January 30, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



317 



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Plan of Piping Suggested for Z. & Son. 



old-fashioned three-quarter span, long 

 span to the south. They are convinced 

 that they are not the kind of houses and 

 have already filled up the 18 feet of 

 space between each house, will tear out 

 all partitions and then it will be a big 

 lot of useful glass. They are at present 

 filled with roses, but are tired of the ex- 

 pense of heating them, the labor of work- 

 ing them and the waste of room. 



Now, I don't protend to have covered 

 all the ground. There are several large 

 propagating houses and other houses 

 filled with various stock and Easter stuff. 

 The packing house is a finely equipped 

 adjunct and adjoining it is the cold 

 storage house. The packing room is 

 about 30x60, with two long broad tables 

 covered with zinc. 



The heating of this large establish- 

 ment is done by two batteries of huge 

 steam boilers. The consumption of coal 

 is from one to two carloads a day dur- 

 ing winter. The fir.st boiler pit was ex- 

 cavated some 12 feet beneath the ground, 

 which has been the cause of many a cuss 

 word from Mr. Eoney, or at least would 

 have been if he was that sort of man. 

 The last buflt boiler house is a large 

 brick sti-ucture and the boilers are on 

 the level of the houses, and Mr. Eoney 

 says he wants no other system. He 

 would not excavate an inch below the 

 surface and he is most assuredly correct. 



A word or two about the men who 

 find the sinews of war and the brains to 

 run this place. Mr. Broadhead is just 

 what his name implies, broad in every 

 way, with energy and broadmindedness 



to run a dozen big industries, which he 

 does. Mr. Charles Roney, who took 

 charge of this place when an infant (I 

 mean the place, not him), is first of all 

 a prince of good fellows, untiring energy, 

 willing to learn a point from any one, 

 and still more willing to impart his 

 knowledge to any one who seeks it. 

 Broadhead and Eoney pull together as a 

 well matched team should. 



The Walter Mott Seed & Bulb Co. 



In one of the principal business streets 

 of Jamestown is a fine store, really two 

 stores, and the sign above reads: "The 

 Walter Mott Seed & Bulb Co." Several 

 of my readers have heard of Walter Mott, 

 as he used to dart through the country 

 for years at short intervals in the inter- 

 est of the well-known house of Henry 

 A. Dreer. It is the proper destiny of all 

 men of ability and ambition to get into 

 business for themselves, and with the en- 

 terprise and means of Mr. Broadhead 

 there was a grand opportunity. The 

 store and appointments in which to do 

 business cannot be easily excelled, and 

 you can depend on it that no reasonable 

 request that will enhance the facility to 

 do business will be denied the young 

 firm, and so we believe business will be 

 done right up to the twentieth century 

 standard. 



Seldom does a firm begin business un- 

 der such favorable auspices, and we be- 

 lieve all hands will make the most of it. 

 I would remind you that this being their 

 first year the seeds they sell are sure to 

 be fresh and full of vitality. I will leave 



next year to take care of itself and as 

 my pencil is worn out will say good- 

 bye to Jamestown, that pretty little city 

 of 25,000 people by whose homes runs 

 the Allegheny river, small here but ever 

 widening till it joins the Ohio, then 

 helps to swell the Father of Waters and 

 flows sluggishly on to be lost in the Gulf 

 of Mexico. 



As I rode home I was lost in the gulf 

 of meditation and thought what a small 

 fly I am, talking about building 21,000 

 feet of glass, and here they add on 200,- 

 000 feet as coolly as some men make a 

 four-sash hotbed. Don't trouble, boys, 

 there is room for all. The man that 

 runs best what he has, big or little, 

 will be the winner of pecuniary profit and 

 that is not an unworthy object if worth- 

 ily and honestly pursued. W. S. 



PIPING. 



Please give us a plan for piping these 

 houses most conveniently, using 2-inch 

 flows and 1-inch returns, of which we 

 have plenty. We would like to have 

 these pipes laid so that we will not have 

 to pass under or step over them to get 

 from one house to the other. Tliere is a 

 basement under office, work room and cut 

 flower room. One house is to be used 

 for roses and the other for carnations. 

 Lowest outside temperature is 25 de- 

 grees below zero. Z. & Son. 



In reply to the inquiry of Z. & Son, the 

 drawing shown herewith indicates the 

 best arrangement of piping for the pur- 

 pose, using up the stock of 2 in. and 1 

 in. pipe which is on hand and leaving the 

 doorways and walks clear of obstruc- 

 tion. The mains should all be placed be- 

 low the floor line in the trench con- 

 structed for that purpose. Air valves 

 should be placed on each return pipe in 

 each coil near to the return valve and 

 the pipes should grade in each coil down- 

 ward from the steam or inlet valve back 

 to the return main. 



Hexrt W. Gibbons. 



New York. 



NEW YORK. 



Ward's fancy carnations have become 

 almost a household word but Ward's 

 fancy chickens were almost an unknown 

 quantity until one dark evening last 

 week, when they, too, were made no- 

 torious by an adept thief, and now the 

 chickens are not only almost, but alto- 

 gether an unknown quantity. Eveiybody 

 is glad the carnations are left. No one 

 could afford to lose them; but the 

 chickens — well, there are others! 



The prophecy made two weeks ago 

 concerning the removal of the venerable 

 34th street market to the same building 

 on 26th street, where the New York Cut 

 Flower Co. now dwells, is about to be 

 fulfilled. In April the whole third floor 

 of the building will be occupied by the 

 old market. In the basement of this 

 building are splendid bowling alleys and 

 room enough for the added amusements 

 that make the Philadelphia clubrooms so 

 attractive, and higher up is ample oppor- 

 tunity for permanent quarters for the 

 New York Florists' Club rooms, with fa- 

 cilities for banquets and all the acces- 

 sories that make life worth living. 



Last Friday night the elevator in this 

 building, well loaded with wholesalers, 

 dropped thirty feet. Excepting Mr. 

 Nash, Jr., the load was made up of 



