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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mahch 10, 1904 



HOUSES FOR SOUTH. 



I want to build two houses, about 

 15x60, to ruu nearly east and west, one 

 for carnations and one for general stock, 

 with [lotting room at the west end, which 

 will help to keep off the cold Avind. 

 What would be the best way to build 

 tliem, separate or attached, and what 

 kind of wall would bo best; glso what 

 size boiler and how many pipes to keep 

 the temperature up to 60 degrees when 

 outside it is 16 below freezing. I want 

 to use brick flues in case we have extra 

 cold snaps, but 16 is the lowest we have 

 had here for six years. G. J. S. 



In niv judgment the ridge and furrow 

 plan w'ill' prove most satisfactory for 

 two houses of the dimensions stated, to 

 be used for stock demanding tempera- 

 tures so near alike. Experience has 

 made me an advocate of a nine-inch brick 

 Avail laid in double courses, with air space 

 between the courses of brick, using a 

 header course every fifth course, and a 

 header course on top directly under the 

 plate or gutter. A three-piece cypress 

 gutter with cypress sash bars and a \- 

 shaped valley between the houses sup- 

 ported on 2-inch gas pipe, the ends of 

 which have been split and flattened by a 

 smith to form a Y into which the gutter 

 will fit will form suitable supports, pro- 

 vided the bottom end of the uprights arc 

 set firmly upon a stone, brick, or cement 

 base. If, after the gutter is lined up, 

 a concrete base can be made about the 

 base of each upright by filling in for 

 twelve or fifteen inches with soft con- 

 crete, which should be allowed to harden 

 before the weight of the gutter is al- 

 lowed to come upon it, a most satisfac- 

 tory foundation will be secured. Such 

 supports should be at least as close as 

 six feet apart. 



For your climate and houses of the 

 size you mention hot water heating Avil; 

 prove most satisfactory. The houses can 

 be piped with one 2-ineh riser runiiins 

 under the ridge and dividing at the far 

 end into twelve li/i-inch return pi]iOS, 

 ■which can be distributed under the 

 benches or along the side wa.lls, as maj- 

 seem most convement, always allowing at 

 least one extra pipe under each of the 

 benches next to the outside walls. 



The boiler should have a capacity for 

 at least 1.000 feet of radiation and 

 should be arranged to work on the pres- 

 sure system, with an expansion tank at- 

 tached to the return near the boiler and 

 opening into a forty or fifty gallon ex- 

 pansion tank located at least ten feer 

 above the highest point in the flow pipes. 

 The highest point in the flow pipes 

 should be at the point farthest from the 

 boiler, or where it subdivides to supply 

 the returns. Ij- C. C. 



Grand Rapids, Mich,— C. E. Hills, of 

 the Grand Rapids Violet Co.. has been in 

 New York for a few days. 



-James Warden, said 

 age and formerly en- 

 died in the almshouse 



Chas. Mueller's boil- 

 dnight, February 13, 

 could be made the 

 34 degrees. 



Chester, Pa. — David Wilson, who re- 

 cently broke one of the bones in his 

 hand" by a fall on the ice, is able to at- 

 tend business but not yet able to use 

 the injured member. 



Baltimore, Md.- 

 to be 102 years of 

 gaged in the trade, 

 February 26. 



Wichita, Kan.— - 

 er gave out at mi 

 and before repairs 

 temperature fell to 



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