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FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



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You may say that there is no use in showing illustrations of a 

 place requiring $10,000 capital, but there is. The writer for one, 



would have been awfully glad 

 had he, at the time he started, 

 had such a plan, which repre- 

 sents the last word in construc- 

 tion and arrangement. If this 

 layout happens to meet with 

 your approval, but if you 

 haven't got the money to erect 

 it, why not erect what you can 

 to start with and then keep on 

 going? You could build the 

 store and just a little plant 

 house back of it at first. To 

 my mind the store with a neat 

 front is the most important 

 part to consider first, even if it 

 means that only a 10-ft. wide 

 sash house can be hung onto 

 the back of it. Ability to show 

 stock comes first and always 

 with the retail grower. If, to 

 your mind, it is of more impor- 

 tance to grow stock for the local 

 demand, let the store go and 

 erect one of the houses first, 

 just as they are planned, with 

 the idea of a store to come later 

 on. If you cannot erect one 

 house its entire length, put up 

 half of it, but have the whole 

 plan in mind and work accord- 

 ing to it. A good many ex- 

 pensive mistakes could be a- 

 voided by the beginner had he 

 a definite plan to work by in- 

 stead of erecting a house or 

 several houses any old way only 

 to tear them down in a few 

 years to make room for good 

 ones. 



Fig. 20. ECONOMICAL USE OF SPACE ON 

 A 100 x 150 FT. LOT. This is the right- 

 hand half of the layout shown in Fig. 19, 

 all three houses being alike. Note the 



The other illustration (Fig. 

 21) from the Foley Greenhouse 



Mfg. Co., gives a good idea of 



fine space (30 x 66 ft.) for a show ground , lftft f+ , 



in front of the houses and beside the store how to lay out a 100-lt. long 



