. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. » Cypress a Strong Wood. Do you know that when it conies to strength—carrying strength, bearing-a-weight strength—Cypress is not a weak woodf ,•?.'??? • ? ,„>. ? - ??' '. •' CYPRESS IS STRdNGER THAN ANY SUBSTITUTE LUMBER. There's no wood now used in greenhouse construction, none that is claimed to be suitable for the work, that will carry the weight impoled on sashbars and ridge-pole, with half the stiffness and certainty that Cypress can. Look at the old Cypress greenhouses and note that sashbars .are not sagging—they are not like an old "


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. » Cypress a Strong Wood. Do you know that when it conies to strength—carrying strength, bearing-a-weight strength—Cypress is not a weak woodf ,•?.'??? • ? ,„>. ? - ??' '. •' CYPRESS IS STRdNGER THAN ANY SUBSTITUTE LUMBER. There's no wood now used in greenhouse construction, none that is claimed to be suitable for the work, that will carry the weight impoled on sashbars and ridge-pole, with half the stiffness and certainty that Cypress can. Look at the old Cypress greenhouses and note that sashbars .are not sagging—they are not like an old "sway-backed" horse. • CYPRESS is not spongy—like other woods we might name. ^ - ^^ ,.? CTPEESS is not filled with little pin holes, like other woods we might name (though the immortjil "pecky" is, of course, strictly a "holey" wood). CYPEESS is not "dozy" like other woods that are being urged as a substitute for it in greenhouse construction. ? **" , NOW FOR A FREE BOOK. Vol. 3, CYPEESS Pocket Library, is the Greenhouse Book; Vol. 20 is the Farm Needs Book; Vol. 4 is'the new Barn Book—Full of Free Plans for Farm Buildings. Then Vol. 36 is the Carpentry Book, one you want, especially if you are handy with tools. Vol. 37 is the big Silo Book. These are filled with working plans and specifications. Get any of them, or all, if you can use them. SOUTHERN CYPRESS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATICN 1230 HIBERNIA BANK BLDG. NEW ORLEANS. LA. S. Jacobs & Sons. 1363-81 rbshiiigAveHBrooldrii, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co


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