PARK AND CEMETERY 
V 
Greenhouse Construction. 
In one of a series of articles on Amer- 
ican Art Industries, the New \'ork Tri- 
bune recently gave an interesting history 
of the establishment and growth of the 
business of the Lord & Burnham Com- 
pany, the well-known builders of green- 
house structures, from which we quote 
the following : 
“The Lord & Burnham Company was 
founded by Frederick A. Lord, a Boston 
boy, who was educated as a mechanic, 
and who rose early in life to a position 
at the head of the old Eaton Mills, in 
Buffalo. Mr. Lord occupied his leisure 
in horticulture, and soon acquired such 
a reputation in this avocation that he 
became a consulting authority for the 
entire region. He built a vinery for his 
own establishment, and as a result found 
himself engaged in building greenhouses, 
at first .as an amateur, but as early as 
1856 as a business. Working alone for 
sixteen years, Mr. Lord erected green- 
houses all about the country. He had 
a practical genius for invention, and de- 
vised the first scroll music holder for 
the piano. He got up the first machine 
for “rope moulding,” and the elliptical 
roof was invented by him early in his 
career, but it still furnishes the princi- 
ple upon which the best modern green- 
houses are built. In 1872 Mr. W. Addi- 
son Burnham entered the concern. To 
the administration of the building depart- 
ment Mr. Burnham brought a business 
man’s trained grasp of detail, and Lord 
& Burnham began to manufacture the 
constituent parts of their greenhouses in 
quantity. In 1881 this firm introduced 
the iron frame, which marked the birth 
of the modern American greenhouse. 
Their method has always been to cover 
the iron with wood. The non-conductor, 
by protecting the iron, prevents con- 
traction and expansion, and consequent 
breakage of glass. Cypress is the wood 
most used by the company in its green- 
house work, a material almost as inde- 
structible as iron. The secret of the 
success of the Lord & Burnham green- 
house lies in the practical taste for hor- 
ticulture of their builders and the close 
study of plant life which led them to 
originate their improvements. The se- 
cret of building a good greenhouse lies 
in knowing how to make plants comfort- 
able. This firm erected the first iron 
frame superstructure for the late Jay 
Gould in 1881, at Irvington. They re- 
ceived the award for heating apparatus 
at the Columbian Exposition, and five 
other highest awards for conservatories, 
rosehouses, greenhouses, iron-frame 
plant tables and beds, and ventilating 
machinery. 
LORD & BURNHAMCO., 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
HEATING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS 
LARGEST BUILDERS OF GREENHOUSE STRUCTURES 
Plans and estimates fur- 
nished on application for 
Heating and Ventilating 
Apparatus erected com- 
plete or for material only. 
Highest awards at 
World’s Fair. 
Patent Iron Greenhouse 
Construction catalogue on 
receipt of 5 cts. postage. 
Send for circular of Cy- 
press Hot Bed Sash and 
Frames. 
Round Burnham” Boilers 
IN 5 SIZES. 
Specially adapted for 
moderate ranges. We also 
make Sectional Boilers for 
large ranges. Highest 
economy. Reasonable 
prices* 
Greenhouse Heating 
and Ventilating Catalogue 
mailed from New York 
office on receipt of 5 cts. 
postage. 
Estimates furnished for 
Cypress Greenhouse 
Material. 
We make special greenhouse PUTTY. Price on application. 
New York Office: General Office and Works : 
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