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NOVEMBEK, 1910 



The charmihg- glassed-in porch of Mr. Leroy Frost, Nyack, N. Y. 



GLASSED-IN PORCHES 



ARE you going to allow Jack Pi-ost to make you 

 give up your porch, again this year, with all its 

 freedom, alL its pleasures ? 



Or are you this very minute 

 ready to talk over with us the ad- 

 visability of glassing it in 1 



Don't begin to look wbrried be- 

 cause you cannot see how it is 

 going to be done and be every way 

 practical. That's our side of it. 

 But if you do want it thoroughly 

 practical — a "glass-in" that wiU 

 be storm tight and satisfactory for 

 the colder months; one that is 

 easily removable when warm wea- 

 ther comes — then let us equip you 

 with one of these cold-proof sun 

 houses. 



You will win out in the end by 

 placing the contract with us, be- 

 cause we are constantly doing a 

 large amount of this kind of work, 

 and have men who understand it. 

 Our factory is equipped for it. Our 

 business is exclusively the making 

 of various kinds of glass en- 



The glassed panel sections are made like 

 this and are easily put up or taken down 



LORD AND BURNHAM COMPANY s.VJA Tr^^rsu.. 



closures, such as greenhouses, conservatories, sun 

 rooms and so on. 



When you place your order with 

 us, we will prepare all the ma- 

 terials at our factory and ship 

 everything so that when it arrives 

 on your grounds it can be put up 

 at once. There will not be the cus- 

 tomary delays and building exas- 

 perations which you have such 

 reason to dread. 



We will do the work from start 

 to finish. If you want it heated we 

 will install that for you, and fur- 

 thermore, will guarantee it to heat 

 satisfactorily. 



If you want a glass-in that is con- 

 sistent in design and thoroughly 

 well made in its every detail, then 

 we would like to do it for you. 



Our new catalog shows several of 

 the recent things we have done in 

 Glassed-in Porches, Conservatories 

 and Greenhouses. If you are in- 

 terested, we will gladly send you 

 one of these catalogs. 



Philadelphia Chicago 

 Heed BIdg. The Rookery 



with 

 the 



LEADER 



Gasoline ?^e Machine 



Has 3'A Horse-Power, 4-Cycle Engine 

 and Hopper Jacket for Ccoling 



It supplies lo nozzles at a pressure of 200 lbs. with safety 

 valve blowing off, and this service can easily be increased 

 without overtaxing the engine. 



A Complete Spraying Rig 



^u '' i!''" ■"*''" ''•^ tank, saw wood, grind feed, run your repair 

 shop, shell or clean your grain, run the cream separator or the churn, 

 and is safe, simple and satisfactory. 



Also 2-Horse-Power Rigfs with Triplex Pumps — We also manufac- 

 ture a full line of Barrel, Knapsack, and Power Potato Sprayers with 

 Mechanical Agitators and Automatic Strainer Cleaners. Catalog FREE. 



FIELD FORCE PUMP CO. 



48 1 1th St., Elmira, N. Y. 

 General Agents 



JOHN DEERE PLOW CO. | st^ToLis," m'o^°' 

 C. P. ROTHWELL & CO., Martinsburg, W. Va. 

 BRACKETT-SHAW & LUNT CO., Boston, Mass. 



How to Ship Flowers in Quantity 



WHEN I first commenced shipping flowers to 

 market, I tried flat pasteboard boxes, but 

 found them unsatisfactory. Then for a while I was 

 successful with tall, flaring baskets, with the bunches 

 standing on end. I followed these with boxes made 

 on the same principle, i.e., cases in which the 

 flowers stood upright. I made many models of 

 this case, mostly with a stiff framework and light 

 sides, and with a little square frame at top and 

 bottom to hold the flowers in place. 



But after several years of experimenting I evolved 

 the case that I am now using. The idea is taken 

 from the egg case, i.e., successive single layer 

 drawers resting each on the preceding one, and put 

 in from the top of the box. 



The cases are sixteen inches wide on the inside 

 and thirty inches long, but the height varies so as 

 to make one, two, three, and four drawer sizes. 

 The ends are an inch thick, and the sides three- 

 eighths of an inch, and all lumber is selected for 

 lightness. The cover is made of the |-inch mate- 

 rial, and both top and bottom are reenforced with 

 ^-inch cleats. 



The bottom drawers are made with ends four 

 inches wide, with very light bottoms and no sides. 

 The other drawers have 3-inch ends and no sides, 

 and all drawers can be used in any case. When 

 packed, each drawer rests on the ends of the pre- 

 ceding one, and the height of the case is such that 

 the drawers exactly fill it. 



My drawer-case is about three and a half inches 

 high, and is simply a single drawer with sides added. 

 The 2-drawer case is about six and a half inches 

 high, and the 3-drawer case ten inches, while the 

 4-drawer case is fourteen inches high. A 4- or 

 5-drawer case is the most economical; the former 

 will hold from 300 to 400 tulips and up to 1,400 

 daffodils. When packed, the weight is from 

 thirty-eight to forty-four pounds. 



The flowers are packed with the stems to the 

 middle and flowers to the ends of the drawers, 

 and close enough to touch each other without being 

 pressed out of shape. The packing is continued 

 with each layer farther toward the centre, until 

 the stems would come over the flowers if more 

 were put in. If the distance is great or the weather 

 hot, we pack wet newspapers between the stems, 

 but the flowers are not watered at all. 



Wax paper is then neatly folded in from the ends 

 and the sides; a very light stick notched at each end 

 is laid crosswise, a little back of the flowers, at each 

 end on top of the wax paper, and cord is caught in 

 the notches and drawn tightly enough to hold the 

 flowers from moving in any direction, but not tightly 

 enough to injure the stems. This is tied in a single 

 loose knot, and the drawer is set aside until the other 

 drawers of the case are packed. 



It is [more convenient to have the flowers, as 

 they are picked, tied in bunches of ten, twenty-five 

 or fifty, and they should stand in water as long as 

 possible before being packed. Do not, however, 

 leave the strings on, as the bunches will not pack as 

 smoothly. Count should be taken before packing 

 is begun. 



When the case is packed, set the drawers in, use 

 two light nails on each end of the cover, tack on 

 a notice: "Cut Flowers. Perishable. This Side 

 Up," and the box is ready for shipment. As a 

 matter of fact, this case will carry about as well 

 upside down, for the flowers cannot move about 

 in the least. 



California. Carl Purdy. 



