Maiicii 24, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



909 



Establishment of Nic. Zweifel, at Milwaukee, Wis. 



when they were replaced, some 200 

 years ago, by the bronze doors which 

 are in use and these old doors are on 

 exhibition in the Vatican to-da}-. 



In conclusion I would like to quote 

 an article which appeared in the Lum- 

 ber Trade Journal, of New Orleans, No- 

 vember 1, 1901. 



"A puzzle well calculated to mystify 

 the average lumberman unversed in 

 forestry lore, is the fact that ' pecky ' 

 cypress loses none of the phenomenal 

 durability of cj-press by being ' peeky. ' 

 Builders and engineers accustomed to 

 the use of cypress in places the ravages 

 of which are particularly trying, under- 

 stand all about it, though, and are 

 never slow to put 'pecky' cypress into 

 any such places. The cavities which 

 form in the tree and are filled with 

 a dust-like substance, were formerly 

 and to some extent may still be at- 

 tributed to the ravages of vermin. It 

 has, however, been ascertained that the 

 phenomenon is only present towards and 

 at the tops of the trees, and it is now 

 believed by others to be due to deficient 

 nourishment. Both deductions are, how- 

 ever, mere undemonstrated theories, but 

 whatever the cause of the freak, the 

 fact is beyond question that the pres- 

 ence of ' peck ' does not impair the 

 power of cypress to resist the ordinary 

 causes of decay in wood. ' ' 



C. L. Cross. 



A MILWAUKEE ESTABLISHMENT. 



Nic Zweifel is one of the largest, most 

 thoroughly up-to-date and successful of 

 the Milwaukee growers as well as person- 

 ally one of the most popular men of the 

 cra'ft in the Cream City. The accom- 

 panying illustration shows Mr. Zweifel 's 

 new plant, erected two years ago from 

 plans made by A. Dietsch & Co. "While 

 this firm 's name is linked with the short- 

 roof style of construction, by no means 

 are all of their houses of that pattern, 

 and Mr. Zweifel 's four connected struc- 

 tures are each 28x200, covering a ground 

 area of 22.-100 square feet, or almost ex- 

 actly half an aci-e under one roof. The 

 side walls and gutters are six feet six 

 inches high and there is glass all around 

 the outside, making the houses very light.' 

 The ridge is fourteen feet six inches. The 

 glass is 16x18. One No. 13 Kroeschell 

 hot water boiler heats the entire place, 

 which, all things considered, is quite a 

 feat. 



The Eeview Is the cheapest help I 

 ever employed; always ready to help a 

 fellow out, never kicks or has things on 

 the dry side, all for 2 cents a week. — "W. 

 A. Herbert, Wellsville, O. 



PLAN FOR HEATING. 



We have a boiler house 20x40 feet. 

 Leading out from this house we have 

 two houses 20x100 feet each, even span, 

 solid side walls five feet high, glass 

 gable at one end. At the end of the 

 boiler house we have a lean-to 10x48 

 feet. Adjoining it are two houses 24x 

 100 feet each, which run alongside the 

 other 100-foot houses. The two wide 

 houses have no partition wall. The out- 

 side wall has thirty inches of glass, even 

 span, with glass gables at one end. Back 

 of the lean-to and also against the boiler 

 house we have another house 24x48, even 

 span, with solid walls. We will put an 

 entirely new heating system in these 

 houses, about 14,000 feet of glass. We 

 would like to have someone tell us how 

 to put in a strictly fiist-elass and up-to- 

 date heating plant, giving class of boiler, 

 horse-power, size of fire box, depth of 

 boiler m boiler pit. size of pipes, etc. 

 We want 42 degrees in one house 20x 

 100; 52 degrees in the other house 20x 

 100, 56 degrees in the two houses 24x 

 100 and 60 degrees in the house 24x48. 

 The temperature outside very seldom 

 reaches zero. Southern Kentucky. 



A steam boiler with 400 feet of heat- 

 ing surface will supply the necessary 

 steam, at five to ten pounds pressure. 

 Instead of using a single boiler with this 

 amount of heating sp 'ace it would be 

 better to secure twf>^®y .-^ller boilers with 

 a slightly greater I'^™ ' Ig surface. Two 

 boilers fire easier ti "'le and maintain 

 a more constant st baYepressure than is 

 possible with a single one, particularly 

 if they are fired alternately. For green- 

 house heating the simple tubular boilers, 

 with or without steam domes, are best, 

 set so as to work on the return tube sys- 

 tem, i. e., the fire box under front of 

 shell, with a flue leading to the rear and 

 opening into the fire tubes of the boiler, 

 which causes the heat to pass under anfl 

 about the shell of the boiler and back 

 through the tubes to the smoke stack di- 

 rectly over the fire box. This scheme 

 increases the heating surface of a boiler 

 over the direct fire tube plan of most 

 portable horizontal and upright boilers. 

 The scheme requires that the boilers be 

 set in brick but while this is an added 

 expense it is economical in fuel and 

 safer. There are many manufacturers of 

 boilers of this type. The boilers should 

 be set deep enough so the water Une of 

 the boilers will be at least two feet be- 

 low the lowest point in the radiating 

 coils in the houses. If it can be placed 

 lower, so nuich the better. 



The houses 20x100 feet will each re- 

 quire one 2-inch riser running to the far 

 end under the ridge and then dividing 



into ten pipes either on the walls, over 

 or under the benches, depending upon 

 the crops grown and the type of benches 

 used. The houses 24x100 feet wiU each 

 require a 2^/^-inch riser running under 

 the ridge to the far end of the house 

 and there dividing into thirteen 1%-inch 

 pipes, arranged to conform to the 

 benches and crops to be grown. The 

 house 10x48 demands a 1%-ineh riser 

 and five heating pipes l^/i inches in di- 

 ameter, while the house 24x48 requires a 

 2inch riser under the ridge and four- 

 teen 1%-Jnch pipes in the heating coils. 



I would suggest that upon at least 

 four to six of the heating pipes in each 

 house valves be placed at the feed end 

 of the pipes and swing check valves at 

 the return end, so that in mild weather 

 these pipes can be cut out. The cost 

 of the valves will be more than offset 

 by the ease in regulating the temperature 

 in the houses. 



I have not given dimensions of boiler, 

 fire box, etc., because these are furnished 

 by the boiler makers. All that is neces- 

 sary is to indicate the number of square 

 feet of heating surface desired, which in 

 this case is 400, as above stated. 



L. C. C. 



CARNATIONS AT PITTSBURG. 



It was carnation night at the meeting 

 of the Pittsburg Florists' Club March 

 15. and we had a fine meeting. The 

 hall was crowded to the door with mem- 

 Ijers and the tables were aglow with 

 masses of as fine carnations as you ever 

 laid your eyes on. Preliminary business 

 was soon dispatched. All smoker bills 

 of the last meeting wel'e ordered paid 

 and still there is a "wad" in the treas- 

 ury. One new member was elected and 

 fifteen new names proposed for member- 

 ship. 



Fred Burki says we want the carna- 

 tion convention, 1906, for Pittsburg, and 

 so say we all of us. It is stated that 

 Boston wants it, but as the Hub has 

 had it twice to our once, and as the 

 down east boys have always been mighty 

 fair, I don't think they will step be- 

 tween us and our ambition. Will you, 

 boys? You know we have the people 

 here — 750,000 within a radius of twenty 

 miles — and the interest, and the conven- 

 iences and, boys, we have the bawbees, 

 and will spend them. too. So, carnation 

 growers all over the country, make up 

 your mind to come to us in 1906. 



Now for the symposium. Our exhi- 

 bition consisted of two long tables, one 

 filled by our home growers. Tlie Pitts- 

 burg Rose & Carnation Co. showed great 

 bunches of most of the leading varieties. 

 Blind Bros., of West View, and J. L. 

 Wyland, of Dehaven, each showed splen- 



