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HOETICULTURE 



April 28, 1917 



Lord ic Bumham's 

 guaranteed Wrought 

 Iron poBt equipped with 

 foot pieces, gusset 

 plateB, eave plate, and 

 combined eave plate fit- 

 ting and U-drip gutter 

 bracket. 



Going Back to the Civil War 



for Conclusive Evidence 



That Wrought Iron is Better 



Than Steel for Side Posts 



THE iron ore from which the big Parrot guns of the 

 Civil War were made, was mined at Peddler Hill, 

 fifty miles from New York. 

 The mine was abandoned thirty-five years ago. 

 Tramps soon burned all the buildings down. 

 Nothing is there now but the big yawning opening in the 

 rocks. 



But all the tackle guy eye irons, set in the rocks; and all 

 the stay bolts that fastened the engine to Its bed; are still 

 there good as ever, after their years and years of constant 

 exposure. 



They are all wrought iron. 



They have rusted but little. 



So little in fact that the screw threads on the engine bed 



anchor are still plainly there. 



We use guaranteed Wrought Iron for our posts, because 



it lasts. 



It's one of the important points of our houses of Everlast- 

 ing Lastingness. 



Good houses cost more than poor ones. 

 But poor houses cost good money. 



The growers who are making good; are putting their good 

 money in good houses. 

 For your own good, build one of our good houses. 



Tof4> uBiinihani|o, 



BailderB of Greenhouses and Conservatories 

 SALES OFFICEIS: 



NEW YORK, 42nd Stre«t, BIdtf BOSTON. Tremont BMtf. 



PHILADELPHIA. Widener BIdil ROCHESTER. GraoKe BIdi2 



CHICAGO, ContineDlal and Commercial Bank BIdtf. 



GLBTEL^ND. Sneiland BIdft DETROIT, Penobscot BIdtf 



TORONTO, Roral Bant BIdit MONTREAL. Transportation B Id^ 



FACTORIES t Irvindton, N T Dea Plaines. Ill 



St. Gatharinea, Canada 



Pipe column with base 

 plate and top cap. Note 

 what a good rugged fit- 

 ting it is. Six bolts se- 

 cure it to the rafter. 

 Two damp it to the col- 

 umn. Two bolt it to 

 the truss. 



I'ur ten years more tiimi Imll a 

 century, this Wrought Iron guy 

 eye iron has been embedded on 

 tlie weather exposed rocit of Ped- 

 dler Hill. From its looks, it will 

 be there as good as ever for a 

 century more. 



A pet'p Eiitii the mouth of tite famuiiH uld 

 I'eddler Ilill mine where the high grade ore 

 for the big Civil War guns was mined. 



Tliis . luriir Im.I bolt of Wrought 

 Iron. Im-s been exposed to all 

 weathers for thirty-five years. 

 Even the threads for the screw 

 cap are still not rusted away. 



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