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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 9, 1916. 



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Greenhouse Heating. 



SuBSORiBEBS are invited to write the 

 Editor of this Department with regard to 

 any details of greenhouse heating that 

 are not understood. But please do not 

 ask The Beview to make a choice of ap- 

 paratus for you. The greenhouse heating 

 equipment advertised in this paper is, we 

 believe, the best for the trade to buy, 

 and each article the best in the special 

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I am planning to build a greenhouse, 

 16x40, four feet high to the eaves and 

 ten feet to the ridge. Two feet of the 

 walls will be wood and two feet glass. 

 I intend to use low benches, if practic- 

 able. I would need one bench for car- 

 nations, one for geraniums and one 

 for miscellaneous plants. Do you think 

 the low benches would be satisfactory, 

 or would you suggest a diflferent ar- 

 rangement? I wish to heat the house 

 with hot water. Do you think I could 

 do this with a large water-jacket stove, 

 or would I have to get a small boiler? 

 In either case, how should I pipe the 

 house? C. D. J.— Tnd. 



It is generally considered preferable 

 to use benches rather than beds for 

 carnations, and, for convenience in car- 

 ing for them, it would be well to have 

 the surface of the soil about two feet 

 from the floor. 



There are several makes of small hot 

 water heaters, of comparatively low 

 cost, which will be more durable and 

 will give better satisfaction than a 

 water-jacket stove. Use for the heat- 

 ing system one 2%-inch overhead flow 

 pipe and eight 2-inch returns, placing 

 three returns under each of the side 

 benches and two under the middle 

 bench. Give the flow pipe a slight 

 fall and connect the highest point of 

 the system with the expansion tank. 



REAREANGING THE PIPING. 



I wish to increase the capacity of 

 my heating system. The greenhouse is 

 20x125, with a height of eleven feet 

 to the ridge and four feet to the gut- 

 ter. There is no glass in the sides. 

 The ends are protected by the office and 

 a shed. The north side for seventy- 

 five feet of its length is protected by 

 another house. The south side is ex- 

 posed. On the south posts at present 

 there are three flows and returns of 

 1%-inch pipe; at the north side there 

 are two flows and returns. I am plan- 

 ning to run one or two flows overhead 



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and use all the present pipes for re- 

 turns. If necessary, I can put in two 

 more lengths of pipe at the south side 

 and four more at the north side. The 

 tank is near the boiler, up against the 

 ridge. The house is to be used for 

 growing lilies. S. H. G. — Pa. 



As we understand it, the present pip- 

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 the south wall and four pipes on the 

 north wall. We would advise the use 

 of three 2%-inch overhead flow pipes, 



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on plants raised In 4-lncb SQUARE paper pots 

 (64 cubic inches of soil and roots) tban on plants 

 raised in 4-Inch clay pots (31 cubic inches of soil 

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of which we Avould place one upon each 

 plate and the other two feet below the 

 ridge. For returns we would use the 

 four pipes now on the north wall, and 

 four of those on the south wall, con- 

 necting each of these coils with one of 

 the flow pipes to be placed on the 

 plates. Two of the pipes now on the 

 south wall and two additional pipes 

 should be placed under the middle 

 bench, or in the walks if solid beds 

 are used, and connected with the flow 



