THINK of having hot-house grapes at Christmas, peaches 

 in May, fresh home-grown vegetables all winter, cut 

 flowers for every day of the year, and plants for 

 Christmas and Easter gilts! All this is possible with a green- 

 house — and a small one at that. 



Many people who would like to go into this thing in a 

 modest way have an impression that it involves a large ex- 

 penditure and means a hopelessly great cost of maintenance. 

 But we have made the pleasure of a practical greenhouse a 

 delightful possibility to the person of moderate means. 



To meet this demand for a 

 small greenhouse embodying the 

 essentials and improvements of 

 houses costing thousands of dol- 

 lars, we have designed the fifty- 

 foot greenhouse illustrated above, 

 with two compartments and a 

 little potting house. Dividing it 

 into compartments permits of 

 having two temperatures for grow- 

 ing plants of different requirements. 



All the woodwork is Red 

 Gulf cypress — most durable where 

 continual moisture is present. 



The frame consists of cast iron 

 posts, wrought iron rafters, angle 

 iron purlins, and our patent angle 

 iron plate, freeing the roof from ice. 



Ventilation is provided by two continuous lines of sashes 

 at the ridge, operating by our patent self-locking apparatus. 



We will give you a price on this house, f. o. b. Irvington, 

 New York, and send along simple working plans so your local 

 mechanic can erect it ; or we will do the entire thing, from 

 turning the sod to turning on the heat, ready for your 

 plant friends. 



We also have a simple lean-to house at still less cost 

 that may just suit you, and others that are told about in our 



booklet, " Starting a Small Greenhouse." This also tells a 

 bit about the care of roses, carnations and violets, and a lot 

 of other things of vital interest to the amateur. Write and 

 tell us whether you want a house for the pleasure of it, or 

 to make it go a ways toward paying for itself. We can then 

 help you accordingly. 



There is still ample time to set out coldframes and 

 have fresh lettuce, spinach and other vegetables from Christ- 

 mas until spring ; pansies, violets and other flowers Easter- 

 time, at no other cost than the mere expense of the coldframe 



and seeds. Everyone can own a 

 few frames. They are inexpensive 

 and require little room. 



We have just received from 

 the press a charming booklet on 

 coldframes. It is bountifully illus- 

 trated, showing just the things the 

 prospective buyer — or for that 

 matter the owner — wants to know. 

 Then it goes pretty thoroughly 

 into the care and culture end, tell- 

 ing the how, when, and what to 

 plant. It suggests for the profit 

 side — where to sell — how to deliver 

 in an attractive way — and all that 

 sort of thing. 



We call the 

 Two Ps " — the 



booklet ' 

 Pleasure 



The 

 and 



Profit of Coldframes. We want you to have one. 



Then for cold frames booklet, write for " Two Ps." 

 For Starting a Small Greenhouse, " Two Ss." 



By a consolidation of the three leading greenhouse 

 builders of the country, thus owning the patterns and patents 

 of each company, we are enabled to offer more modern 

 appliances and improvements than were ever before possible 

 in a single greenhouse — and lower prices. 



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BURNHAM-HITCHINGS-PIERSON COMPANY 



greenhouse architects AND builders, - 1133 Broadway, New York City 



BOSTON BRANCH: TREMONT BLDG. 



