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() l!T I C U LT UR E 



November 25, 1920 







Bi-iiiliii^ 





A glimpse of Glcu Curtiss's L-shaped house at Garden City, N. Y. 



Counting Up the Little Things 



That Count 





The gutter aud stop 

 is cast iron, not wood 



Isn't it so, that if you look after the pennies, the 



dollars will look after themselves? 



Seemingly, then, it's the little things that count 



big. 



This is exactly the way we look at greenhouse con- 

 struction. 



Furthermore, we have been accused of being too 

 fussy about the little things. 



That is to say, those who don't build their hoases 

 the careful way we do, have said as much. 

 For which saying we are indeed greatly indebted 

 to them. It's about as complimentary a thing as 

 they could say. 



Next time you are in a Hitchings house, give it a 

 searching look over, and see if you don't see care 

 and attention evidenced everywhere. 

 See if every little detail has not been thought out 

 and then carried out with exactness. 



Look critically at all joints. 

 I^ook at the painting. 

 Look at the gutter leader pipe. 

 Scratch off a little of the paint and prove to your- 

 self it is copper and not tin. 



Now go outside and look at the gutter and its end 

 stop. Notice first that it's not wood, but iron like 

 the rest of the gutter; which you'll agree is ex- 

 actly as it should be. 



Now also notice that instead of stopping off short, 

 how it extends over on the gable, giving a fine, 

 finished effect. 



Step inside again and scrape a little of the paint 

 off the pipe leading from the gutter. Yoa will 

 find it is not tin or sheet iron, but copper. 



If you, too, feel as we do, that its the little things 

 that count, then we would like to build for you. 



You know we go anywhere for business, or to talk 

 business. 



Hiicli ings^ Com pany 



NEW YORK 

 1170 Broadway 



General Offices and Factory: Elizabeth, N. J. 



BOSTON-9 

 294 Washington Street 



