. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. LMOST six years to the day after a like mishap, ths largest greenhouse in the world went down under the weight, of a heavy snow February 5 at 9 a. m. The big house of the Flo* rex Gardens, at North Wales, Pa., which col- lapsed February 14, 1914, last week suffered a similar acci- dent. This time, however, merely the glass gave way. The structural work, it is asserted, is uninjured. The next largest house at the Florex Gardens, which is older, went down at the end, its structure being injured. The big house, 172x750 feet, shown in the illustration
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. LMOST six years to the day after a like mishap, ths largest greenhouse in the world went down under the weight, of a heavy snow February 5 at 9 a. m. The big house of the Flo* rex Gardens, at North Wales, Pa., which col- lapsed February 14, 1914, last week suffered a similar acci- dent. This time, however, merely the glass gave way. The structural work, it is asserted, is uninjured. The next largest house at the Florex Gardens, which is older, went down at the end, its structure being injured. The big house, 172x750 feet, shown in the illustration below, is planted to roses, all in ground beds. It was be- lieved that the stock in this house may be saved. Only the glass, which was put in the 24-inch way, gave way under the weight of snow, and men were at work repairing the damage next day. The loss was roughly estimated at from $25,000 to $35,000. The next largest house at Florex Gardens, which col- lapsed at the end, suffered more severe- ly, and it was thought the plants in this house would be lost. Storm Sweeps Atlantic Coast. The blizz^d which last week swept down the Ailantic coast, tying up traffic and burying roads under drifts of snow, caused much anxiety to greenhousemen, who propped their houses and cleaned the roofs to avoid catastrophes. There was a heavy snowfall at North Wales February 3. The following day it changed to rain, and February 5 changed back to snow again. The weight was too great for the wide, flat roof of the big greenhouse at Florex Gardens. The glass gave way, as can be seen in the accompanying illustration, reproduced from a photograph taken at 2 p. m., February 6, showing the south side of the house after the men had begun to repair the damage. Six Years Ago. On St. Valentine's day, in 1914, both the great house at North Wales and Wil- liam H. Elliott's famous house, 60x1,360, the longest in America, at Madbury, N. H., collapsed. On that occasion a great gale of wind, attaining a velocity o
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