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HORTICU LTURE, 



April 13, 1907 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



At the next meeting in Horticul- 

 tural Hall, on April 16, B. K. Howard, 

 instructor of the late landscape 

 classes, will speak on landscape gar- 

 dening. Fine exhibits are promised 

 and other interesting features will 

 make the meeting one which mem- 

 bers cannot afford to miss. 



The annual club banquet will take 

 place on Wednesday evening, April 

 24 at Horticultural Hall. Reception 

 at' 6.30, banquet at 7 o'clock, followed 

 by a musical entertainment and danc- 

 ing. Tickets are $1.50, and can be 

 had from the officers of the club and 

 members of the executive committee 

 only. None will be sold after April 

 20 As an exceedingly large attend- 

 ance is anticipated, an early applica- 

 tion for tickets is urged. 



W. N. CRAIG, Secretary, 



HEATING TOPICS, 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnation Registered. 

 By James D. Cockroft, Northport, 

 N. Y. Sensation. Color, a beautiful 

 sliade of bright cerise; form, well built 

 flower of large size; oalyx perfect, does 

 not burst; stem from 24 to 30 inches 

 and over from September to July. 

 Keeping qualities of the best, early free 

 and continuous habit, strong clean 

 growth, every shoot producing a 

 flower. 



ALBERT M. HERR. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York hold their annual exhibition on 

 May 8 and 9 in the Museum Building 

 of the New York Botanical Garden. 



Alex. Cumming of Elizabeth Park, 

 Hartford, Ct., addressed the Amateur 

 Horticultural Society of Springfield, 

 Mass., on Roses, on the evening of 

 April 5. 



The ninth in the series of lectures on 

 agriculture and horticulture under the 

 auspices of the American Institute of 

 New York, was given on April 10 by 

 Leonard Barron. Subject: "Lawns: 

 How to Make, How to Keep and How 

 to Renovate Them." 



HORTICULTURE'S REPRESENTA- 

 TIVES. 



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About Boiler Inspection. 



Referring to Mr. Palmer's report at 

 the Gardener's and Florists' Club meet- 

 ing on the hearing at the State House 

 on the inspection of boilers I wish to 

 say that I attended that meeting and as 

 far as I could learn it was simply a 

 dispute between the engineers and 

 boilermakers, as to who should have 

 the right of inspecting the boilers in 

 the State. After an experience of 

 fourteen years throughout the states 

 erecting greenhouse boilers, I would 

 say that the skilled mechanic should 

 have the preference over all others. 

 I have set up hundreds of boilers in 

 greenhouses, among them tubular 

 •jjoilers that the Hartford people had 

 cut the pressure on; they are running 

 under a pressure, from 15 to 30 lbs. 

 for ten years or more and I find the 

 plate in the boiler practically just as 

 good today as when it left the shops. 



In regard to licensed firemen, I 

 would rather a good upright and 

 honest greenhouse man who has had 



D. ILIFFE. 



experience with fires, than a number 

 of the licensed firemen of today. I 

 know of a case that came under my 

 notice, where a licensed fireman was 

 the cause of almost freezing an entire 

 gi'eenhouse. 



Hot Water Boilers for Greenhouse 

 Heating. 



During my experience in greenhouse 

 heating I have set up a great many 

 different styles of boilers, among 

 them, horizontal tubular, upright 

 tubular, lock-nut nipple, push nipple, 

 and portable upright cast-iron boilers. 

 The tubular boiler makes a very good 

 boiler for heating purposes, when 

 properly taken care of. All the water 

 should be run off and the boiler 

 thoroughly cleaned once a year; when 

 boiler and system should be refilled, 

 and left so until it is required for 

 use again. All boilers should be 

 properly valved on .supply and return. 



The cast iron boiler should be blown 

 off by steam, so as to clean out the 

 boiler thoroughly. A great many boil- 

 ers are found fault with as not giving 

 satisfactory results, but if you loo!{ 

 into the manner in which these boil- 



ers are run you will find the fault is 

 not with the boiler Ln a great many 

 cases, but with the one who ha& 

 charge of boiler. 



In regard to push nipple boilers I 

 would say they are just as good for 

 heating purposes as any cast-iron 

 boiler, out they are not quite so safe 

 as the lock-nut nipple boiler. If any 

 part of a push-nipple boiler needs re- 

 pairing you have to take the whole 

 boiler apart, whereas with the lock- 

 nut nipple boiler, if a part or section 

 gives out, you can take a three-wheel 

 pipe cutter and cut the connection to 

 the damaged section, plug up same, 

 and your boiler is ready for wor'ii 

 again. 



All hot water boilers should be 

 thoroughly cleaned every other year. 

 A very good way to do this, would be 

 to close the main supply and return 

 valves to the Ijoiler, put on water 

 gauge, so placed that gauge cock will 

 show water in boiler when it reaches 

 to within three inches of top, also have 

 a steam gauge attached to boiler. 

 Then fill your boiler until gauge cock 

 shows water within three inches of 

 top; start a wood fire in boiler and 

 when you have from 10 to 30 lbs. steam 

 draw the fire and blow off boiler. This 

 will carry off all sediment. I would 

 say too that there should be a safety 

 valve on boiler when blowed off by 

 steam. Steam boilers should be blown 

 off at least twice a year. 



DANIEL ILIFFE. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 The National Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety's (London) Year Book for 1907. 

 This valuable publication is edited by 

 Charles H. Curtis and C. Harman 

 Payne and contains a vast amount 

 of information valuable especially for 

 the purpose of reference by chrysan- 

 themum growers, the world over. 

 Among the contributions therein are 

 the following: Chrysanthemums in 

 America, by Chas. H. Totty; Chrysan- 

 themums in Decorations, by Dorothy 

 M. Oliver; Early Chrysanthemums 

 from Stool Divisions, by Percy A. 

 Cragg; Chrysanthemums in Australia, 

 by Thos. W. Pockett; Exhibition In- 

 curved Chrysanthemums, by W. Higgs; 

 Analysis of the National Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society's Show 1905-6, by C. M. 

 Collingwood; Chrysanthemums for 

 Town Gardens, by Elderbert F. Hawes; 

 Work of the Floral Committee and 

 Classification Committee for 1906, by 

 D. B. Crane; Market Chrysanthemums, 

 by David Ingamells; Single Flowered 

 Chrysanthemums, by W. C. Pagram; 

 The New Chrysanthemums of 1906, by 

 Chas. H. Curtis; New French Incurved 

 Chrysanthemums, by C. Harman 

 Payne. Portraits of several of these 

 writers are given, and Charles E. 

 Shea, president of the National 

 Chrysanthemum Society is the sub- 

 ject of the frontispiece. The paper 

 and typographical work are high class 

 and the book is handsomely bound in 

 cloth. The price is one shilling. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Goeschl & Wood Floral Co.. Denver, 

 Col., F. N. Goeschel, M. W. Goeschel, 

 B. M. Webster; capital, |10,000. 



