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April 20, 1905. 



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ARTLAND*S COTTAGE GARDEN 



May-Flowering Tulips 



Most of the best Dutch TuHp Growers have been supplied with stocks from this original source. 

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 for Biz weeks. 



THE PIONEER IRISH BULB GROWERS, 

 ARD-CAIRN, CORK, IRELAND. 



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BUTTED GLASS. 



Please allow me to say a few words 

 on the subject of butted glass. Mr. Jan- 

 sen, in the issue of the Review for 

 April 8, appears to think that he has 

 ■ discovered something which is going to 

 be a boon to all good florists. There 

 are, of course, as Mr. Jansen so com- 

 prehensively states, many "ifs" to be 

 considered in building greenhouses, but 

 I do not agree with him that as tight 

 a house can be secured with butted as 

 ■with lapped glass. Of course, with 

 lapped glass and putty more time is neces- 

 sary, and the first cost is greater, but 

 the house is tight, and will remain 

 tight, as far as water is concerned, for 

 a number of years. There is, moreover. 

 a, difference in the coal bill in favor of 

 lapped glass. 



Butted glass, on the other hand, is 

 never laid close enough together to ex- 

 clude rain and cold. Of course an air- 

 tight House is impossible to obtain by 

 the use of either method, but one wishes 

 to make it as tight as possible. When 

 we wish ventilation, there are ventilat- 

 ors for the purpose, and which have the 

 advantage of being subject to the will 

 of the grower. When plants are' grown 

 in greenhouses the temperature, venti- 

 lation and watering must be under con- 

 trol. 



Mr. Jansen also says that when lay- 

 ing butted glass, if the ends of the panes 

 . are not squared so that an absolutely 

 tight joint is possible, the pane 

 should be turned over, thus bringing 

 convex and concave surfaces uppermost 

 in the .strip. The result is easily imag- 

 ined. I suppose the next thing to do 

 would be to invest in some miniature 

 Garland gutters and place them under- 

 neath such joints. There is certainly 

 a great saving of city water, and ex- 

 pensive hose for watering and syringing, 

 besides the labor which is used every 

 season for these jobs. Still, I prefer 

 the hose, being a better distributor than 

 butted glass joints. 



Mr. Jansen states the advantages of 

 butted glass in seven divisions: 



First, rapidity in laying. Yes, it cer- 

 tainly is quick work putting it in, but 

 it must all be taken out again and lapped 

 with the use of that good but "anti- 

 <juated'' putty. 



Second, it may be laid at any season 

 of the year. And so can lapped glass. 



Third, easier to repair butted glass. I 

 fail to see the logic in that statement. 

 It appears to me that there is danger of 

 loosening all the panes in the strip to 

 repair one pane. 



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Tvcaving out the fourth, fifth and sixth 

 advantages, which are of rui account, we 

 i-ome to the seventh. He says it is easier 

 to dismantle a butted glass house. Very 

 likely, because it has always been in a 

 dismantled condition from the time it 

 was glazed. 



To sum up, it is a well knc jrn fact 

 that greenhouse glass is never cut ex- 

 actly square at the ends, so that per- 

 fect joints can never be secured with 

 butted glass. If it were a success those 

 florists who have tried it here in the 

 eastern United States would still be us- 

 ing it, and would construct their new 

 houses upon that plan, it being much 

 cheaper in first cost. But all those who 

 have tried it. some on a rather large 

 scale, have i-eplaced it with lapped glass 

 and putty. C. F. A. 



Grand Bapids, Mich.— The death of 

 N. Freyling occurred on April 13. He 

 had been ill for months with cancer of 

 the stomach. The funeral was held on 

 Saturday and a number of those in the 

 trade attended. 



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 Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER ELST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland. 



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 tbe latest novelties in tbese lines. Ask for catalog. 

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