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HORTICULTURE 



Soptombor 8, 1U17 



Cat. >r»8 



Pot Maker* for a 

 CanturyandaHalf 



HEWS 



STRONG 



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 POROUS 



Standard, Azalea 



POTS 



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World'a LarsMt 

 Manufacturers 



'^ritt for Cataloga* 

 and DiacoantB 



«,.-1;.'^c°k'^'"'''*' /"«":, "■"«'"*• ^'"''oeaed. Ro.e, Carnation, Palm, Cy 

 Special Shape, to Order. Chicken Fount., Pigeon Ne.f, Bean Pot. 



Pot., Etc. 



clamen. Cut Flow«r. 



^' H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 



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FIRE PROTECTION 



STANDARD FLOWER 



If yoDr .reenhonspi «re within Bnn 

 mtlei of the Capitol, write ni; we CD 

 gave yoo monej. 



WUi it U 8U., W»«hlnrton. D. C. 



A useful pamphlet ••Safeguarding In- 

 dustry." advising as to ways and 

 means for preventing or controlling 

 fire losses has been prepared for the 

 Council of National Defense by the 

 National Hoard of Fire Underwriters. 

 The amount wasted in fires that were 

 largely preventable in this country in 

 1916 Is given as $214.iin0,00n, the prin- 

 cipal cause beinc either ignorance or 

 carelessness. From the lengthy list 

 of general precautions advised we 

 have selected the following as being 

 especially applicable to greenhouse es- 

 tablishments, nursery packing sheds, 

 etc., and would call them to the atten- 

 tion of our readers who own or oper- 

 ate such property, as worthy of atten- 

 tion now before the season of greatest 

 hazard sets In: 



Mntntnln (rood order ami rlpnnllncss. 

 This Is the first step towards effective (ire 

 prevention. 



Give particular attention to the shippinc 

 and recelvlnR rooms: prevent the aceumn- 

 latlon of excess packing material and 

 empty bnxes. 



Wherever excelsior, papers, straw or 

 other combustible materials are used for 

 packlnB. keep only a dnv's supplv on hand 

 at a time In a box or bin. lined with tin 

 and provided with a counter-welphted 

 door havlne a fnslble link to Insure auto- 

 matic closInK In case of tire. Burn under 

 the hollers all such material as Is past 

 usefulness every day before closing. 



Do not permit the accumulation of any 

 waste combustible material near buildings, 

 especially those of wooden construction. 

 Shingles or other refuse from the bnlld- 

 Ing. waste papers, old lumlier. and emptv 

 hoi^s are sometimes neglectfully allowed 

 to accumulate In such places. 



Keep dried grass, weeds and brush 

 cleared away from buildings, since a loco- 

 motive spark, match or cigarette may Ignite 

 these and burn the building. 



Keep the boiler room free from accumu- . 

 latlons of combustible refuse. 



Never place any combustible material on 

 boilers, ovens or flues to dry. 



Where steam pipes pass through or close 

 to woodwork. Install them so as to main- 

 tain a clear space between the two and 

 prevent lint and light combustibles from 

 accumulating there. 



If the back of the hand cannot be held 

 without discomfort in firm contact with 

 wood work exposed to heat of flues, boiler 

 settings or other heating devices, conditions 

 are unsafe. Do not attempt to remedy by 

 covering with metal, which simply trans- 

 mits the heat and prevents the condition 

 from being seen. 



Soft coal. In piles, often beats spontane- 

 ously to the ignition point. Never imbed 

 wooden posts In It but support any hnlld- 



Ing i.u brick pierb or lirepruufed Iron 

 columns. 



I'rovide good yenttlation in any cool 

 st'>rnge building to prevent accumulation 

 of gas. 



I.lnie, unless stored above the flood level 

 of adjacent streams, tightly enclosed 

 against rain, and protected from water 

 from other sources, is dangerous because 

 It win heat when it Is wet; this heating 

 has caused many fires. 



Keep plastering and sheathing In repair 

 BO that nothing can be thrown Into the 

 hollow spaces behind. 



Forlild smoking on the premises 

 Steani Jets are of value in suppressing 

 fires in dry-rooms and other confined 

 spaces; where used there should be ample 

 boiler capacity behind them to insure 

 volume of steam, with controlling valves 

 located at readily accessible points. 



Fire hydrants, whether public or private 

 should conform to the National Standard 

 with a barrel of not less than six (6") 

 inches In diameter, and be fed from a 

 service main of not less than of the same 

 diameter forming a complete circuit of the 

 system, without dead ends, meter connec- 

 tions or other obstructions to the free flow 

 of water, and be located at a distance of 

 not less than 50 feet from the buildings to 

 be protected. 



Hose connections or outlets should he of 

 the National Standard pattern, unless the 

 city outlets differ from It. In which event 

 the outlets on private equipment should 

 conform to the latter. Hose for use on 

 hydrants and other devices supplying 

 streams on the outside of buildings should 

 be of not less than 2iA-lnch diameter, with 

 nozzles of 1 ',4 inch smooth bore pattern. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,2,35,790. Garden hoe. Henrie W. 

 Gates, Olalla, Wash. 



1,236,812. Process of making fertil- 

 izer. Joseph E. Zilk, Sharpsbiirg. Pa. 



I,2.'i5.813. Lawn and garden sprink- 

 ler. Chas. L. Kelso. Cle Elum, Wash. 



1,235,906. Fertilizer composition. 

 Jacob G. Lipman, New Brunswick, 

 N. J. 



1,236,629. Insect destroyer. Grover I 

 C. Tucker, Tuskaloosa, Ala., as- ' 

 signor to the Tucker Implement Co., 

 Greensboro, Ala. 



Le Roy. N. Y.— Alois King has sold 

 his greenhouse business, together with 

 real estate, buildings and equipment, 

 to Raymond Preisach, of Ruffalo, and 

 his brother, George Preisach, of Corfu. 

 The purchasers, who are experienced 

 florists, have taken possession of the 

 business and Raymond Preisach will 

 move his family here from Buffalo 

 about September 1. 



Mr. King came to Le Roy from Hor- 

 nell four years ago, purchasing the 

 Walter greenhouse business. On ac- 

 count of Mr. King's health a change 

 of climate was necessary and his 

 family leave the latter part of this 

 month for Gainesville. Texas, where 

 they expect to engage In the same line 

 of business. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



Haltland. Mo. -Linville & Davis, one 



house. 



Los Angeles, Cal. F. R. HlUa, one 

 house. 



Pendleton, Ore. J. N. Hooker, one 



llOUSf, 



Moscow. Idaho.— Scott Bros., house 



.■iOxlL'."). 



Ansonia, Conn. ICiisy Hill Jardens. 



liou.si' 14x.'i.'>. 



Richmond, Va. Forest Hill Gardens. 

 Lord & Hurnham house. 



Oakland, Me.— William N. Savage, 

 Swans Hill, house .''.0x150. 



Rochester, N. Y. R. J. Buelte, 130 

 Ravonwood avenue, one house. 



Germantown, Pa. — M. W. Taylor, 



5722 Groen street, house 15x40. 



Columbus. Neb.— Will A. Goodwin. 

 17th and Wheeler streets, house 30x70. 



Baltimore, Md.— P. C. Erdman, Tay- 

 lor avenue, three houses, each 28x150. 



New Haven, CL— Herbert Barnes. 

 Quinnipiac avenue, one house, com- 

 pleted. 



Springfield, O.— L. M. Frankenberg. 

 two houses, each 21x156, completed. 

 B. C. Blake, one house. 



Providence, R. I.— Frank E. Saun- 

 ders, 6.'!8 Public street, one house. 

 A. A. Kupfer & Son, 234 Potter avenue, 

 additions and alterations. 



Madison. N. J.— The new chimney 

 on the Xoe & Riizicka place is well 

 under way. It will be 100 ft. high, 

 of the yellow brick type and will care 

 for two 225 H. P. boilers used to heat 

 the place. The.se comprise the new 

 central . heating plant installed this 

 summer 



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AC2BS 



GREENH2USES 



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 TO LAST 



^ahtt«al>ally ronalracied for lerrlce 

 JadlrlooalT draldncti far rrsulu 

 A matlmam olant droning efflcjencj 

 Spt^flllr •nd rconoDilrall)' creeled. 



S. JACOBS & SONS. Br.,„l,l„. 



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