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I FOLEY GREENHOUSES ■ 



We are in position to 

 manufacture the house 

 which will best suit your 

 requirements. 



If you contemplate 



building, let us hear 



from you 



Regardless of type of 

 construction preferred 

 you will And the "Foley 

 House" superior. 



Estimates and 



sketches furnished 



promptly 



1 THE FOLEY GREENHOUSE MFG. CO., Chicago, 111. i 



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A PENNSYLVANIA INDUSTRY. 



Not far from Lancaster, I'a., in the 

 beautiful valley of the Susquehanna 

 River, is located York, a thriving in- 

 dustrial town with some 56,000 inhab- 

 itants, composed largely of the good 

 old Pennsylvania Dutch and Quaker 

 stock, all as good loyal Americans as 

 any of the old Puritans. Here is lo- 

 cated the largest factory of artificial 

 teeth in the world, immense iron 

 chain works, corrugated iron works, 

 truck and carriage factories, etc.; and 

 here we have, about a mile outside of 

 the town, one of the oldest pottery 

 works in the United States, now in 

 the hands of the third generation. 

 The grandsire of the present Geo. 

 \V. Pfaltzgraff, president and treasurer 

 of the Pfaltzgraff Pottery Co., estab- 

 lished the business in 1831, from 

 which time it has steadily grown to 

 one of the largest and best equipped 

 manufacturing plants in the pottery 

 line in the United States. The ma- 

 chineo' is all modern and up to date; 

 and the structures are of brick, steel 

 and cement, consequently fireproof. 

 Five kilns, run partly by coal, partly 

 by oil as fuel, serve to produce a full 

 line of stoneware and this includes 

 nower pots, pans, dishes and vases In 

 all sizes and shapes for use by flor- 

 ists in greenhouses and outdoor work. 

 A large stock is kept on hand to fill 

 orders promptly. This "florists' line" 

 was added about three years ago to 



VEGETABLE FORCING 



By Prof. R. L. WattB 

 Which hns just come from the press. 

 This book was produced In response to 

 Dumherless Inquiries tor o practical up- 

 to-date volume on the forcing of vege- 

 tables. In our judgment It Is the most 

 complete final and authoratatlve work on 

 foning ever Issued. The author of this 

 Intensely practical book has had a large 

 experience In growing crops under glass. 

 He gives clearlv and conclsel.v, complete 

 Instructions covering Greenhouse Con- 

 struction, Soil, Preparation, Insects, 

 Diseases, Marketing, Cropping S.vstem, 

 and the growing of all of the most Im- 

 portant Vegetable Forcing Crops. The 

 book win be found equally valuable to 

 amateurs and experienced gardeners. 

 Price Net S2.00. For Sale by 

 HOBTICULTCRE PrBLISHING CO. 

 Boston, Mass. 



enlarge the activities of the plant and 

 Is now to be vigorously pushed. 



Two railroads — the Pennsylvania 

 and the Western Maryland — run their 

 tracks out to the pottery where orders 

 are loaded direct into the cars, avoid- 

 ing a second handling and thus insur- 

 ing largely against breakage en route. 

 The clay is of the best, and thoroughly 

 washed, cleansed and prepared, mak- 

 ing a purely clay pot, free of any 

 deleterious substances that might in- 

 terfere with a successful growth of 

 plants. A good strong pot is thus 

 secured of the desirable red tint, giv- 

 ing to this product a well finished ap- 

 pearance. The Society of American 

 florists awarded a certificate of honor 

 at their fourth National Flower Show 

 in Philadelphia to these Pfaltzgraff 

 I'lower Pots. 



Desirous to extend their trade to 

 the larger consumers of gn"eenhouse 

 pottery in the eastern territory the 

 Pfaltzgraff Pottery Co. have now ar- 

 ranged with the long-established firm 

 of August Rolker & Sons of New York 

 City to represent them as their sell- 

 ing agents, and there is little doubt 

 but what these two long-established 

 concerns will form a strong team in 

 this important industry. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Sheldon, la.— Sheldon Greenhouses, 

 one house. 



Toronto, Ont. — Carl Grobba, two 

 houses each 40 x 160. 



Aurora, III. — Aurora Nursery Co., 

 propagating house 14x50. 



Syracuse, N. Y.— Lord & Burnham 

 Company have been awarded the con- 

 tract for the greenhouse to be built 

 at Burnet Park, at a cost of $12,764, 

 exclusive of heating, masonry and 

 plumbing. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1.247,766. Irrigating Device for 

 Plants. Roy White, Lamar, Colo. 



1,248,3.51. Planting Machine. .Tohn 

 G. Lehde. Gardenville, N. Y. 



I Visitors' Register I 



Cleveland — Martin Keukaul, repre- 

 senting H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila- 

 delphia; Dr. Dux, Jacksonville, Fla. 



Boston— F. H. Traendly, New York; 

 Eugene Dailledouze, Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 Charles Schwake, New York; Maurice 

 L. Glass, H. M. Robinson Company, 

 New York. 



New York— H. R. Frorer, Klng-of- 

 Prussia, Pa.; T. J. Nolan, I^hila. repre- 

 sentative of the King Construction Co., 

 North Tonawanda, N. Y.; William 

 .ludgens, Newport. 



Philadelphia— Alfred Cartledge. Wil- 

 mington, Del.; Mrs. John Walker, 

 Youngstown, O.; Frank E. Miller, J. H. 

 Small & Sons, Washington, D. C; D. 

 R. Edwards, Atlantic City, N. J.; H. L. 

 Holmes, Harrisburgh, Pa. 



Chicago — Fred and George Rent- 

 schler, Madison, Wis.; H. Ashman, 

 Union Greenhouses, West Bend, Wis.; 

 J. C. Rennison, Sioux City, Iowa; F, W. 

 Heckenkamp, Quincy, 111.; John S. 

 Hay, representing H. A. Dreer, Phila- 

 delphia; P. N. Obertln, Racine and 

 Kenosha. Wis.; A. C. Reicher, Michi- 

 gan City. Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore 

 Wirth, Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Wirth went to Nebraska to at- 

 tend the celebration of the 25th wed- 

 ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. 

 Hess. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Bloomington, III. — The Bloomington 

 Nurseries have increased their capital 

 stock to $600,000. 



Cheshire, Ct. — Miss Nettle C. Smith 

 has sold her greenhouses to Preston 

 .\twater, who will remove them to his 

 establishment at Plantsville, Ct. 



