The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . rying conditions beforestoring, as it is comparatively easynow to hold uniform temperatures incold storage. The lack of uniformlysuccessful results cannot be blamedto cold storage, but rather to lack ofuniformity in the product stored, prob-ably too early picking or too late pick-ing, or to careless or unintelligenthandling before storing. — MadisonCooper in Ice and Refrigeration. Hills New Range. We present herewith two illustra-tions of the E. G. Hill newrange of full iron frame flat raftergreenhouses now nearing completionat Richm
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . rying conditions beforestoring, as it is comparatively easynow to hold uniform temperatures incold storage. The lack of uniformlysuccessful results cannot be blamedto cold storage, but rather to lack ofuniformity in the product stored, prob-ably too early picking or too late pick-ing, or to careless or unintelligenthandling before storing. — MadisonCooper in Ice and Refrigeration. Hills New Range. We present herewith two illustra-tions of the E. G. Hill newrange of full iron frame flat raftergreenhouses now nearing completionat Richmond, Ind. The range consistsof four houses, 34x400 feet each, con-nected and built on 3-inch I beamposts, with channel iron gutters andmalleable iron bar clips. The outerwalls are of concrete and the benchesof pecky cypress. The 4-inch ironflat rafters are capped with rafterbar caps and the glazing bars be- tween 1 5-16x1% attached to angleiron purlins, which are attached tothe iron flat rafters by special brack-ets. The flat rafters are in turn se-. The Late J. A. Pettigrew. curely bolted to heavy combinationgutter, rafter and post brackets, mak-ing a very strong structure. Thereare no interior supports other thanthe 3-inch I beam gutter posts andthe houses are marvels of strength,affording the maximum of air andlight. Joseph H. Hill on his recent visitto. Chicago said he could not ask forany improvement on these housesand claims they are as near perfec-tion as it is possible to build green-houses. The Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago,supplied the material for this range. The Late John A. Pettigrew. John A. Pettigrew, who has beensuperintendent of Boston parks formany years and one of the mostaccomplished landscape gardeners InAmerica, died at his home July 2. had been in ill health forsome time past. John A. Pettigrew was born nearNewcastle, England, about 68 yearsago. He was the son of a gardenerand began his own experience in gar-dening when 10 years of age. At theage
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