



No longer mere structures of squatty unsightliness (simply necessary adjuncts) 

 the greenhouse becomes in our hands a point of beauty, a harmonious blending with 

 the ground scheme. 



This cut shows A.. K. Vanderbllt's Palm House at Oakdale, L. I. A central 

 Palm House with hipped dome roof and ornamental vestibule, flanked by two curvi- 

 linear wings. Its terraced position and simple approach of steps, complete the dis- 

 tinctness of a well-balanced scheme. The raising of vestibule floor above the main 

 floor of house gives to the interior an uniqueness, permitting, as it does, the looking 

 down upon the mass of palms and rare exotics, giving an effect not only delight- 

 ful but showing the profusion of the tropics in all their individual beauties. 



F"rom the erection of the amateur greenhouse or pretentious range for private 

 estate, to the 700 feet commercial houses, we give the same careful attention, 

 putting into them the skill and knowledge of 50 years of building. 



Burnham Hitchings Pierson Company 



GREENHOUSE DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS 



1133 Broadway Cor. 26th St., New York. Boston Branch, 819 Tremont Bldg. 



