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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBBB 13, 1919. 



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plants, the south side must be so high 

 as to cause the plants to be spindling. 

 Aside from the sweet potatoes, I wish 

 also to use the beds for the plants trans- 

 planted from the greenhouse into boxes 

 or flats. Could the flow pipe rise as 

 much as six feet above the top of the 

 boiler without retarding the flow of the 

 , water f How far should the coils be 

 sunk below the soil at the beginning of 

 the return and how much fall should 

 they have in sixty feetf How many 

 pipes should be used in a coil and how 

 should the pipes be spaced? I shall use 

 glass sashes, hotbed covers and muslin 

 over these beds. 



The horticultural department of Pur- 

 due University, the John C. Moninger 

 Co., of Chicago, and the Frank A. 

 Benthey Co., of Tipton, Ind., all re- 

 ferred me to The Eeview for this in- 

 formation. I hope you may be able to 

 advise me. C. C. — Ind. 



While a better circulation could be 

 obtained if it were possible to have the 

 top of the boiler as low as the level of 

 the returns, good results can be secured 

 with the boiler located as described. 

 The plan of carrying the flow pipe up to 

 the height of six feet is a good one, and 

 if it can be run at approximately this 

 height across the end of the hotbeds, 

 all the better. 



A 3-inch main flow and return between 

 the boiler and the beds will be desirable 

 and these mains can be reduced to 2-inch 

 where they connect with the last bed. 

 The flow and return pipe for each bed 

 should be 2-inch. While it will be ad- 

 visable to have the coils below the level 

 of the soil in the beds, the flow pipe 

 may be carried with a drop of about 

 three inches along the north wall. 



For use with glass sashes during the 

 first half of April, three li^-ineh or two 

 2-inch pipes in the return coils will 

 suffice. With three pipes they would 

 be two feet apart, while with two pipes 

 there would be a space of three feet be- 

 tween them. For earlier use one more 

 return will be required. At the upper 

 end the coils should be covered to a 

 depth of six to eight inches for starting 

 the sweet potatoes, but for beds in which 

 flats are to be placed the pipes need not 



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