

\Thim of you who^Ktum U, Hatb«Km. of B*ld«rln. Look lalimd. know hehu a 

 .' nvilUtioi,-f<n>4«a^Mtto New T«rk. top-notch cat*. He^itptkni by the wide 

 house. THLBieanillteriorof one of hie. ~ . 



Tou who an fortaaate in kaowliiff W. J. Piloher, of Kirkwood. 

 Mo., no doubt have heard him My tut lie wenldn't boilo aaotber 

 oMTow hoiMe oa his pUbce. He even thiake it aisht pur him to 

 rip dpwB his aarrow ones, and put up another biy LAB one 

 like thtB one of hi«. at the left. 



Is the Wide House a Fad? 



Not so lone since, the Maoaaer of our Chicago oiBce was 

 present at a Florist Club meetlnc in Kansas City, when the 

 wide house qneation came up. 



Some said it was Just an Eastern fad. To which our Manager 

 answered: 



"Well, suppose it ia a fad. is that anything acainst it? Orow- 

 Inc CaraatioBB ia the benches, instead of the field, used to be 

 cidled a fad, yet think of the hoadreds of growers who are 

 doing it now. 



"Automobiles used to be considered a fad. yet who of yon 

 would or oould be without one today? 



"Isn't it so, that with any new thing, of whose merits you 



and " 



selves 



years I 



But somehow, whea a certain thing makes a fellow's cash 



It It so, tnat witn any new tning. or wnose merits you 

 I are not ret thoroughly conviaced, we kind of kid our- 

 as along by sayiagT^Oh, that's oaly a fad. Wait a few 

 ra aad it will be iktOnt of the past.' " 



register ring more than some other thing, why not put your 

 money in it? 



You woold like to lessen work, wouldn't yon? 

 The wide house does it. 



Tou'd like to overcome overhead chilling of plants from 

 ridge vents, wouldn't you? 



Wide houses do it. 



You'd llkjc to overcome chilling by sudden drops of tempera- 

 ture, wouldn't yon t 



The wide house does it. 



You'd like to cut down coal bills, wouldn't,you? 

 The wide house does it. 



How it does it, and why it does it, I'll tell you in an early 



issue. 



So be on the lookout. 



Buiktors of GremihouBes and Conservatories 



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