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The Florists' Review 



37 



HINTS ON HOW TO HEAT 



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THAT cliaiiiiiiif^ Kiijflisli cssayijst 

 iiuil ,sp(':il\('r, (!ill)('it J\. ('licsti'r- 

 1(111, (Icliylits in pniinldxcs; so flic 

 itio dl' <iiii' (if liis s]H'cclii's is, • ' The 

 iLriioriUicc of (lie Jvliiciit (mI. ' ' Oi' 

 iiiirso, it is it liit ;it the oiliicjiti'd. so 

 ilk'd, but on ri kern Kclf-;m;ilysis smii 

 M[jic arc foncil to admit tliey arc mis 

 ;(iiied. Jt lias ()ccurre(l 1o me that this 

 ■ ail aj)t title as to what is known, not 

 -Illy about fjrccnhousc licatiiij^, but heat 

 hl; in general. 

 I'lidoubtedly, you all have had ex|ic 

 riicc with j^recnhousc heating', and 

 nssilily some of you lia\'e had c\|icri 



• ue with warm air heating-, the almost 

 iii\-ersal method ot' heatin<j' i isidcinc^ 

 I moderate and low cost. 'I'lic warm 



;:ir furnace m.aiiufart iirers tlioii^lii 

 •hey knew a lot about heat in;;, but 

 when tliey formed an association, s<.'ven 

 >. cars a^id, they t'stablishcd a bureau of 

 icseareh, and it was found, upon in\csti 

 ^.-itioii, that tliei'e was sciircely anythini; 

 t.iiiylit on the subject in the universit ie-< 

 111 colleges of the country, and nothing 

 It all in the schools. They have alread.\ 

 -pent about ikodjlioo in their rescarcli, 

 .•Hid about all they have learned is how 

 little is known of the real fundamentals 

 "f warm air heating. Research is still 

 iicing made for them liy the University 

 I'f Illinois, at Urbana, and even the ]iro 

 fessional educators there arc lium- 

 r<iiinde(l tov^^ind how little foundation 

 I ley h;iv<' to start on, to build up some 

 tiling constructive. 



Heirs of the Ages. 



Ill looking up the subject of heating. 

 ■I- 1 have for the la.st thirty-five years, 1 

 :ni[ astonished to find how few sources 

 "f information there are. Wc, of the 

 I'lesent day. are heirs of all the jucccd 

 iiig ages. We have the learning, in 

 formation and experiences to be found 

 in the woi'k and the writings of the past. 

 This work has been done by our prede- 

 cessors and we have the benefit of it. 



Where shall wo find any information 

 .tliiuit greenhouse lieating? No text 

 bneks exist and little has been written 

 within the last twenty-five years. A 

 lew articles and essays have bt'cn jmb- 

 'isheil in the trade jiapers, but no source 

 'xists to wlii(di we can go for thorcMighlv 

 practical, reliable information. 



l>o we need this information? Just 



• ensider foi- ;i moment what green- 

 ' "Use heating means. The title of this 

 I aper describes it as "The Heart of the 

 business." and the accuracy of the 



tatcment is obvious by asking, "What 

 "I'uld th(^ greenhouse business do with 

 I heating?" 

 I leaf is the basis of all jirojiagatioii 



lid procreation, and life could not exist 

 > ilhout it. The seed needs heat. The 



> iider, tiny jdant or flower needs heat, 

 ■ 'id with heat and air and light it de- 



' '"l'-*, grows strong, and comes fortli 



ii all its beauty of fruit and flower.s. 



Constant Friend and Helper. 



^'oii meet the need of heat at every 

 !iirn of your business. You must secure 

 " at file right temjierature, and at dif- 

 'creiit temperatures for different plant.s 



Ailill-.'ss l.y K, ■!■. lljhiin. ni lli.ii, \ "1 , .,i, 



■'(Irri'Mliuiisc Ijciiiini; ili.' ll.ini mT tl,.- f.i;-.. 



licvs." lni'^i-nlccl :il llir S, A 1''. n nn •■ii I inji ;i I 

 W:l~liill;;l..li Aimii-.! Ii;, l'.il.'l 



and llowei-'. Heat li\i-> with \iiii :i\\ tin 

 time — is I'ver at your idbow, ever I'mc 

 ing recognition; \'et you are not tiviiii: 

 to get aci|iiainted with it to know all 

 its phases and jiei-ii I iai it ie<, it•^ law^ 

 ;iiid oldigations. 



\i' you dill ktiiiw it. ii' yon made it 

 .\'oiir t'rieiid and ;is-ii>t mil . it wmild 

 rewai'cl \(ill|- I'lielld^llip with \\ olid lull- 

 gifts. 



Ndw. til know heat and L;ieen ln.ii^e 

 heating iiieaii^ stiid>. oi ^a ii i/at ion, ci. 

 operative, p:iti( iit i ii ve-.t i;^:i t ion, :iiid tli, 

 spending 111' iniicli linn and inoiiev. Itoe^ 

 tiiis scari' \ii.i.' Well, let me tell yon. ii 

 you wiiiild make ;i liro.ad siiixey o|' con 

 ilitious today iimoiig florists .-iiid leani 

 the millions of dollars now wa-ted U<v 

 l;ick of' knowledge on the subji'd, yini 

 would h;i\e reason fur lieiiig scared. 



Let me tell yiHi an iiiiident in warm 

 air heating. I'or at least forty year- 

 liack. w.arm air pipes Imve been covered 

 with .'isliestos p;iper at an aiinn;il ex 

 peiise in late ve.ais nt' one to two mil 

 lions of doll.ars. It is now f(Mind that 

 more heat is lo-t tlirongh this coverinu 

 thtiiL through the Ini^lit fin ]iipes iin 

 covered. It is re;isoii;ib|e to s;iy that 

 twentv millions nl' dollars have been 



spent in the past to aid in the waste of' 

 tnel. ()iilv .•irriirati' tests, made possible 

 liv the rooperalioii ot' the ma niil'act iircrs. 



In iill.;li1 tills waste t o light . 



|s|i '1 it piissilil.' :ind probabli' tli.al 

 1 liiiriiii;;li research ot' pieseiit nudhods ot' 

 ^leenhonse heatiii;; woiihl disidose slnii 

 hir wastes, and enable us to slop f lieiii .' 



For the Benetit of All. 



It IS ^aid th.'ii ■•man is a ^regarioii- 

 animal,' which means that no man can 

 live liv hinisidf. Man is also a thinking 

 ;inimal, .-ind can take .a suggestion and 



work it out to llis lielietit. 'Hid the lielie- 

 lit III' llis fellow men. 



\ii ma niit'ait 111 el , no heatins' i^xpei'. 

 no llorisi knows it nil. I-Aeryone ran 



learn I'l tliei». and tlie experience 



and kimwledue nt' a 1 1, old a i ind by ctldi, 

 should lie made a v ;i il:i Ide I'or the benetit 

 111' all. <'han;;e .-iiid development, which 

 we term evoiiitioii, is universal, but how 

 iniicii ot' it have you imticed in the heat 

 illi; of Lateen houses .' rracticallv llotli 

 in;;. There is I'liom for improvement, i' 

 would lie applecialed, lilll how is it til 

 lie Imiiiil;IiI a lioiit .' 



We want belter lioileis; v\ e want Idl 

 ter meihods of installation; we want 

 I. liter mean- ot' oper.-ition. Init more 

 than all w- w;iiit these thinus seeiired 

 i lit ellii'.eiit I \- liv asi-.-ri niiiinu 'he law- 

 ^iiveiniiiL; them. 



F. T. Giblin. 



