. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. post or siipiiorts are apart and the strength of the reinforcing material. In the method we employ the side pieces, which are 54 inches long, reaching fron\ post to post, are made similar in form to a capital letter L. These are reinforced with %-inch cold drawn lug bars extending the entire length, being placed at the junction of the upright and horizontal parts, form- ing tlie right angle. The upright serves the purpose of the edge board to a wooden bench; is 1^ inches thick and the horizontal sec- tion extends
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. post or siipiiorts are apart and the strength of the reinforcing material. In the method we employ the side pieces, which are 54 inches long, reaching fron\ post to post, are made similar in form to a capital letter L. These are reinforced with %-inch cold drawn lug bars extending the entire length, being placed at the junction of the upright and horizontal parts, form- ing tlie right angle. The upright serves the purpose of the edge board to a wooden bench; is 1^ inches thick and the horizontal sec- tion extends beyond the upright IV2 inches to receive and support the sec- tions which form the bottom of the bench and is two inches thiclc. The bot- tom sections are I14 inches thick and eight inches wide, reinforced at the outer edges with 'i-inch lug bars. The size of the reinforcing rods for the bot- tom sections depends upon the width of tlie bench, but when they do not exceed four feet a i/4-inch bar will suffice. We prefer concrete posts to those of any other material, which can be easily made in mold, either round or square and any length required. We make concrete blocks five inches square and long enough to receive the required number of steam pipes and place them on the ground at the proper grade, upon which the pipes are placed. If "Linoleum" has on file the Florist of April 17, 1909, he will find a detailed description of the parts used with illus- trations of same as well as how the steam pipes are installed. D. Smitu. Eldoba, Ia.—The J. S. Polland Floral Co. (J. S. Polland of this city and J. M. Pierce of Des Moines) is construct- ing a 825,000 greenhouse. T\, D. C—The fourth an- nual outing of the Florists' Club was held at Great Falls, Va., July 27. About 300 members of the club and their friends made merry. The com- mittee in charge consisted of George C. Shaffer, Elmer Mayberry, W. W. Kimmel, Otto Bauer, and A. C. Oeh- mulder, who left not
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