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The Florists^ Review 



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i^eenkouse Builders 



Speaking of Gables 

 Let's Speak of This One 



It has sides seven feet to eaves. 



It is (iO feet 7 inches wide, and 



22 feel ;*> inches hiffh at the 



ridge. 



It has six steel gable posts, two 



of whicli are latticed. 



These are the two longest ones, 



on each side of the dooi's. 



These latticed posts ai'e made 



of a H-in. X 4>2-in. Hat bar 



steel, latticed to two iX-in. x 



iX-in. x ;^-in. steel angles. 



Light as these rafters are in 

 appearance, their stivngth is 

 eijuivalent to a solid rafter 

 5 '8 -in. X 10-inch. 



They have a :{00 per cent mar- 

 gin of safety ovei' and above 

 normal needs. 



bolt angle knee, on each end ot 

 the angle purlin. 

 Although totally free from an\ 

 cumbersome back bracings, 

 this gable, big as it is, with 

 888 s(iuare feet of rsurface ex- 

 posed to a direct thrust of the 

 wind, is as staunch and sti-ong 

 as needs be. 



It is so put that it stays put. 

 If the gal)le stays put. so will 

 the putty. 



You know full well that nmch 

 glass loosening all over tht^ 

 house is caused l)y weak gables 

 that weaken the entire frame. 

 When a gable gives, so does 

 the frame. 



It's the alternate give-and-take 

 that makes the ti'ouble. 



Tlit^ steel angle purlins are con- When ready to build lefs talk 



nor.fo/1 in flu. i-ir.cfc l.v -i iwn All Kiil>lc posts or lalt.TS niii in one soliil ijircc I iciii j^ nVPV tiurpfliPi- 



necteu to ine posis in a two- h,,, ,.,„,, ,afici- .lown into \ii<- coMcivir tootirn,'. il Ltvti Logeuiei . 



or^ &Biirnham|o. 



Builders of Greenhouses and Conservatories 



IRVINGTON NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO 



New York 42nd St. Bldg. Land Title Bldg. Continental Bank BIdg. 



BOSTON- 1 1 CLEVELAND TORONTO 



Little Bldg. 407 Ulmer Bldg. Royal Bank Bldg. 



Eastern Factory Western Factory Canadian Factory 



Irvington, N. Y. Des Plaines, 111. St. Catharines, Ont. 



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This photo wa^ taken in tlin carnation house recently conuilet'^il Ij.v Stroiit. Incorporated, at Bidilcford. Maine. 



