Forcing Houses for Carnations 



the best wood framework. While the first cost of iron construction may 

 be more than that of the wooden framework, the iron will, in the end, 

 prove the cheaper, because of its superior lasting qualities. Again, the 

 rapid destruction of the forests upon the American continent is surely 

 leading to a steady, permanent advance in the cost of lumber, and the time 

 is not far distant when the iron framework will be fully as cheap, if not 

 cheaper, than that constructed of wood. 



Even-span Propagating House, 20 Feet Wide 



While each grower may have his individual preference as to particular 

 styles and forms of houses, i( is, nevertheless, a fact, that more depends 

 upon the skill of the grower in the management of his plants than upon 

 particular forms or styles of houses ; but a combination of the skillful grower 

 and the better types of glass structure will insure the greatest success in 

 commercial carnation growing. 



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