Indoor Plants for 1910. 
A descriptive List of all 
the best and most useful 
Foliage and Flowering Plants 
:: for Glasshouse Culture :: 
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View of a portion of our Glasshouses. 
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w . Hai.e, our Headquarters, where our Glasshouses are situated, 
Where our Plants | s nl j] es south-west of Manchester, sufficiently distant from 
are grown 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 ot their vigour 
and constitution. 
Our Glass Structures are all new, being erected about 7 years 
ago, when we moved our headquarters to the present site. I hey 
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. 
With a view to adapting our houses as closely as possible to the needs 
of the plants, and to facilitate attention to them, several novel features 
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 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, including 
overhead hot water pipes in several houses. 
An Invitntin Anyone who is at all fond of plants, or flowers, cannot fail to be 
All invitation interested in a visit to our establishment. In addition to the extensive 
Glasshouses, there are 400 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. 
The 
Glasshouses 
Some Novel 
Features 
