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The Florists^ Review 



October 7. 1920 



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Side interior of a Half Iron Frame house, showint 

 the Kutlerless ea\e that is dripless. 



Do Drip Gutters Cast Shade? 



In ntr^wrr to which, let us ,isk you a 

 question; in answer to whicli will be your 

 answer. 



This IP the question: 



Can yuu deepen your eave plate an mcii 

 or two without also deepening the --liade.' 

 I>n"t If so that drip gutters are placed 

 IkIow the eave plate? 



Nti't It also so that in the in-t three or 

 four lours of the day, the sun's rays have 

 the greatest strength givinir power for 

 your plants' 



This hemg so, then isn't an inc!i or two 

 of eave shade a serious mattir' 



It this were not so, isn't it a bit odd 

 tliat so much adverti>-inK has been done 

 to expl.iit how little shade the Anple 

 Iron have casts? 



I'urtherniore, don't drip gutters and their 

 outlets fill up, making a nuisance' 



Don't tluy often sag in the middle and 

 the water running over, splash on the 

 sill the same as if there was no gutter? 



Some iiavc said the drip wouldn't 

 always [(dlow down that curve, 

 but have failed to .slate .ju.st the 

 exact time tliat lime would be. 



So far we never ytt eaut,'ht it 

 actinK funny. 



Getting right down to facts, isn't it so, 

 that at best, most drip gutters are not 

 only shade casters, but more or less of 

 a failure — mostly more? 



Because of all such objections, wc long 

 ago abandoned all forms of drip gutters. 



In their place, we leave it to the cave 

 itself to take care of the ili ip so it won't 



splash. 



After much experimenting, wc foiuid that 

 by giving to the facia a certain shape 

 and curve, that the drip would follow 

 down it from the plate, to the side glass 

 .md till 11 so on down to the sill. 



Some make objections to it, saying that: 

 "When the sash was open the drip would 

 drop on the sill." In reply to which, you 

 know as well as we do, that when the 

 side sar^h are open there isn't any drip to 

 drip. All of such, therefore, seems to 

 settle all dribble about drip and the best 

 way to handle it at the caves. 



You know we go anywhere for business. 



Or to talk business. 



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