90 THE PRINCIPLES OF FLORICULTURE 



The cost of the above range complete is ninety-eight 

 cents a square foot of ground area covered. A range 

 consisting of two houses each 343 feet 4^ inches in length, 

 and 35 feet 4 inches in width, could be built for approxi- 

 mately the same figure. Each house would contain 

 12,131 square feet, or a total area in the range of 24,262 

 square feet. These houses are of pipe-frame type, built 

 on pipe posts embedded in concrete piers, with a four- 

 inch curtain-wall. 



Equipment for range : 



25,000 carnation plants, at $4.00 a hundred . ... $1000 



Soil for benches, and its preparation . . i . * . . 600 



400 feet hose for range . ; .. . , . ;.. '. ; .. . . 75 



Thermometers . . . ....... . . . . 9 



Wire for supports ... 10 



Tools, wheelbarrows, spades, etc. . . , .. . . ".-..- 75 



Boxes for shipments - * : v .-. 100 



Insecticides 35 



Fertilizers for top-dressing . . . . . . . . '. , 100 



Sundries ' . v . ; ' : . ... . . , 100 



$2104 



The cost of equipment is about nine cents a square foot 

 of ground area covered. 



Maintenance : 



Wages of foreman . . . . . , . . . . . >. . $1000 



Wages of night fireman . .. 720 



Wages of day fireman and caretaker . . . . . . . 720 



Wages of laborers . . . . . 660 



Coal: 150 tons a year ; approximate cost . . . . . 750 



Water tax . ... .. 50 



Electric lighting . . , . . 30 



Ice *-: 100 



$4030 



The cost of this maintenance is sixteen and one-half 

 cents a square foot of ground area covered. 



