. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 11 The Florists^ Rcvicv^ Sbptembek 1, IftSl' reen house j^uild Built The Unit Way What queer things ideas are! So oftea you get one and don't know how you got it. Then again you just start to put to practical u§e one idea -',,-' and without rhyme or reason up pops another. That's exactly how our unit way of building happened. ??'i" Mr. Burnhani was going by a furniture window one day several years ago. and stopped to look at the dis- play of sectional book cases. The sign told how you could buy one or more sections at a lime, and add others as
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 11 The Florists^ Rcvicv^ Sbptembek 1, IftSl' reen house j^uild Built The Unit Way What queer things ideas are! So oftea you get one and don't know how you got it. Then again you just start to put to practical u§e one idea -',,-' and without rhyme or reason up pops another. That's exactly how our unit way of building happened. ??'i" Mr. Burnhani was going by a furniture window one day several years ago. and stopped to look at the dis- play of sectional book cases. The sign told how you could buy one or more sections at a lime, and add others as you needed them. There were sketches and photographs showing different arrangements of the sections f > om just the usual two sections and base, up to a large group 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 aod planned our Iron Frame greenhouses, whether for groivers or private use. Then he said let's call it '-The Unit ; So wedid. Each house in this Unit Plan is made up of sections either 8 feet 4 inches long, or 12 feet 6 iuches. 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 ba erected, then we so plan it, so that other ua ts (au be added both economically, while at the same 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 band unit were fir>t erected. Two years afterward the right hand one was added. The first unij, was complete unto itself and decidedly attractive. The adding of the second unit simply c
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