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HOBTICULTURE 



November 28, 1914 



A LOYAL FRIEND 



On the job night and day. Adjust the hands at mini- 

 mum and maximum temperature and this always-awake 

 little instrument will warn you if temperature goes be- 

 low or above the limit. PADLOCKED and cannot 

 be tampered with. Absolutely accurate. You can 

 locate the warning bell at your bedside or elsewhere. 



Costs but $10.00 



STYLE 1 



STANDARD THERMO CO. 



65 Shirley Street 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



KING 



The name that assures "the 

 most for the money" in 



GREENHOUSES 



Write for Bulletin No. 47 

 and you will see why. 



KING CONHRUCTION CO. 



28 King's Road, N Tonawanda, N.Y. 



SPRING IS COMING! 



ind when it does voiuc tliere will Im* 

 a wlinle lot of folks wishing they bud 

 Ln^itulled 



Skinner Irrigation 



for I he economical and propor wator- 

 ln(^ of ail growing crops, flowers or 

 lawn. 



SAVE MONEY BY DOING IT NOW 

 GEO. N. BARRIE 



BROOKLINE, MASS. 



Send your biutneu direct to Washington. 

 Saves time and insures better service. 

 Personal attention tiuaranteed. 

 Thirty years active service. 



SIGGERS & SIGGERS 



PATENT LAWYERS 



Box 9, National Union Building 

 Washington, D. C. 



INCORPORATED. 

 New York, N. Y.— Loechner & Co., 

 11 Warren street, capital stock $10,000. 

 Incorporators: Charles Loechner, 

 Mark V. and Oscar Haase. 



TF YOU ONLY 

 ■■• KNEW what a 

 good e a V e the 

 M E T R OrOI.I- 

 TAN PATENT- 

 ED is, jou would 

 use DO other. It 

 Is made of cast 

 Iron and will not . 

 rust. That part 

 of your green- 

 house which in 

 other construc- 

 tions Is the weak- 

 est becomes the 

 strongeHt. Not 

 this nlone, it Is 

 Ire-clearUig and 

 carries all the 

 water of c<'n- 



dcnsatlon from the inside, and It is so 

 .•onHtructed that almost the entire end 

 >t the b.nr is exposed to the air. there- 

 by preventing dt^i-ay. Only one screw, 

 about two Inches from tiie end, Is all 

 that Is necessiiry to secure the bars. 

 ['"or side stationary glass, wood headers 

 are absolutely unnecessary, thereby 

 fHUsing no shade. Zinc glass stops are 

 not ncc«*«sary — the ftive Is m.'nle with 

 a log to prevent the glass from alli) 

 ping. T,et your next house be built 

 witi) a >1rtrnpolltan rutenteil Iron Wall 

 ronNtruction. You will never regret It. 

 Our price and service are right. 



METROPOLITAN MATERIAL CO. 



Patented Greenhouses -Heating Engineers 

 Hotbed Sash, Glass, etc. 



1392-1414 MetropoliUn ht.. BROuKLYN, N. Y. 



"It means Money 

 to your pocket to 

 let us quote you on 

 Ventilating appara- 

 tus and Greenhouse 

 fittings. Send for 

 catalogue today." 



ADVANCE CO. 

 Richmond, - Ind. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,117,265. Plant Protector. Starkie 

 Norman Slade, Durham, N. C. 



1,117,474. Flower-Pot. John G. Ben- 

 ning, Kansas City, Mo. 



GLASS 



tr,r GREENHOrSE and HOT BED 



SA.SHES. Our prices cnn be hnd liy 

 iiiiiil, and It will pay you to get tljem. 

 We rarry tlie largest stork of Specially 

 .Selecteil Gla^H in C renter New York and 

 can supply any quautity from a box to 

 a ear load on a one day notice, and at 

 Itock Bottom Prices. 



PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc. 



21^-217 Uavemeyer St., Urooklya, N. Y, 



A STIC A 



usErnump. 



F.O.PIERCECO. 



12 W. BROADWAY 

 NEW YORK 



Superior, Wis. — Franlc Spring has 

 sold ten acres of land to E. Thurston, 

 who will start a nursery .thereon. 



New London, Wis. — G. Blondey has 

 purchased an Interest in the New Lon- 

 don Greenhouses. 



Maslira Ia elafttle and tenaclonii, aflniltn of 

 e\piinNinn and contraction. I'litt.v become* 

 hard and )>rittle. ItriiUen eInKh more eaNlly 

 r4-movc<l without hreaklni; of ittlier kIass 

 as occurH with lianl r>ntty. Lasts longer 

 than putty. Eas.v to appl.r. 



Dreer's Peerlessi 

 Glazing PoSeiUs 



For Greenhouses 



Drive easy and ime, because 

 both bevels are on the same 

 side. Can't twist and break 

 the glass in driving. Galvan- 

 ized and will nut rust. No 

 rights or K-fis 



The Peerless Glazine Point 

 is patented. Noo'Iu-rs like 

 it. Order from your dealt 

 or direct irom us. 

 1000,75c. postpaid. ( 

 Samplf s free. 

 HENRY A. DREER.l^ 

 714 Cheetnnt Street^ 

 Philadelphia. 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION Of 



AMERICA, Insurer oi 39,000,000 sq. ft. of fgima 



For particulars aditress 



>ohnG. Esler, Sec'y Saddle River, N.J. 



When writing to advertuert kiiuUy 

 menhnn HORTICULTURE, 



