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HOETICIILTURE 



March 7, 1914. 



U-Bar Greenhouse Excelling Points 



THE nearer your greenhouse comes to 

 duplicating actual outside conditions 

 of light and sunshine — the better will 

 be your results and the easier it will be to 

 secure them. This is just common, com- 

 mon sense. Under ordinary conditions the 

 ordinary greenhouse seems light enough. 

 But it is during the short days of winter 

 that your roses have their hardest time and 

 your vegetables are struggling up their 

 steepest grade. Then it Is that sunshine 

 light mean so much to their success. 

 EXTREME LIGHTNESS is one of the main 

 features that U-Bar houses excel in. Glance 

 at the Illustrations on the opposite page — 

 they tell their own convincing story of airy 

 lightness and freedom from heavy construc- 

 tion members. 



DURABILITY is another U-Bar excelling 

 point. When you consider the fact that 

 every roof bar is a combination of a cypress 

 core and a galvanized steel U-shaped bar you can at once 

 appreciate how strong and enduring it must be. 

 The Core Bars are chemically treated against decay. 

 The Steel U-Bars are heavily galvanized against 

 rust. 



The U-Bar protects the core bar against the interior alter- 

 nate moisture and dryness so destructive. Decay is thus 

 prevented. 



THE RIGITITY of the entire steel frame, combined with 

 the special U-Bar method of securing the glass, reduces 

 breakage to practically nil. 



THE ALUMINUM FINISH of all steel parts gives a 

 glistening effect as enduring as it is attractive. 

 THE CURVED EAVE originated with the U-Bar con- 

 struction. Other curved eaves may look like it from the 

 outside but from 

 the inside it Is 

 quite another 

 story. No other 

 curved eave is 

 built with a 

 U-Bar. None have 

 the freedom from 

 heavy structural 

 members. No 

 other fully pro- 

 tects the wood 



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GLAZING 



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PUTTY <: 



CYPRESS 

 CORE BAR 



This is a reproduction of ;i small 

 portion of the t'-Bar, used in 

 the average sized houses. It 

 gives you a clear idea of the 

 cypress core bar an<l its relation 

 to the U-Bar itself. The glazins 

 method is also plainl.v sht)wii. 

 The U-Bar construction is pat- 

 ented. We are its sole builders. 



Our New Catalog is just off the press. 

 Be sure to get one. Send in your name. 



So much was one of our customers impressed with 

 the extreme film-like construction of his U-Bar houses, that he referred to 

 them as "Bubbles of Glass." It was so happily expressive that it has become 

 "a nickname" for U-Bar greenhouses. 



portion of the bars from moisture and de- 

 cay. No other so completely takes care of 

 the condensation from dripping. 

 THE GARDENER'S SIDE: Ask any gar- 

 dener what he thinks of the U-Bar construc- 

 tion and invariably he will acknowledge its 

 being the highest type greenhouse built, and 

 will generally say "that if a man cannot 

 grow things successfully In a U-Bar house, 

 he can't grow them in any house." 

 THE ARCHITECT'S SIDE: The U-Bar 

 construction lends itself to most effective 

 architectural treatment. If this were not 

 so, so large a percentage of our business 

 would not be coming direct from architects, 

 both in this Country and Canada. This is 

 strong endorsement coming as it does from 

 a profession who are in a position to be un- 

 haised judges. 



YOUR SIDE: A construction that is so 

 sweepingly endorsed by the gardeners, and 

 recognized for Its superiority by the architects, would 

 seem then to meet all the requirements of practicalness 

 and attractiveness. 



Using the words of a recent customer, "the U-Bar con- 

 struction stands in relation to other constructions, quite 

 as the Steinway piano does to other pianos." 

 PLANS — SPECIFICATIONS — ESTIMATES: We will 

 gladly furnish you with plans, specifications and estimates 

 of any subject in this catalog. Should none of these sub- 

 jects meet with your requirements, we always stand ready 

 to make special plana to meet your particular needs and 

 Ideas. Unless otherwise arranged, such plans and specifi- 

 cations are made entirely without expense to you. So feel 

 free to call upon us. 



As a matter of convenience to you we have a simple ques- 

 tion blank that 

 calls for the In- 

 formation that we 

 will need to ad- 

 vise you intelll- 

 gently and to 

 furnish you with 

 plans, specifica- 

 tions and esti- 

 mates. If we have 

 neglected to send 

 this blank, kindly 

 let us know. 



U-BAR GREENHOUSES 



PIER50N U-BAR CO 



OlMt MADISON AVE, NEW YORK. 



CANADIAN OFFICE. lO PHILLIPS PLACE. MONTREAl 



