FACILITIES. Having the largest American Works devoted to greenhouse building, including 
foundry, boiler and machine shops, wood-working mill, carpenter and paint shops, fitted with the latest 
and special machinery in every department, and many years of experience in designing and building 
greenhouse structures of every kind, we are prepared to offer our patrons materials of the first quality 
and finish, at reasonable rates. We keep on hand a large stock of cast iron gutters, sills and other finished 
and unworked materials, which greatly facilitates the execution of orders. In our machine shop all com¬ 
plicated structures are set up, the respective parts are numbered to fit their proper places, and should any 
mistake have been made in preparing the material it is noticed and rectified before shipment. Our dock 
space enables us to keep on hand the largest stock of air dried cypress and assortment of sizes to be found 
in the North. We use only this kind of lumber, as we have found that when properly treated it is 
superior to any other. 
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION. We wish to call attention to the fact that it is to our 
firm that many of the most important improvements in greenhouse construction are due. We were the 
first to introduce small sash bars with supporting frames, thus increasing the light. We were the first to 
adopt long lines of ventilators in place of those scattered here and there, thus to a great extent doing away 
with drafts which were an injury to the plants. Elliptical or Gothic style of curves, as contrasted to cir¬ 
cular, were first used by us in roof construction, and at one time we held a patent upon the same. Many 
of the accompanying halftones and sections illustrate this form. The arm, rod and worm gear ventilating 
machinery was invented by the late Mr. F. A. Lord (founder of this firm) in 1856, and has been used uni¬ 
versally throughout the country for ventilation ever since. We were also the first to introduce the use of 
ground glass in conservatories. We first substituted cast iron gutters and sills for wood in connection 
with wooden frame greenhouses, and iron frame supports for beds and tables were introduced by us even 
before the use of the modern iron framing. The latter we originated in 1881 and first used in an extensive 
range of houses for the late J ay Gould, a view of which may be found in this catalogue. This style of 
framing has since been improved, its important features patented, and the use of wood has been reduced 
to the least amount which we have found to be practical or economical for general purposes. We have 
been perfecting our construction for many years, until now we believe and can safely say that our green¬ 
houses embody the highest art which has as yet been attained in Horticultural Architecture. 
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