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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mauch 17, 1910. 



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CONCRETE IN GREENHOUSES. 



Florists constitute a large and prosper- 

 ous class who make the same uses of con- 

 crete that other people do. A florist is 

 just as certain to build his sidewalk of 

 concrete as is his neighbor, and he is just 

 as likely to have a concrete house, or a 

 concrete barn, or a concrete water tank. 

 In addition, concrete is becoming an im- 

 portant factor in greenhouse construction, 

 livery now and then there is an item in 

 the Beview recording that So and So has 

 just bought so many hundreds of barrels 

 of cement for his spring work. The day 

 has passed when a well kept greenhouse 

 is without its concrete walk, convex for 

 dryness. Nowadays, too, the greenhouse 

 walls are of concrete. The posts even 

 may be set when the house is 

 built and the concrete walls constructed 

 under the eave or gutter, as opportunity 

 permits; frequently the posts themselves 

 are concrete, and concrete gutters are not 

 unknown. 



Literally tliousands of growers are try- 

 ing concrete benches; if they do not build 

 a raised table of concrete, they use con- 

 crete side walls for confining the soil in 

 elevated solid beds. There are dozens of 

 patterns of sectional concrete benches, 

 made in molds the same as the concrete 

 building blocks are made. Also, several 

 patented, reinforced one-piece benches are 

 on the market. Every grower is interest- 

 ed because the labor and expense, to say 

 nothing of the vexation of renewing rot- 

 ted out wood benches under a boiling 

 summer sun, make everyone anxious loi- 

 a permanent construction. Several in- 

 ventors have suggested iron or steel in- 

 stead of concrete for greenhouse benches, 

 and one of the reasons they have urged 

 was that because of its porosity concrete 

 benches would absorb moisture and be- 

 come sour, unfavorable for plant growth. 

 Now comes forward a firm making a 

 preparation called Aquabar, which is said 

 to be just what its name implies; it keeps 

 out water. It is worth while experiment- 

 ing with it in connection with the con- 

 crete construction in greenhouses. 



Without a doubt concrete must in a 

 few years largely displace wood in all 

 building operations. The field for its use 

 in greenhouse establishments is as great 

 as its field in any other industry. 



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