April 17. 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



313 



GREENHOUSE BUILDING 



Some Important Points Made by Miss 



Simmons of the Hitchings Co. 



Miss Annie Simmons, formerly of the 

 Boston office and now connected with 

 the New York office of Hitchings & Co.. 

 greenhouse builders of Elizabeth, N. 

 J., has made quite a reputation for 

 herself as a lecturer, speaking on com- 

 mercial greenhouses and greenhouse 

 construction. She recently gave an 

 extended talk at Bangor, Me., which 

 was reported in one of the local 

 papers. 



Miss Simmons said that there are 

 two vital questions to be considered in 

 the construction of commercial, green- 

 houses, permanency and result. Both 

 are necessary from a financial stand- 

 point and finance is the principal 

 point to be considered. 



First, in balancing finances against 

 results, or in lining them up together, 

 there should be no give or take on the 

 part of result. One grows to get re- 

 sults. The results will determine the 

 finances. 



To get the best results, excluding 

 the question of knowledge of the sub- 

 ject of growing, it is necessary to have 

 a light greenhouse, well heated, and 

 for all time a house which can be de- 

 pended upon to stand the strains put 

 upon it of wind, rain, snow, ice. the 

 million and one things which come to 

 test its reliability. 



For substantiabllity one usually 

 recommends a full iron frame green- 

 house as being lightest and best, a bit 

 more expensive in the first cost, but 

 less expensive in up-keeps. This type 

 of greenhouse obtains much of its 

 splendid strength and extreme light- 

 ness from the fact that at intervals of 

 eight feet, three inches, there are iron 

 rafters extending in one piece from 

 below the ground line to the ridge or 

 ridge vents. These, of course, take 

 care of much of the weight and re- 

 lieve the sash bars, making it im- 

 possible to materially reduce the size 

 of the latter. Cast iron sills, angle 

 iron purlins and other special parts 

 add to the efficiency of this type of 

 construction. 



Next ■- comes the half-iron frame 

 house, really almost full iron, but 

 with some wood members taking the 

 place of the iron ones and with the 

 necessary size and additional columns 

 to take care of the glass, wind or 

 snow loads. 



Ijook around at the successful com- 

 mercial man and size up his proposi- 

 tion. He will, in most cases, have up- 

 to-date greenhouses of the best type 

 supplemented by hot beds and cold 

 frames. He will, if he is in the right 

 location, have an attractive show 



PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMERS 



by furnishing themlwith 



Framingham Evergreens, Triees, 

 Shrubs and Roses . 



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FramiDgham, Mass. 



CEDAR ACRES 



GLADIOLI and DAHLIAS 



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Parsons' Hardy American Seedlingi 



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house or will have a portion or all of 

 his greenhouses open to the public 

 and the public will call, admire, and 

 buy; and buying is the co-partner ot 

 selling. 



Decide on your financial investment, 

 look to the future and plan for future 

 extension, put every cent of your 

 money into the best greenhouse you 

 can obtain; if necessary have it small, 

 but of first class construction, then go 

 ahead and get results. 



GENERAL NEWS NOTES. 



A new store at 224 Devonshire 

 street, has been opened by Thomas F. 

 Galvin, Jr., who has been in business 

 for himself for several months, and is 

 working up a very nice trade. The 

 new store is in an excellent location 

 close to Winthrop Square. 



Some of the florists have been 

 greatly, inconvenienced by the dock 

 strike in New York City. Recently 

 Sidney H. Bayersdorfer, of Philadel- 

 phia, spent three or four days in locat- 

 ing lost cases belonging to his firm, 

 which were under the mass of un- 

 handled freight on the wharves. 



A woman who is making a name for 

 herself in the flower world is Mrs. 



Most Wondefful Nursery in the 

 Country To Select Large Sizes of 

 Fine Trees for immediate effect 



Great Bargrains. Thousands to Select 

 from 



— IN— 



Douglas, Nomay and Blue Spruce. Nord- 

 manniana, Pectinata, and Concolor Firs. 

 Austrian, Scotch, White and Mu£ho Pines 



Betinosporas Filifera, Obtasa Nana, 

 Plomosa, Plomosa Anrea, Picifera 

 Aurea, Sguarrosa Veitchee and SuJ- 

 phurea. 



HEMLOCK BIOTAS 



Also Birch, Elm, Maples, Tulips, Horse 

 Chestnuts, Linden and Willows, Rho- 

 dodendrons and Knlmias. 



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 Established 1895 



Reference; Dun & Brad6tre«t 



Annie E. Howard, of Republic, Mo. 

 Slie sells an enormous number of 

 gladioli and dahlias for cut flowers, 

 having worked up a splendid market. 

 This year she expects to plant about 

 3.000 dahlias, simply for the cut 

 blooms, and will have in probably 

 75,000 gladiolus bulbs by the end of 

 the planting season. 



