

August, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE S^'S'Sf!,^;: 



The Pleasure and Profit of 

 Winter Farming Under Glass 



There is money in this grow- 

 ing flowers for market, not only 

 money, but a satisfaction, a con- 

 tentment that comes only from 

 a healthy uplifting vocation. 



We call to mind two part- 

 ners, up the Hudson, who paid 

 for their carnation house from 

 the first year's crop. Of course, 

 it was a good year and a good 

 crop, but it shows what can be 

 done. 



It was only last week we had 

 a chat with one of our custom- 

 ers, who is a retired Western 

 capitalist, and owner of a large 

 hotel in Denver. The vegeta- 

 bles supplied to this hotel being 

 unsatisfactory, he found that by 

 erecting greenhouses, vegeta- 

 bles could be easily raised, giving to him an interesting 

 pastime and the added satisfaction of a goodly profit. 

 Then there is the case of a central New York 

 farmer who keeps his help busy during the winter 

 raising cucumbers and melons in his greenhouses, 

 bringing him a handsome profit without a propor- 

 tionate increase in expenses. <Llf you want to try it 

 out in a smaller way, then 

 cold frames and hot beds 

 are well worth while for 

 lettuce, spinach and rad- 

 ishes right through the 

 winter, and the starting of 

 all kinds of plants for 

 early setting out in the 

 spring. Good stocky, 

 well potted, choice varie- 

 ties of tomato plants, for 



Ali around the sides of this house are tomatoes. Th center benches are 



filled with string beans and strawberries Th compartment 



beyond is planted with cauliflower 



A fifty sash row of cold frames Last fall this man added five hundred more sash. 



instance, are always in great de- 

 mand. Some of the difficult- 

 to-grow perennials, so much 

 sought for by lovers of old-fash- 

 ioned gardens, would find a 

 ready sale if people, right in 

 your vicinity, but knew where 

 such things could be bought. 

 It means work, of course, good 

 hard work, but so does any- 

 thing that is a success. But 

 when investing your money in 

 such a project be sure you 

 start with the best equipment 

 that money can buy. Bear in 

 mind that you are putting 

 money into something which 

 if cheaply made will soon re- 

 quire so many repairs as to eat 

 up your profits. 

 For fifty years we have been building green- 

 nouses, complete, ready for business; we know how 

 they should be built. You will find it worth your 

 while to talk the matter over with us, and now is 

 none to early to get about it. 



We want you to have our booklet — "Two P's or 

 the Pleasure and Profit of Cold Frames." We want 



you to have it not only 

 because of its "pleasure 

 and profit" but because it 

 also says something about 

 our kind of greenhouses. 

 LORD & BURNHAM 

 CO., New York Offices, 

 1 133 Broadway, Cor. 26th 

 St.; Boston Branch, 819 

 Tremont Bldg.; Phila. 

 Branch, 1235 Filbert St. 



