. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 20 The Florists'Review May 22, 1913. these difficulties can be surmounted, but is it really essential to carry the standardization scheme as far as this? Could not each manufacturer, accept- ing the standard widths as finally de- cided on, make his own standard de- signs, using his own individual pat- terns? Would this not be practical, anyway? Sections and Size of Glass. The size of glass for greenhouses is probably more standard than any other thing. It is probably safe to say that seventy-five to eighty per cent of all the greenhouses built in t
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 20 The Florists'Review May 22, 1913. these difficulties can be surmounted, but is it really essential to carry the standardization scheme as far as this? Could not each manufacturer, accept- ing the standard widths as finally de- cided on, make his own standard de- signs, using his own individual pat- terns? Would this not be practical, anyway? Sections and Size of Glass. The size of glass for greenhouses is probably more standard than any other thing. It is probably safe to say that seventy-five to eighty per cent of all the greenhouses built in the United States in 1912 were glazed with 16x18 glass, and probably eighty-five to ninety per cent were glazed with six- teen inches between the roof sashbars. This width of sixteen inches seems to be the happy medium, for it permits the use of 14x16, 16x18, 16x20 and 16x24 glass. The same number of square feet of glass in the first two sizes would be the same price, while in the next two sizes the price runs from 20 to 35 cents per box more. The size of glass has much to do with the length of the sections. If greenhouses can be manufactured and put up in sections, these sections must be stand- ard. Using 16-inch glass permits making standard sections approximately eight feet four inches in length for all iron frame houses. Growers and manufacturers should all get together on this question of the width of glass and then the manufac- turers can easily decide on the stand- ard sections. One of the prime objects in writing this article has been to start a dis- cussion on the subject. The writer hardly presumes the scheme, as out- lined, could be adopted in its entirety. There are many things to be decided on and the subject requires the thought and attention of the best minds in this line of industry. It is the writ- er's hope that 80%iething may come of this and that the day is not far distant when both the manufacturer and the consumer shall reap the benefit of a standardization
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