. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE F. R. General view of PIERSON CO., SCARBORO. N. Y. carnation range. give a good idea of its size, there stands at the end of the new structure, as seen in the illustration, a 20-foot house, and its dwarfed proportions show clearly the generous plan on which the large structure is modeled. Connected vs. Separate Greenhouses. A paper read F. R. Pierson. N. y., at the tenth annual convention of the Canadian Horticultural Association at London, August 28-29. 1907. The question as t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE F. R. General view of PIERSON CO., SCARBORO. N. Y. carnation range. give a good idea of its size, there stands at the end of the new structure, as seen in the illustration, a 20-foot house, and its dwarfed proportions show clearly the generous plan on which the large structure is modeled. Connected vs. Separate Greenhouses. A paper read F. R. Pierson. N. y., at the tenth annual convention of the Canadian Horticultural Association at London, August 28-29. 1907. The question as to the best style of greenhouse construction is a most import- ant one. As our business has widened and developed the necessity for increasetl facilities has taken place, as in other mercantile lines. The ocean steamer of 20 years ago bears about the same re- lation to the leviathans that are novi- being built, as the small greenhouse of 20 years ago bears to the large structures that are now being erected, any one of which is as large and covers as much ground as was covered formerly by an entire establishment comprised of eight. ten or more houses. In the earlier days of our business a number of houses was not only desirable but necessary, but in our business as in other branches of. trade, we are fast becoming specialists, growing one kind of flowers or plants and these in immense As con- ditions have changed, the size of the buildings has naturally increased. Twen- ty years ago 11-foot houses were in the majority, then came the three-quarter span 18 to 20 feet in width; in fact, 15 years ago, when we built a new range of four iron houses. 20 ft. in width and 300 ft. in length, it was considered a model range and was much in advance of anything that had been built up to construction. This style has recently been greatly improved in detail by the use of light iron gutters, increased height of the gutter line, the use of larger glass requiring less sashbars. the u
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