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JOira 8, 1916. 



benches and will have a glass roof. The 

 building must face the south. Would 

 you recommend steam or hot water for 

 heating the house? We are eighty- 

 miles south of the Canadian border and 

 have about six months of steady winter 

 weather. Is it possible to grow carna- 

 tions successfully in a north and south 

 building? R. G. — Minn. 



The letter states that "the building 

 must face the south ' ' and, although 

 the description is not entirely clear to 

 us, we infer that the salesroom is at 

 the south end of a north and south 

 house. Whether the boiler room is at 

 the same end of the house we are not 

 certain, but will consider that the 

 boiler and workroom are at the north 

 end of the house. 



It really makes little difference which 

 way the houses run, so far as the suc- 

 cessful growing of carnations is con- 

 cerned, although in the extreme north- 

 ern sections of the country we find 

 that, in houses kept below 60 degrees, 

 the snow which accumulates on th« 

 north slope of the roof of houses run- 

 ning east and west is a serious objec- 

 tion. In the house described, if the 

 salesroom is at the south end, the shad- 

 ows formed by the partition will retard 

 the growth of the plants in the south 

 end of the carnation house. 



If the salesroom is built in the same 

 way as the remainder of the house, we 

 would run a 2V^-inch flow pipe upon 

 each plate through both houses, and 

 connect each of them with four 2-inch 

 returns, placing two on each wall and 

 two under each side bench. We would 



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also run a 214-inch flow pipe under the 

 ridge through the carnation house and 

 connect it with four 2-inch returns, 

 which should be distributed under the 

 middle benches. For houses of this 

 size, which are too small for using a 

 night fireman, we would use hot water, 

 selecting a boiler with a rating of 600 

 square feet of radiation. 



The suggested rating and piping are 

 for a house with no glass in the side 



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