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II I) KT 1 (JULTUH K 



January 9, ldl6 



A LOYAL FRIEND 



On the job ni^ht and day. Adjust the hands at mini- 

 mum and maximum temperature and this always-awake 

 little instrument will warn you if lempLTature >;oes be- 

 low or above the limit. PADLOCKED and cannot 

 be tampered with. Absolutely ateurate. Vou can 

 locate the warninff bell at your bedside or elsewhere . 



The SlJiiiiliiril Tliiriiionii'liT Coiiip'iny, DitohiIxt •'0, HtH. 



0.'> Shlrli'.v Sircfl. Ilnxton, Mimii. 

 Ccnl loiiion : ICnrlnHril lliiil rlioik fnr Ion donnm for Iwo iiuiii- 

 licr one tlipniioKliitK. I'linliiiMi'd uf yiiii two ilm'kii iiiitl two llior- 

 iiioiiK*torK tn past and liavr liad hik-Ii khoiI htiri'twH with (hi'in mil 

 icoli)^ (o put tlit>K4> hi mnnhiliiK Iioukch. I'louHe hurry Hlilpiiicnt 

 aH Hoon MS poKHildc \oiir« trnlv. 



Strfiitor, III. (Slt'iic'di i;i:oi!i:i; c. wniTf'OMIl 



Costs but $10.00 



65 Shirley Street 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



STANDARD THERMO CO., 



SHARP, PARTRIDGE & CO. 



Are Leaders in 



GREENHOUSE GLASS 



OUR PRICES WILL PROVE THIS. CHICAGO, ILL. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Hamilton, III. — C. P. Lindsey; house. 

 21x100. 



Shrewsbury, Mass. J. A. Kemp; 

 one house. 



Reading, Mich. — W. M. Cahow: ad- 

 dition, 12x100. 



Santa Fe, N. M. — Clarendon Gar- 

 dens; house. 2,5xG6. 



Lancaster, Pa.— .John S. Stauffer; 

 King house, 28x100. 



Batavia, N. Y, — Gustav Noack, Bank 

 street; Iv.o houses. 



Portland, Ore.— W. G. Wood, Lom- 

 baru street; one house. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 

 1,120,917, Fertilizer and Process of 



Making the Same. William F. 



Downs, Jersey City, N. J. 

 1.121,257. Lawn Mower. . Arthur B. 



Kidder, Canton, Ohio. 



New Rochelle, N. Y.— Siebrecht & 

 Son, of the Rose Hill Nurseries, have 

 been awarded the contract by the 

 Commission of the State of New York 

 for the landscape work, furnishing and 

 planting of evergreens, bay trees, etc., 

 for the grounds about the New York 

 State Building; also furnishing palms, 

 ferns and bay trees for the interior of 

 the building. This firm has had be- 

 tween thirty and forty men for two 

 ■weeks preparing for the shipment. 

 Last Thursday they shipped via re- 

 frigerator cars three cars containing 

 over 1.000 evergreens, boxwood trees 

 and other plants, and one car of large 

 palms, ferns and bay trees for the in- 

 terior of the building. 



Henry A. Siebrecht, Sr., left on 

 Tuesday evening, Dec. 15, for San 

 Francisco, where he will be for two 

 months with a large force of men to 

 carry out this landscape and deco- 

 rative work. Mr. Siebrecht also ex- 

 pects to close a large landscape con- 

 tract in Seattle, Washington. 



GLASS 



t-lo-t ^ed SetsKie* 



Our prlies tan be Iiad by mall, and 

 It will pay you to get them. We carry 

 the largest stock of Specially SelnUd 

 Glass In Greater New Vork and can 

 supply any quantity from a box lo a 

 ear Umd on a one day notice, and at 

 RncU Itottom Prices. 



PARSHELSKY BROS. Inc. 



Sl-'V-'H lla\eiiie> *-r St., IJrookJyn, N. V. 



KING 



SPRING IS COMING! 



and u lien it (Iocs come there will tie 

 a whole lot of folks wishing they had 

 Installed 



Skinner Irrigation 



for the economical and proper water- 

 ing of all growing crops, flowers or 

 lawn. 



SAVE MONEY BY DOING IT NOW 

 GEO. N. BARRIE 



BROOKLINE, 



MASS. 



The name that assures "the 

 most for the money" in 



GREENHOUSES 



Write for Bulletin No. 47 

 and you will see why. 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO. 



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



IF Vor O.M.Y 

 K.NIOW what a 

 gnud e n %• e the 

 M K T KOrOI.l- 

 TAN I'ATKNT- 

 fCl> Ik, you would 



^mI> Ik, you would '^ ^ 



ise DO other. It ,^^\ 



■ made of cast .^r M 

 run and will not,^nl I 



Is 



I 



rust. That part" 

 of your green- 

 houHe which In 

 other construc- 

 tions Is the weak- 

 est becomes the 

 "trongest. .N o C 

 tills alone. It Is 

 Ice-clearlng and 

 carries all the 

 water of con- 

 densation from the Inside, and It Is so 

 constructed that almost the entire end 

 it the linr Is exposed to the air, there- 

 by preventing decay. Only one screw, 

 atiotit two Inches from the end. Is all 

 that Is necessary to secure the bars. 

 For side stationary glass, wood headers 

 nre absolutely unnecessary, thereby 

 causing no shade. Zinc glass stops are 

 not necessary — the tave Is made with 

 n lug to prevent the glass from slip- 

 ping. Let your next bouse be built 

 with n Metropolitan Patented Iron Wall 

 Coniitrurtlon. You will never regret It. 

 Our price and sei-vlce are right. 



METROPOLITAN MATERIAL CO. 



Patented Greenhouses Heating Engineers 

 Hotbed Sash, Glass, etc. 



1392 1414 Metropolitan «v«., BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



)reer'8 Peerless^ 

 Glazing Points 



For GrecnhouN«^M 



iJrive easy and tiue, becatue 

 both bevfis are on the same 

 bUc. Can't twist and break 

 the glass in driving. Galvan- 

 ized and will not nut. 

 liehis or le(t» 



The Peerless Glazing Poin 

 is patented. Noo'hers like 

 it. Order from your dcali'^ 

 or direct from us. 

 in00,75c. postpaid, j 

 ^.impies free. 

 HENRY A DREEE.I 

 714 Chotnul Street^ 



CHANGE OF NAME 



FROM 



Qaaker City Machine Co. 

 THE JOHN A. EVANS CO. 



Richmond, Ind. 



