September 



1902 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



571 



A Floral Float. 



would you advise for tiows and returns? 

 Would it be best to run the flows over- 

 head and the returns under the side 

 benches ? 



Would it be best to get one large sec- 

 tional boiler or two smaller ones, so one 

 can be used in case of accident to the 

 other? 



Would you advise putting in a coal 

 burning boiler? Wood is most largely 

 used for heating purposes here and is 

 cheaper than coal. 



What capacity of boiler is necessary 

 to heat the plant? C. D. M. 



Replying to C. D. M., for the heating 

 of the range of houses shown on the 

 sketch accompanying this inquiry, one 

 steam boiler of about 20-horse power 

 would be ample for the work, but it 

 would be more economical, in his south- 

 ern latitude, to install two small cast 

 iron boilers, each having a capacitj' of 

 about 800 feet of steam radiation, as 

 during much of the winter season such 

 a boiler would give all '^he heat required. 



Tlie system of mains best suited for 

 this work would be as follows: 



Start from the boiler with a 3-inch 

 7nain north and extending west under 

 the ridge of the smilax house into the 

 palm house, here branch south with 

 1-inch to the even-span bouse and north 

 li-inch to the even-span house, continue 

 west with 2j-inch under the ridge of the 

 palm house to the potting shed, branch 

 south with 1-inoh to the even-span, north 

 with lA-inch to even-span house and 

 continue west with li-incb, turning into 

 the southwest even-span house, the re- 

 turn starting from the southwest even- 

 span house, 1-inch to the eastern end 

 of the potting shed, there increasing to 

 2-inch and taking in the l-incR return 

 from each of the two even-span houses, 

 at the center of the palm house, 1-inch 

 return will enter from the southern even- 

 span propagating house ; when reaching 

 the east end of the palm house increase 

 to 2i-inch, taking in the 1-inch return 

 from each of the south and north even- 

 span houses at this point, then continue 

 2i-inch all the way back to the boiler. 



For the heating of the asparagus 

 hou.se, take a IJ-inch steam main from 

 the boiler and 1-inch return back to the 

 boiler. For tire rose and carnation 

 houses at the extreme east, take a sep- 



arate 2A-ineh steam main from the 

 boiler, branching IJ-inch into the rose 

 house and 2-inch intO' the carnation 

 house; the return from the rose house 

 would be 1-inch and from the carnation 

 house lA-inch, connecting into 2-inch 

 main returning back to the boiler, thus 

 three sets of mains, both flows and re- 

 turns, are run from the boiler. 



The amount of radiation required for 

 the several houses, starting at the south- 

 west of the range from west to east, 

 would be: Even-span house 60 ft. by 12 

 ft.. 306 lineal feet of 1-inch pipe; even- 

 span house, 57 by 9 ft. 6 in., 270 lineal 

 feet of 1-ineh pipe; even-span propagat- 

 ing liouse, .t7 by 8 ft. S in.. 270 lineal feet 

 uf 1-inch pipe, 60 by 11 ft. 6 in., 31.') lin- 

 eal feet of 1-inch pipe; rose house, 56 by 

 20 ft., 570 lineal feet of 1-inch pipe; 

 then starting at the northwest house 

 from west to east, even-span house, 58 

 by 20 ft.. 666 lineal feet of 1-inch pipe; 

 even-span house, 58 ft. 6 in. by 11 ft. 

 G in.. 351 lineal feet of 1-inch pipe; ear- 

 nation house. 70 by 24 ft., 780 lineal 

 feet of 1-inch pipe; smilax house, 590 

 lineal feet of 1-inch pipe; palm house, 

 357 lineal feet of 1-inch pipe. 



The steam main leading through the 

 smilax and palm houses should be cov- 

 ered with asbestos to prevent radiation. 



In installing the apparatus, carry the 

 steam mains to their highest point as 

 scon as possible after leaving the boiler, 

 then have everything grade downward 

 l)ack to the boiler. The circulating pipes 

 should be placed under the benches, dis- 

 tributing them as evenly as possible 

 throughout each house. 



In selecting a boiler, a coal burning 

 boiler would be the most desirable, as 

 in such boilers where ample combustion 

 space is provided wood can be burned 

 for short time firing, but for regular fir- 

 ing coal would be found most desirable, 

 especially with steam heat, where stea'dy 

 pressure is required. 



New York. Henry W. Gibbon.s. 



FLORAL FLOAT. 



The accompanying engraving is from 

 a photograph of the floral float entered 

 by Mrs. Edgar Hall of Austin, Tex., in 

 the labor day parade in that city and 

 which was awarded second prize for best 

 decorated float or vehicle. The building 

 in the background is the state capitol. 



NEW YORK. 



Various Items. 



Fleischman has added several plate 

 glass extension windows to his fine store 

 on Broadway, giving ample room for 

 decorative work, and manifesting the 

 necessity for as much attractiveness and 

 novelty as possible to gather the atten- 

 tion of the fickle public. These great 

 Broadway stores are the pulses of the 

 retail market and they set the pace for 

 the retailers of the whole city. A 

 wreath of purple asters with sago leaves 

 was a beautiful illustration of what 

 can be accomplished by artistic work 

 with cheap materials in Fleischman's 

 last week. 



At Small's a fine window of water 

 lilies in the basin of the fountain, 

 banked with autumn flowers, cosmos, 

 goldenrod, hydrangeas and brilliant col- 

 oring still charms the sight-seers, and 

 with open air blossoms the other win- 

 dow tells with no uncertain sound the 

 floral story of "the last days of sum- 

 mer." 



Thorley's window still leans to Bos- 

 toniensis, with some fine vases of Beau- 

 ties, and orchids in the foreground. 

 Across the way Mcintosh is mirroring 

 his cozy store, and with the addition of 

 a handsome new wagon seems "in the 

 swim" with the best of them. Waren- 

 dorff's window is always brilliant and 

 artistic, and Scallon's with the added 

 room and store capacity on the other 

 side begins to look like business again. 

 These Broadway windows are an un- 

 erring barometer and tell the story 

 clearly of renewed life and the opening 

 season. 



The Rosary, on Fifth avenue, reports 

 business good and an early opening 

 trade. Two new wagons attest the ex- 

 pected boom, and an automobile on No- 

 vember 1st will give this house all the 

 facilities of the best. Some fine bamboo 

 stock is on exhibition, and an abund- 

 ance of .Japan maples and evergreens. 

 Mr. Troy, the manager, always looked 

 ministerial, as his old friends on the 

 road will remember, and last week his 

 brother was called to the ministry oi 

 the leading Baptist Church in Brooklyn, 

 which "accounts for the milk in the 

 coeoanut." 



Miss Alice MacLeod, stenographer 

 for Siebrecht & Son, has returned from 

 a five weeks' vacation at Montauk 

 Point, in greatly improved health. 



Mr. Hugo Schroeter. of Detroit, who 

 has been in the service of Siebrecht & 

 Son, at Newport, during the summer, 

 returned to Detroit September 25th, via 

 Philadelphia and Washington. He has 

 had a lively time at Newport, beheld 

 lords and ladies in abundance, and will 

 show the Detroit florists this winter 

 some illustrations of his acquired artis- 

 tic ability in the decorative line. 



Mr. Parsons, Sr., sufl'ered a very 

 severe attack of apoplexy last week at 

 Flushing, but possessed of remarkable 

 vitality for his advanced j-ears, has 

 again rallied and hopes are now enter- 

 tained that he may completely recover. 

 He is a remarkable Illustration of the 

 recuperative power and resen-e strength 

 of a man whose life has been always 

 right, and his friends all wish him to 

 "reach the century." 



A trip in the suburbs of New York, 

 Brooklyn, or in the adjacent cities, re- 

 veals as never before the glories of the 

 Clematis paniculata as a decorative and 

 charming autumn flower. Everywhere 



