. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. II Thv: Rorists^ Review Ski'TEMBKK 1, 1921. i^eenltouse Ruilders Built The Unit Way What queer things ideas arel So ofleu you get one and dou't know how you got it. Then again you just start to put to practical use one idea and wiUiout rhyme or reason up pops another. That's exactly how our unit way of building happened. Mr. Buruhain was going by a furniture window one day several years ago, and stopped to look at the dis- play of sectional book eases. The sign told how you could buy one or more sections at a time, and add others as you needed Ihei
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. II Thv: Rorists^ Review Ski'TEMBKK 1, 1921. i^eenltouse Ruilders Built The Unit Way What queer things ideas arel So ofleu you get one and dou't know how you got it. Then again you just start to put to practical use one idea and wiUiout rhyme or reason up pops another. That's exactly how our unit way of building happened. Mr. Buruhain was going by a furniture window one day several years ago, and stopped to look at the dis- play of sectional book eases. The sign told how you could buy one or more sections at a time, and add others as you needed Ihein. There were sketches and photographs showing different arraugenients of the sections fiom just the usual two sections and base, up to a large groui) combined with a writing desk. Fifteen minutes afterward he came into the office all smiling and told us what he had seen and how it was exactly the same principle on which we built and planned our Iron Frairie greenhouses, whether for growers or private use. Then he said lets call it "The Unit ; So we did. Each house in this Unit Flan is made up of sections either s feet 4 inches long, or 12 feet H inches. The length ol the house depends on the number of sec- tions used. A range, in turn, is only a group of houses or units. When we plan a layout, always it is done unit by unil. This means that each house is directly considered in relation to each other. Or if but one house or unit is to hi erected, then we so plan it, so that othc iin ts <aii be added both economically, while at the i-ame time giving the best growing conditions. Done this unit way of ours, you know when you start, exactly where you are started for, and therefore where you will eventually land. Take this layout below for example: The work room and left hand unit were flr-t erected. Two years afterward the right hand one was added. The first unit was complete unto itself and decidedly attractive. The adding of the second unit simply completes the
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