1908 
£LIBRANS’ 
List of Indoor Plants 
An ALPHABETICAL INDEX of every item contained in this List will be found on the latter pages 
Where our Plants 
are grown 
Hale, our Headquarters, where our Glasshouses are situated, 
is 9 miles south-west of Manchester, sufficiently distant from 
the city to escape the baneful effects of its smoke. Being at a 
considerable altitude, our plants have the advantage of growing in a clear and pure 
atmosphere, a condition that is essential to the proper development of their vigour 
and constitution. 
Our Glass Structures are all new, being erected about 5 years 
riacchmicpc a S°> w * len we move< i our headquarters to the present site. They 
total 28 in number, are all span roofed and vary in width from 11 
feet to 23 feet. With four exceptions they are all 180 feet in length. A corridor 
house, 540 feet in length, runs along and connects the houses together along one end. 
View of a portion of our Glasshouses 
o hi | With a view to adapting our houses as closely as possible to the needs 
** ® me NOvel 0 f th e plants, and to facilitate attention to them, several novel features 
reatures have been introduced in our houses. A narrow gauge tramway runs 
along the entire length of the corridor, connecting with and running through every house. 
Our water supply is pumped by means of the Windmill (see photo above) to a reservoir 
on some high ground about half a mile distant ; from there it gravitates through a 
system of pipes to taps in every house. The system of heating is most modern, in- 
cluding overhead hot water pipes in several houses. 
An I ■*• «■■ Anyone who is at all fond of plants, or flowers, cannot fail to be 
Ad invitation interested in a visit to our establishment. In addition to the extensive 
Glasshouses, there are 300 acres of out-door nurseries. We heartily welcome a visit 
of inspection by anyone interested. If necessary, arrangements will be made to meet 
visitors at the railway station, on receiving an intimation a few posts in advance. 
