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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Septembeh 5, 1901. 



two 20x100 and one 28x100 feet, which 

 we water with a steam pump, cylinder 

 3x2x3, suction IJ-inch, discharge 1-inch, 

 attached to cistern 9 feet deep; we also 

 liave a well 176 feet deep, with deep well 

 l)unip altaclied ; we run both pumps at 

 same time, with our boiler, a 12-horse 

 jiower vertical, which is larger than 

 necessary, but we find a large boiler 

 economical in both attention and fuel ; 

 we can run both pumps at the same time 

 with five pounds steam, only our in- 

 jector requires twenty-five pounds steam 

 to work satisfactorily and we have our 

 Iwilcr set to blow off at 40 pounds. 



The deep well pump pumps the water 

 from well into cistern and the steam 

 pump distributes from there. Our houses 

 are all laid with U-inch distributing 

 mains (1-inch would be large enough), 

 and we have spigots conveniently located 

 so as to water each house with one sec- 

 tion of 5-inch hose twenty-five feet long. 

 A man at the hose with a bicycle whis- 

 tle to signal the boy at the pump for 

 more or less pressure is all that is re- 

 quired; one whistle means stop; two 

 whistles, go ahead; three whistles, slow 

 up. I forgot to say we have a 3-horse- 

 power engine to run our pump at well. 



We use our steam pump and hose to 

 apply all insecticides, chemical fertiliz- 

 ers (liquid) and liquid manures. We 

 find it especially convenient in applying 

 tobacco water and paris green to mums 

 for black aphis and caterpillars; we 

 have an extra suction attached and pump 

 the insecticides from barrels and the 

 fertilizers from tanks. We take off all 

 our ventilators during the summer and 

 we find it the onlv Avay to keep down 

 black fly. 



Our boiler, too, we utilize for extra 

 heat in zero weather. We use the same 

 pipe we use in the field to water with in 

 summer, to run temporary coils for more 

 heat where necessary during winter, and 

 it works like a charm. 



Lebanon Greenhouses. 



Lebanon, Pa. 



I would answer the questions asked by 

 L. S. as follows: There are a number 

 of makes of steam pumps which will 

 force the water direcflv into the pipes or 

 hose. It would be difficult to say which 

 is the best. 1( is not necessary to have 

 :i governor io rci;ul;i(c jircssurc' To sup- 

 1p1\' wall']- fill- houses mentioned would re- 

 Miiiic » )iui!i|i with 2-inch suction and U- 

 iii.li .li-,li;ii.jr. 1^-om this, one to three 

 Iiiii> .if li..^,. could be used. With 20 

 His. steam Uunc would be S.^ lbs. water 

 liressure. To run three lines of hose 

 would require 35 to 40 lbs. steam. A 

 well would need to be so good that a 2- 

 inch pipe would not exhaust the flow of 

 water. Either Fairbanks or Jenkins 

 valves could be used. H. P. Smith. 



Piqua, O. 



PIPING FOR HOT WATER, 



I have a house 7.5 fi. lon<T, 17 ft. wide 

 and 11 ft. to peak of roof. It is now 

 piped with the old 4-inch pipe. T would 

 like to know how to repipe it with 2-inch 

 pipe so as to set the best results. 



In the center bench, which is five 

 feet wide. I have carnations, and the 

 two side benches, four feet each, are for 

 bedding plants. I want to arrange it so 

 r can run it warm enough in the spring 

 for coleus, say 65 to 70 desrees at night. 

 Steady Subscriber. 



In reply to the question of Steady Sub- 



scrilH'r, I wn 

 of piping as 

 ing plan for 

 secure 05 (o 



to COllvC'llicIlt I 



when runniuL! 



New York. 



I.i liiir- Ml -J inch 

 rih li. \j\\ iiiLT one 

 -il -n ;(- I., lie able 

 let \ir i.iii|.iTature 

 use for carnations. 

 H. W. Gibbons. 



PIPING AND BOILER CAPACITY. 



I have a ibtin li.,| li,,u-r -JOxlOO. The 

 piping consisl> ni alioiu •'i.'jO feet of 4- 

 inch pipe, and il. i» luatcd by on old-fash- 

 ioned bo.K boiler. It does not keep the 

 house warm enough in severe weather. 

 Have I got pipe enough, or is the boiler 

 at fault? 



I am building a new boiler with a 

 capacity of ."SiOOO square feet. Would it 

 be advisable to twin the two boilers, so 

 that I could heat the same pipe with this 

 new boiler ? The boilers will stand about 

 20 feet apart. The 4-inch pipe is the old 

 style, put together with calked joints, 

 and is about one foot from the ground. 



Mass. W. W. 



In reply to W. W.'s inquiry, it seems 

 that his trouble is caused by the defi- 

 ciency of heating surface in the green- 

 house. He does not say what tempera- 

 ture is desired nor the amount of glass 

 exposure in the house, but assuming 

 there is glass on the roof and ends, and 

 a night temperature of 55 to 60 degrees 

 is desired, the house would require a mini- 

 nuun heating surface equal to 870 feet 

 of 4-inch pipes. 



In answer to his second question, it 

 would be desirable to connect the two 

 boilers, so that one or both may be used, 

 as circumstances may require. 



New York. H. W. Gibbons. 



6. Results In the Breeding ■ 



nus.— E. Mead WUcon 

 homa Agricultural Kxi 



7. On Orchid Hybrids. (HI 



mens of the parents an 



Papers, the titles of which have not 

 yet bieen communicated, arc also prom-' 

 ised from the IcpIIdw iii;;: 



l)eleLj;ile- , e|,i e-nii in^. 111,. |!„yal Hor- 



l.ulliei r,i,,l.,,nl ^;,lll;, llnsa, Cal. ; 



.1, I i.iej, ' -III' !l I III-.' I -it>, lllineii. N. 



Aiiriellll,,,,,! i:x|...Mllielll .Si;iiion; W. 

 v;ni |.-leel. \|, |>. |,,llle Silv.T, N. .1.; 

 .T. ('. Wliiileii, .\,ui ienlturiil i:xperiinent 

 Station, Columbia, Mo.: C. W. Ward, 

 Queens, N. Y. ; H. J. Webber, and others 

 representing the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



The co-operation of the following in- 

 stitutions has been promised: 



Bureau of Plant Industry, United 

 States Department of Agriculture; De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Dominion of 

 Canada; Royal Horticultural Society of 

 England; Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, Society of American Florists, 

 American Institute of the city of New 

 York, New York Botanical Garden, 

 School of Practical Agriculture and Hor- 

 ticulture, American Pharmacological 



Piping suggested for steady subscriber. 



PLANT BREEDING CONFERENCE, 

 J902. 



The following preliminary program 

 of subjects for the proposed Interna- 

 tional Conference on Plant Breeding 

 and Hybridization, to be held in the fall 

 of 1902, is. announced by the council of 

 the Horticultural Society of New York. 

 The exact dates for the meetings arc 

 not yet decided upon and the program 

 as given is subject to alteration: 



Society, Torrey Botanical Club, Colleges 

 and Experiment Stations of the United 

 States. 



Further particulars will be made pub- 

 lic as arrangements are concluded. For 

 information relative to the conference 

 address all correspondence to the secre- 

 tary. 



N. L. Britton, 



Chairman of the Council. 

 Leonard Barron, Secretary. 

 136 Libertv Street, New York. 

 August 24, 1901. 



■]-\periment Stati-'i 

 ornia. 



Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 aviations in Hybrids Not Appearing in the 

 First Generation, but Later.— E. S. Goff, 

 Horticulturist, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, University o£ Wisconsin. 



ON TO ASHEVILLEI 



N.iu, ^>ll^ .|m ih.-e uie er^ "kick" be- 



eavi-e they lo-t .\Iil« aukee? Whose fault 

 «as it? I for one know, as I was pres- 

 ent in the convention hall at the time 

 the vote was taken, and if the members 



