AI7«UST 27, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



75 



"c*rSl"S;l?cS'S!« The Only Bench to 



RECEIVE A - 



Certificate of Merit 



THE HIGHEST AWARD 



Of the Society of American Fiorists at Niagara Falls Last Weeit 



THE FOLLOWING POINTS WERE THE ONES ON WHICH THE JUDGES BASEO THEIR DECISION: 



First— DURABILITY. When constructed along the lines outlined by the attached booklet it will outlast the 

 present wooden bench; in fact, it will outlast the life of the greenhouse it is constructed in. 



Second— PRACTICABILITT. It is practical in shape, being the exact reproduction of the present wooden 

 bench; in drainage, as this can be governed by the builder in making more or less round drainage holes. It is our 

 experience that this siyle of drainage holes evenly distributes the drainage throughout the bench, whereas, if the 

 drainage is obtained by a series of long slots the heat from the pipes makes the earth over these slots dry, baked 

 and unfit for proper root action of the plants; however, at the option of the grower either method of drainage can be 

 constructed. In strength, as it is made of a substance many times the carrying strength of wood ; in substance, as 

 cement is a better conductor of heat than wood, hence more practical for the greenhouse. 



Thikd— ADAPTABUjITT. It can be used for the growing of all classes of plants grown in greenhouses. 



Fourth— CONSTRUCTION. In construction it is simple, quick and can be made in any length, width or 

 depth required. It requires no beams or carriers for support, is only an inch in thickness and no reinforcing 

 material is required except common two-inch mesh poultry wire. 



Fifth ECONOMY. The materials used in construction do not cost over 2>< cents per square foot. A 

 bench 100 feet long and 5 feet wide requires only six barrels of Portland cement at $1.00 per barrel, eighteen barrels 

 of sand at 20 cents per barrel and 100 feet of 6-inch wire netting at 2^ cents per running foot, making a total cost 

 of only $12.10 for the material to build 500 square feet of bench surface, and this includes the material necessary 

 for 50 5-inch cement posts 24 inches long. The wood used in making the mold can be used over and over again, as 

 can the clamps for holding the inner and outer sideboards ; also the molds for making the cement legs are inde- 

 structible and can be used many times. "----^ 



Many hundreds of clamps and leg> molds (the only thinifs yon need to bay of us to 

 build this bench) were sold to those who saw our exhibit at Nia§fara Falls. Erery* 

 one will have to adopt concrete in time. Why don't you buy now ? :: :: :: ' 



L H. HINT, 



Sales Agent, 



76-78 Wabash Ave., 



Chicago 



BEFORE ORDERING 



or building your Benches ask us for a dellTered 

 price on our 



TILE BENCHES 



Estimates cheerfully furnished. Sold a number 

 of Benches at conTention. 



MANUFACrrEKD ANP SOLD BY 



THE CAMP CONDUIT CO. 



Garfield BIdg., CLEVELAND. O. 



NAME OF PLANT. 



I am sending you a specimen of a new 

 plant which is growing in a neighbor's 

 yard. Everyone around here is quite 

 curious about it, as the like of it was 

 never seen here before, and if you could 

 tell us the name of it and a little about 

 its family, you would oblige me and my 

 neighbors. J. H. K. 



The plant is Solanum rostratum, he- 

 longing to the natural order Solanaceee, 

 nightshade family. It has no common 

 name that I am aware of. This solanum 

 is found wild in abundance on the 

 plains west of the Mississippi river and 

 is occasionally found as a weed in our 

 gardens in the east. W. N. C. 



CoHASSET, Mass. — John Clark has filed 

 a petition in bankruptcy, vnth liabilities 

 amomitiDg to $1,779 and no available 

 assets. 



The Garland Concrete Bench 



TUK sections can be made during the dull season and set up in a hurry. The outfit is 

 inexpensive and it is the cheapest and best bench on the market. It can be made at 

 about the same cost as a good wooden bench. It can be used with cement posts, 

 wood stringers, cement or tile bottoms and wood or cement sides. Complete mold outfits 

 sold, or the mold for any part. Every florist should have at least one of these poet molds, as 

 the cement posts are cheaper than cedar and easier set, no hole being required : they are 

 evQri&stioK and can be used for complete cement construction if in the first place used with the 

 balance of the bench made of wood. One of our largest growers has adopted this bench 

 construction and now has 600 barrels of cement on the place to be used in this construction 

 this winter. 



For prioea of the molds or other Information, addreas ^ 



GEORGE N. GARLAND, Des Plaines, III. 



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