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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



MARCH 15, 1900. 



HEATING. 



I want to heat two greenhouses, each 

 ISxlOO feet, with hot water in 4-inch 

 cast iron pipes, one overhead flow pipe 

 and six return pipes under benches in 

 each house. One house will be three- 

 quarter span, short side to the south 

 for roses, and the other will be equal 

 ^an, for carnations, lioth running east 

 and west. 



My boiler is an upright, 3x6 feet, 

 55 flues, 1%-inch. water space all 

 around fire box. Is the boiler large 

 enough to heat the two houses? How 

 large a boiler will it require to heat 

 four such houses? D. C. N. 



The boiler described by D. C. N., be- 

 ing of upright design, G feet high, with 

 fifty-flve 1%-inch tubes, will heat the 

 twQ houses each ISxlOO feet easily. If 

 he desires to install a boiler to heat 

 four such houses, it should be a twen- 

 ty-horse-power, preferably of the hori- 

 zontal tubular pattern. 



New York. 



HENRY W. GIBBONS. 



The troubles described by your cor- 

 respondent John S. are caused by a 

 lack of capacity of the mains. Con- 

 sidering the amount of heating surface 

 in the several coils, and also the great 

 length of the return main, this pipe 

 should not be less than two and one- 

 half inches in diameter. The flow 

 main is also small: it should be three 

 inches, or even three and one-half, 

 from the boiler to the far end where 

 it branches. 



The reason that the short coil near- 

 est the boiler gives the most trouble 

 is that the weight of the greater vol- 

 ume of water from the coils in the 

 longer houses entering one end of the 

 tee at the boiler forces back the 

 warmer and consequently lighter 

 weight of water coming from the short 

 house. 



It may also be stated that there ex- 

 ists some structural cause for the lat- 

 ter trouble, but from the description 

 he gives of the apparatus none is ap- 

 parent. HENRY W. GIBBONS. 



New York. 



NEW YORK. 



Easter Outlook. 

 Easter is the all absorbing question 

 of the day. Whafs it going to be? 

 Will I sell out, or what should I buy? 

 are more than passing thoughts to the 

 vast majority of the trade. Growers 

 here report a loss of over ,">0 per cent, 

 of the Bermuda lily stock through dis- 

 ease, and it seems to us this costly and 

 vexing matter should be solved and 

 made impossible to occur by the over- 

 flowing intelligence of today. There 

 will be an abundance of flowering 

 plants on the market. Already many 

 "f the retailers have bought most of 

 their stock. From 12 to 15 cents seems 

 to be the prevailing asking price for 

 lilies, the majority of which are .Japan 

 longiflorum, and are short in stalk. 



Novelties are very scarce and buyers 

 are skeptical of the few which are of- 

 fered. There will be a deluge of cut 

 flowers, for most of the rose houses 

 promise immense crops. Prices will 

 have to be moderate on much of the 

 stock in order to clear out. 



Club Meeting. 



The Flor:sls' Club held its regular 

 monthly nueting March 12th. Mr. 

 O'Mara was reported sick, and Vice- 

 President Arthur Herrington presided. 

 Matters pertaining to the S. A. F. con- 

 vention were the leading questions be- 

 fore the house and most of the com- 

 mittees reported progress. The horti- 

 cultural show committee requested 

 that the $100 trophy prize to be given 

 to the society whose n.embers win the 

 largest amount of prizes be reconsid- 

 ered: the principal reason for this rec- 

 ommendation was that such trophy 

 might become a burdej. to the society 

 winning it. as none had a home of its 

 own, and it was thought if any prize 

 was offered in this way cash would be 

 most satisfactory; the matter was laid 

 over till next meeting. 



The club decided to offer three gold 

 medals in the following classes in the 

 horticultural section: Group of foli- 

 age plants covering 200 square feet, 

 group of foliage plants covering 100 

 square feet, and for group of flowering 

 and foliage plants to cover 100 square 

 feet. 



Wni. Plumb, by offering $10. started 

 a fund of a hundred dollars or more 

 to be given to the exhibitor winning 

 the greatest number of prizes. Mr. 

 Plumb was appointed a committee of 

 one to take charge of this fund. F. L. 

 Atkins made a strong plea for a repre- 

 sentative exhibit of nursery stock at 

 the convention, and the horticultural 

 committee was requested to provide if 

 possible for a class in ornamental 

 shrubs. 



A vote of thanks was ordered sent 

 to the Buffalo club for their kind and 

 generous care of the pilgrims from 

 here on the occasion of the carnation 

 convention. 



The entertainment committee plead- 

 ed for an extension of time to con- 

 sider their duty: three months of the 

 year have already gone, and though 

 convention matters take up lots of 

 time yet it becomes tiresome. There 

 were times at this meeting when 

 members wondered what they came 

 for: the importance of Easter, "its sup- 

 ply and prospects were ignored, but 

 the committee promise to provide for 

 the next meeting, when most will not 

 be able to attend. All the committees 

 are expected to meet at the club's 

 rooms. Monday. March 26th. Max 

 Iticliter, New .Springfield, Staten 

 Island, exhibited a vase of very fine 

 Princess of Wales violets, for "which 

 an honorable mention was awarded. 



Various Notes. 



Dahlia growers will hold a meeting 

 at 1:80 p. m.. March 27th. in the Berk- 

 eley Lyceum, 21 West Forty-fourth 

 street, for the purpose of reorganizing 



the National Dahlia Society. Some 

 thirty of the most prominent dahlia 

 growers in the country have promised 

 to be present: and the invitation is ex- 

 tended to all interested. New York 

 will have many gatherings during the 

 week of the rose show, and it would 

 be wise to be present at as many of 

 them as possible. Full particulars of 

 the Gardeners' Society meeting and 

 carnation show will be given next 

 week; in the meantime all are re- 

 quested to prepare to send an exhibit 

 of all the new carnations whether they 

 are in commerce or not. This will be 

 the best chance to show your prod- 

 ucts to the leading private gardeners 

 of the country, and we hope they 

 themselves will show whatever seed- 

 lings they may have in bloom. Save 

 your flowers for March 27th. 



We are informed and hear it with 

 regret that John Fink, an old-time 

 Broadway florist, is dead. Many have 

 cause to pleasantly remember John in 

 his capacity of foreman for Butler in 

 the good old days of long ago. 



Peter MacDonald, ex-president of 

 the New York Gardeners' Society, 

 later in the wholesale cut flower busi- 

 ness, is at present foreman in the de- 

 partment of public parks. Here Peter 

 has the good wishes of a host of 

 friends. 



Bowling. 



There was quite a large crowd at the 

 bowling alleys last night. Unfortu- 

 nately only two of the alleys could be 

 used and there was in consequence 

 less vim and fun. Following are the 

 scores : 



J. I. D. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



We have just finished a good healthy 

 week's work. Just a touch of scarcity 

 along most lines except in violets and 

 a marked stringency among the light 

 colored carnations. .American Beau- 

 ties are selling from 50 cents to $6 per 

 dozen; Meteors. 50 cents to $3 per 

 dozen; other red kinds scarce; pink 

 and white, from 25 cents to $3 per 

 dozen, and other colors scarce. Yellow 

 ones beginning to show up in little 

 spots. 



A noticeable feature of the rose sit- 

 uation is the lack of demand for the 

 Papa Gontier. which was such a favor- 

 ite as a bud for the past few years. 

 But tew grow them, Dana being tl;e 

 only large producer. He is sending in 

 very fine ones just now at from 2 to 

 6 cents each. Its popularity was on 

 the decline last year, with a limited 

 call for its parent, "the old-fashioned 

 Bon Silene. " but this is not so marked 

 this year and that for the Gontier lit- 

 tle improved, if at all. 



