Tu o G's or Glass Gardens A Peep Into Their Delights M» w Growing grapes in pots is one of the delights. Lord and Burnham Company Greenhouse Designers antl Manufacturers Sales Offices New York St. James Building Philadelphia Franklin Bank Building Boston Tremont Building Chicago Rookery Building Factories Irvin^t'in, \. V. and Des Plaines, 111. Olri.^5=i O^^t-derr^ The Deliorhts of Such Gardens HE chances are it has never occurred to you that the greenhouse is a regular indoor garden — a garden with many times the possibiHties and pleasures of the outside one? Not a stuffy, uninviting hot-house, but a glass-enclosed gar- den plot. A garden from which you can have choice flowers, fruits, and vegetables in season and out of season, all the year round, no matter whether it is a wet year, dry year, or what kind of a year. Aside from what such an indoor garden will actually produce for you, there is the fun of it — the down- right fun of out- witting dame nature and turning all her rules upside-down; the fun of picking roses, butter beans, or strawberries when the mercury is down below the zero line. With such a garden you would be an enthusiast before you knew it, and likely as not find yourself using botanical names like a professional. And some days after the ups and downs of things had been particularly trying you would find yourself thinking longingly of your indoors garden. You would go to it just as soon as you could and fuss around a bit among the flowers. The hurry-worries of life would slip away, and you would go back to the house with your arms full of roses, and sweet peas, and perhaps even a basket of thin- skinned luscious peaches and nectarines. You would be a httle tired when you sat down before the living-room fire-place — but a different kind of tired — the kind that actually rests and soothes you. But best of all, the joy of it would not be over, for about you would be the flowers to look at all the evening — and more to be picked tomorrow — and a box to be sent away — and some of the choicer ones for a sick friend with your card enclosed, upon which you have written — "Picked these from my Glass Garden especially for you." It's great this having a Glass Garden — one of our greenhouses. .v\v ^i<*yt No. 198 A glimpse in a Gloire De Lorraine Garden such as this certainly makes one pardonably envious. Lord rind Rurnham Co No. 199 Here is a little lean-to garden attached direct to the residence of S. S. Webber, at Trenton, N. J. The cold frames along the front equipped with our Double Light Sash virtually gives a second garden plot. A Garden Lean-to Plan No. 199 FOR a general purpose house, for growing an assortment of favorite plants along with some of the more exacting things, such as Gloire de Lorraine begonias, orchids, and the like, the Lean-to makes an admirable house. For lettuce, beans, Swiss chard, cucumbers, melons, and tomatoes, or as a cool viner\' for growing grapes without artificial heat, it is decidedly successful, of flowering, bedding early spring setting out. In cases where there wall to place it against, siderable less than the RESIDENCE L -i\ GOE ENHC USE 1 I 10 2S' J c >LD "PA ^■E J '" 1 Plan No. 199 For raising all kinds and vegetable plants for nothing could be better, is an existing building or the cost is usually con- even span houses. No. 199 A The other end of this house of Mr. Webber's is covered with nasturtium vines, abloom all winter. Think of the fun and comfort — solid comfort — you could have with such an indoors garden spot. Stop dreaming about having one ! Get one I Olfi.^5^ Oi^r-ci€^ta>s No. 200 A veritable little garden within a garden! \\'hen Jack Frosl ni[js the out^idf oiu-, the garden will go merrily on giving of its blooms and bounty just the same. glass-enclosed A Snug Little Garden Plan No. 200 FOR attractiveness and right down practicalness we don't know of a house of its size that has given more absolute satisfaction to all concerned. It's surprising the quantity of flowers you can grow in a garden this size. There are two goodly sized benches, or gardening beds on each side of the walk. Just for example, you could grow tomatoes and cucumbers in one plot, and strawberries other. Or plant both When you think of our grandmothers used ed bay windows, the house this size can easily GCJttrjHOLOt Plan No. 200 and butter beans in the with flowers, the quantities of plants to have in their crowd- possibilities of a green- be imagined. No. 200 A Wetook this photo from the inside just to give you an idea of wliat an airy, light, happy-like garden spot it is. Lord und Burnhflm Co Field stone foundations are decidedly attractive, but more costly than concrete or brick. Another Snug Garden Plan No. 6 1 IT is II feet wide and ^;^ feet long. The work room is 13 feet wide by 15 feet long. It was the original intent of the owner to use it particularly for growing plants for beautifying his grounds, but now he has a general assortment of flowers from it all winter. One of our cus- tomers who has a similar house, divided it into two compartments and grows melons. He says that "outdoor grown melons can't begin to equal them in flavor." And what is true of melons is equally so of tomatoes or any other fruit or vege- gardens of ours, mention that there is the entire house, for and growing of Plan No. 61 table grown in these We almost forgot to a cellar underneath the storage of bulbs mushrooms. Here is a regular arbor of melons. TraininR them up the roof not only greatly conserves space, but makes the vines more readily accessible and allows light and sun to reach them freely. 01ri.^5^ O^r-cif^rr^ ■i0^ Garage and Glass Garden Plan No. 206 A COMBINATION of hob- bies you might call this. Two of the most practi- cal and dehghtful of hobbies. It's a good combination. Good because of both its compactness and economy. You have one less gable to build for the green- house work room, or none at all if the garage be large enough so part can be divided off for such a purpose. The one boiler can heat both garage and greenhouse with but slight additional cost for either. Doesn't this associating of the greenhouse with such glorious roses suggest to you that every month is rose month if you have a greenhouse? June with its fleeting month of buds and drooping petals ex- tended into three hundred and sixty five days of bloom. This having of your own indoor rose garden — what a joy ! urn Plan No. 206 This photo was taken a few days before Easter when the bulb plants and flowering shrubs were at their best What a wonder place it is ! X.nrd and Burnhflm Co. All Year 'Round Vegetable Garden Plan No. 76 WHAT is more disappointing than the usual out-of-season vegetables you buy of your market man? They look so promising and yet when served for your dinner, they generally taste so flat. No amount of good cookery for example can give to cauliflower that rich succulent creamy flavor, if it's not there to start with. Neither can the putting on ice of over-forced cucumbers make them "crackly crisp" the way you like them. So what is the use of continuing to buy out-of-season, half- ripened tomatoes, or wilty cucumbers and tasteless cauliflower when all these things, and any other of your favorites, can be grown to perfection any time o' the year in one of our glass enclosed gardens'" This one is 18 feet wide and ^t, feet long. The work room, designed in harmony with the nearby residence, is 12 x 19. The owner was so enthusiastic over the results from this house, that he recently gave us an order to double its length. He now proposes to grow peaches, apricots, Plan Xo. 76 cherrics, and such. Looks like tobacco — but it's cauliflower. No. 76A The owner is picking a pound and a half head for dinner. 01ri.c^5^ 0«^r-cieta^ This garden is divided into two separate plots or compartments with different temperatures in each, for growing plants requiring different conditions. Side Entrance Garden ber, you choose? exceedingly in- mation about and other glass, that we send you. Plan No. 203 THE placing of the garden's entrance off the centre, was done so that it would be in the centre when a contemplated addition should be made at the right. In planning and suggesting a loca- tion for your glass garden the practicalness of additions is one of the things we keep in mind. Why not plan for the future adding of a glass enclosed grape arbor to your proposed glass garden, so you can have grapes in May, September or Decem- which ever We have some teresting infor- growing grapes fruits under will gladly Plan No. 203 No. 203A The walks bordered with beds of carnations in bud and bloom; clambering nasturtiums, and hanging clusters of pink flowering begonias above — how such a garden fills one with enthusiasm, especially if it's a long winter — and every winter is long. Lord and Barnham Co. i UTiat a little f;em this three plot garden is in its cosy setting on the grounds of J. B. Herreshoff, the famous yacht bulkier. Another Side Entrance Garden Plan No. 66 THE charming colonial entrance, which faces the main walk of a beautiful formal garden, opens into the centre garden plot which is filled with potted flowering and foliage plants. On either side is a rose and carnation plot. You notice from the plan that the work room is placed at the centre in the rear, which is an admirable arrange- ment. From it you can reach each gar- den plot quickly and the heat from the boiler has an equal distribution, which is an economy point to consider. A^. Plan No. 66 As satisfying as are roses and carnations, still there is always a keen pleasure to be derived from having few of the tropical growth in all their luxuriant beauty and wonderment. O 1 ri .^ 5^ C^ ^ irri e^txs^ The Frames running along the side of the house are a great assistance in relieving the crowding of the greenhouse. They are in a way. sort of a supplementary greenhouse. See page 20 for facts about Frames. A Curved Roof Garden Plan No. THE long graceful curve of the roof in this type of house, is preferred by some because of its ornamentalness. From a purely practical point however they are no better growing houses than those with straight roofs. There is, however, a certain advantage in the fact that the curved roof gives more head room on the side benches This house has ments. The work ed in harmony Mission treatment buildings. n^^-ir ][ for tall plants, two compart- room was design- with the Spanish of the nearby Plan No. 88 No. 88A There is unquestionably an airy spaciousness about a curvilinear-roofed interior that apfieals to one. How would you like to stroll in here and pick your arms full of pink, and white carnations? Lord and Burnhflm Co. The "Nature Chapel" part hides the rest of the glass garden, which is shown on the plan A Nature Chapel Plan No. 94 AM SURE you will agree that the name is most fitting. It was given to it by one of our enthusiastic feminine friends — a glass garden owner. Located as it is just across from the living room windows it's like looking out into a big glass show case filled with bloom. Joined to it at the rear are two other garden plots and the work room. It was planned in this particular way so as to fit in a limited space . ^ ^ i -i between the drive and property line. L. u i I H If it is adaptable to your location \Z:^V " } ' ^^ \ 1 1 '""'r fp why not write and ap- find out its Plan No. 94 proximate cost? 'Crowded full of bloom," expresses it. The finest plants from the other garden plots or compartments were brought here for display. No wonder the little chap is so awe-struck. Olfi.«=i5^ Cy ^ irct €^.r\^ No. 207 If you are among the ones who particularly admire curves, then this garden's graceful roof lines will particularly appeal to you. Variant Combination Treatments of Plan No. 87 THIS garden plan Number 207 is laid out on the same ground lines as Number 87, on pages 14-15; it differing only in size and roof lines. You may feel that this one is a bit the more ornamen- tal; or just like it best, simply because you Hke it. We can sug- gest several For example : a still larger lay- which case we suggest adding each side of You can readily evenly balanced, group you would not talk it all Plan No. 207 other variations, you might want out than this, in would probably garden plots on the work room, imagine what an practical garden then have. Why over with us? Plan No. 164 See opposite page for front view. It's just the same layout you see, as the one above. There is, however, a variation in the treatment of the vestibule ; and the wing houses have curved eaves instead of curvilinear. How perfectly this group is adapted to its location ! How altogether charming is its linking with the walled-in garden adjoining the residence terrace. How convenient to have the Indoor garden but a stone's throw from the residence. HMUlig&iilii Side view of houses on opposite page. Lord cind Rurnham Co. G1ci.^5^ O ^ t-fl f^ta.cj No. 87 Combined Rose, Palmi Plan: IF YOU want a palm garden with a plot on either side for roses and carnations, or for vegetables and fruits, it would be hard to find a more charming little layout than this one. Last year we sold six like it within a few weeks of each other. One of them was ordered from California by telegraph. Palms needing considerable head room, the increased height of the palm garden's sides, gives it an added importance and an archi- tectural emphasis which is decidedly pleasing in association with the garden houses on each side. The design of the vestibule, can, of course, be varied to suit individual tastes. The work room is just back of the palm gar- den and con- nected to it by a glass passage 1 1 feet wide. It is equipped with two plant- benches, mak- ing a fourth garden plot. For the shade- loving plants Standing here you get a comprehensive view of practically the entire layout. l ; l. „ f ^rn c nr The work room can, of course, be designed to harmonize with the IIKC lerilS, ur- treatment of the buildings on your own grounds. 14 Lord cinci Riit-nKfim Ho id Carnation Gardens 87 chids, and such this Httle plot is just the thing. Here is a suggestion: if you are not quite ready to build the four glass garden plots now — why not at once put up the work room, and the palm and small connecting garden? Use it for flowers, vegetables, or fruits of any kind and then later on add the ones on either side of the palm garden — one at a time if you like. It's building by units — and an exceedingly practical way of doing. On the other hand should the size of this layout seem somewhat too small for you, we can lengthen and widen it, while still keeping the same per- fectly bal- anced propor- tions of the smaller one. Why not have one of us come and look your grounds 1 over and make ^:$|pM; suggestions and give you an estimate? Plan No. 87 The practical arrangement of the layout is still more evident from the plan. The advantage of the central location of the work room, let us emphasize again. 15 Olri.^54 O^i-deta^ No. 208 A wire trellis is secured to the roof and the vines trained up to the ridge on either side of the house. Grapes IF you have ever smacked your lips over grapes grown under glass, you have ever since wanted to grow some of your own that way. It's the ideal way. Grapes so grown defy all others in beauty and meaty lusciousness. Year after year you can have exactly the same results because exactly the same ideal growing conditions can be duplicated. You can have grapes as early as May and late as Christmas. Big, perfectly fruited clusters weighing pounds— not ounces. The second year after planting, your vines will be bearing. The first year you can have bearing vines in pots as a kind of stay to your impatience. A lean-to makes a good grapery, but a full span curvilinear house is really the best as the curve of the roof gives an opportunity for a longer length to the vines. But of such details later — right now the thing to decide is to decide to have one of our Glass Enclosed Graperies. i6 Lord and Burnham Co. No. 209 Over 500 nectarines are picked from this tree each year. Peaches and Nectarines ONCE in a while in a basket of peaches you run across one that is just to your liking — one that is beautiful in its coloring; thin skinned, meaty, and yet laden with juice, and a flavor that is indescribable. Suppose every one in the basket were just as perfect — -just as delicious; wouldn't you say that fruit growing had reached its per- fection ? Well it has reached just that perfection under glass. You can grow peaches, nectarines, apples, pears, cherries, tigs, oranges — almost anything you want to. You can grow dwarf trees in pots (see next page), and ha\'e a reguUir little orchard or train them up trellises as shown above. Now don't shake your head and say "it must be expensive." You may be \-ery agreeably disappointed. Most people are. Let us give you some defmitc information. O 1 fl .^ .«=; O ri t- ci 6^ n s Pear tree eight feet high. Last year it bore thirty perfect pears weighing every one of them close to a pound. No. 207 A potted fruit orchard house in full bloom last of February is a sight that maketh the heart glad. Potted fruit is neither difficult nor ex- pensive to grow — in fact it's decidedly inexpensive. Let us send you full information about it. Orchard Houses THE name seems to sound big — and ex- pensive ; but it's neither, as the trees are the dwarf varieties and they require so Httle artificial heat the coal bill is not an item worth considering. The apple and pear trees will grow four to eight feet high, but the peaches, nectar- ines, and cherries are shorter. They are planted in pots which makes it an easy matter to take them out of the house when off season, and the space used for something else — chrysanthemums or vegetables for instance. You bring the potted fruit in the house along in January, For the next two months the heat will be gradually increased and in March your apple trees are a mass of blooms — and such blooms! After the fruit is picked the trees are taken outside and the pots plunged in the dirt, giving the wood a chance to harden up. The reason fruit grown under glass is far superior is because you have a perfect control of heat, moisture, nourishment, and can successfully spray against any insect pests. You can pick the fruit at just the time when it has the mellowest texture and is at its height of flavor. If you were to ask us, we would say, by all means try growing some of the potted fruit — it won't cost much and it will give you no end of pleasure and satisfaction. We have some very interesting facts on the subject written by John Ash, an expert fruit grower, which we would like to send you at once. T.nrd rind Rurnhflm Co What a sturdy, thoroughly business like look it has. For Purely Practical Purposes Plan No. 68 IF YOU want just a straight-away glass enclosure in which you can produce the greatest amount with the least investment, we recommend a straight-away layout like this. Its width of 30 feet gives you five ample-sized growing benches. Being divided in three plots or compartments with dififerent temperatures, permits of a wide range of grow- ing possibilities. No underground foundations are needed as the framework is sup- ported by wrought-iron posts set in concrete footings. The treat- ment from the ground Hne up to the glass may be either concrete or double boarding as used in the house shown. Has it ever occurred to you to grow some flowers for market ? Carnations or violets for instance. Or better still, why not raise some of the glorious old-fashioned flowers of our grandmothers ' days — such as stocks, snapdragons, Cantebury Bells and such. Perhaps your neighbor is fond of out-of-season strawberries, and will gladly pay you a good round price along in January when New Yorkers are paying almost anything for them. Then there's lettuce — you can grow three crops in a season and depend on each crop having a ready market. Or you could grow a crop of lettuce and follow it with tomatoes or cucumbers. If you had all of these you wanted for your own use, and then sold enough to pay for a good part of the coal, you would be getting your out-of-season delicacies cheap indeed. Section No. 68 This section shows you the bench and walk arrangement. The two side benches are 3 feet wide, the three centre ones are 5 feet. The walks are 20 inches wide. Plan No. 68 Don't infer that because the plots are marked roses and carnations that they are limited to such uses. It's simply what i/ns owner uses them for. Gla^^g^ 0^t-rlf^ia^ Vou surely ought to have some of these handy little glass-covered frames to push your garden flowers or vegetables along. They are lU x 13, and ten cost as little as 86.25. Garden Frames THEY might well be called little portable greenhouses. One of our customers says they are "garden boosters." And that's exactly what they are. With their help you can be planting out good stocky plants at the time you used to be planting seeds. Send for our Two P's booklet. It tells the complete frame storv from A to Z. No. H Melon Frames vou surely want They are 19^ x 20i, and five cost only $4.40. No. K Single Row Frames for putting right over a row in vour garden are so reasonable as four for $5.00. No. L Our largest frames you can use all winter as either hot beds or cold frames. You can have lettuce for New Year's Day — violets every day all winter — and so on. But send for Two P's booklet and know the whole storv. l.nrri r^nd Rurnhfim C.n "Bubble Lite" Sash TO overcome the necessity of co\erin,L; up cold frame or hot bed sash with mats and shutters on cold nights, the Bubble Lite sash was developed. The "ig" air space between the two lights acts as an insulation keeping both the heat in and the cold out. Some days are so cold that the mats and shutters have to be left on single light sash all day, shutting out the light and seriously retarding plant growth. With our Dubble Lite sash no cover- ing is necessary — all the light there is reaches the plants all the time. The illustration below shows the comparative results of lettuce grown under both kinds of sash. For general description of the thor- ough, enduring way our sash are made send for *'Two P's" booklet. Prices Standard size " Sash That Last " in either Single or Dubble Lites are 3x6 feet. The single are 1 J4" thick; the double l^i"; both have 10" glass. All joints are blind mortised, white leaded and steel dowel pinned; ^4" round steel rod supports the bars in centre. 3x6 Sash Dubble Lite - Double Light $4.50 each 2.50 each 2.30 each Single Light Glazed and painted, two coats . Unglazed and painted, one coat . Unglazed and unpainted .... $3.50 each 1.40 each 1.27 each Special price for quantities over 25 in number. The head of lettuce grown under Single Light Sash had a spread of leaves 10J4" wide. Those grown under our Dubble Lite outspread the Single Light ones by 3^2". On the same day in Februarv. lettuce wa- planted in t«,. g>5^ G A irc^ ^rx^ Up in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts where this conservatoPj- is located, the interminably long winter is made the more endurable by the charms of this indoor garden. A Conservatory Garden Plan No. 20I THE way this little conservatory came to be, reads like a story. The owner, after spending many successful years in active literary work in New York, found herself broken in health. The old homestead with its memories held its lure ; so she and her sister hied away to it. They decided, that although six miles from the railroad and several hundred from New York, it would not seem isolated to them as long as they had their books and Steinway piano, if they could also have a conservatory winter garden where they could fuss and coddle their favorite flowers. So we built them this glass garden opening directly off the living room. Not only do they also grow countless vege- spring setting out. have some such winter sunshine and happi- every member of the RESIDENCE Vl Plan No. 201 use it for flowers, but table plants for early Why don't you garden? Think of the ness it would give family. With Cherokee roses and Bougainvillea climbing on the wall and the benches filled with plants abloom, this garden spot is a sight. 24 Lord rind Rur-nhflm Cn Facts Important to You IRST and foremost, our houses have a com- ])lete iron frame, and are up-to-date in every particular. They cost more than the so-called "wooden houses," but they are worth more— decidedl>- more — because they are built to last indelinitely and to ,c;ive the highest possible productive conditions. For over half a century we have been build- ing greenhouses — it's been our sole business. As a result, it stands to reason that we thor- oughly understand ])lant requirements and the very best and endur- ing way to construct houses to secure such requirements. Don't make the mistake of experimenting with local carpenters or builders. You will only be keenly disappointed with your glass garden and in the end flatly disgusted. It is impossible for us to say that any one of these 1 he Cost houses shown will cost you a certain amount com- pleted, without first knowing something about the proposed location of your house, and the purposes for which you intend to use it, and so on. If you want us to erect it, the question of railroad fares, etc., must, of course, be considered, as well as the distance from the station you live, so the matter, of probable cost of cartage may also be included. See clause "Information needed" on page 27. . We completely equip the houses, unless otherwise riquipment desired. This equipment consists of the entire heating plant of special Burnham greenhouse boiler and the necessary radiating pipes and connections; also the ventilating apparatus and the benches. These may be one of three types. Benches (i). Cast iron sides, ends and bottoms supported by pipe legs. If desired, porous tile bottoms may be substituted. (2). Galvanized iron frame with cypress sides and porous tile bottoms. (3). Pipe frame with cypress sides and either tile or cypress bottoms. (4). The all-c>TDress bench. These are named in the order of their superiority andi relative costs. The first is always figured in estimates unless it is Under- stood to the contrary. Tables differ from beds, in having low^ sides. They are i ables used for plants in pots. We make them with galvanized iron frames, and sides three inches high. Bottoms are of slate. The houses shown in this booklet are 11, 18 and 25 v\' iclth of feet wide, these being the most practical widths for House general puq^oses. The sections on the next page show you the bench arrangements in each. The 25 foot one is naturally cheaper in proportion to its width. 25 O 1 fi .^ 5=> O <^ 1- d 6^ ta ^^ No. A A garden 1 1 feet wide has one walk and two elevated beds or benches 3 feet wide. No. B The one 18 feet wide gives you three benches and two walks. The centre bench is 5 ft. wide and the others 3 ft. wide. The walks are 2 ft. 6in. No.C Twenty-five feet makes a good roomy garden with three walks and four benches — two are 5 feet wide, and two are 3 feet. Stock Plans For any of the houses shown in this booklet, we have the working drawings already made, and because of this the materials for them can be put through the factory with no delay, and at the lowest possible manufacturing cost. Where special features are introduced, or Special Plans radical changes made to meet your wishes, special plans must be made which both adds to the cost of your house, and somewhat delays its execution. All materials are cut and fitted at our factories, so Erection that they can be rapidly put together on reaching your grounds. Where possible, it is better to have us erect the house for you. Should you, however, want us to fur- nish the material only and have them erected by local workmen, we will be only too glad to send along with the order, complete erecting directions. In either case you had better arrange for the masonry work, as not being familiar with local conditions, we are not always able to handle it as favorably. Lord rtnd Rurnhflm Co. Information Needed In mail}- cases it is possible for us to give you an approximate estimate in reply to your first letter, provided you give us the following information. 1. Will the house be built independent, or attached to an existing building? 2. Has this building a cellar, and if so, about how deep? 3. Will the house run lengthwise east or west, or north and south? 4. If possible, send us a photo of the proposed location, particularly so if it is to be attached to an existing building. 5. If built independent, do you want us to build the work room ? If not, we will furnish you with plans for any shown in connection with any house in this booklet, or make a special one for you. In case the houses shown here are too small Large Catalog" or not quite what you want, then send us ten cents in stamps as good faith evidence of your interest, and we will gladly send you our large catalog, which shows over a hundred pages of greenhouses, conservatories, and glassed-in porches. It also contains a very complete illustrated talk on grow- ing fruit under glass. We have four. In order to facilitate matters Sales Offices we would suggest your writing to the one nearest you. . We have an Eastern factory at Irvington, N. Y., Lactones 30 miles from New York City, and a Western factory at Des Plaines, 111., just out of Chicago. Your mate- rials will be shipped from the one most favorable for freight rates. Glimpse of the Eastern Factory at Irvington, N. Y., thirty miles from New York. It is said to be the largest factory in the United States, devoted to greenhouse manufacturing. Prepared by Tuthill Ad. Agency 1133 Broadway, New York Made by Rogers 6^ Company Chicago and New York A lordml fev/fork ^Boston^ PMade/pMa Chicago WO or Glass Gardens- Apeep into their deliqbis