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Fbbbuaby 16, 1022 



On the other hand, as a 1-adiating sur- 

 face, better results may be obtained 

 from fairly small pipes, and they are 

 ordinarily placed under the benches or 

 in the walks. Up to a length of 100 

 feet one 2>^-inch flow pipe will gener- 

 ally handle three 2-inch returns, or two 

 returns in a house 150 feet in length. 

 Were it not for avoiding obstruction of 

 the light and putting the radiation where 

 it will be most effective, it would make 

 little difference whether there were 

 three flows to one return or three re- 

 turns to one flow, provided all of the 

 pipes run downhill. 



In a hotbed, where all of the piping 

 is generally above the plants, it will 

 make little difference whether the flows 

 or returns are in the greater number, 

 provided the length of the coils is not 

 80 great as to make it impossible for 

 the single pipe to handle the circulation 

 from the other pipes. 



There are several ways in which the 

 hotbed described above may be piped. 

 A simple way would be to run two 2- 

 inch pipes completely around the bed, 

 starting at the back and giving the 

 pipes a slope of one inch to ev^y fif- 

 teen feet. Start the upper ^^pe six 

 or eight inches below the top of the 

 frame and the other six inches lower. 



Another way would be to run one 

 2%-inch flow and one 2-inch return 

 on the back of the bed and two 2-inch 

 returns on the front. If bottom heat 

 is desired, run one 2i^-inch flow on the 

 back of the bed and one 2%-inch return 

 on the front, with two 2-inch returns 

 three feet apart and eight inches be- 

 low the surface of the soil. 



The main objection to the piping sug- 

 gested by the plumber is that the 

 amount is more than is required for 

 50 degrees. It would probably main- 

 tain 70 degrees in zero weather. If it 

 is desired to use 3-inch pipe, merely 

 run one line completely around the bed, 

 giving a fall of one inch in fifteen or 

 twenty feet, placing an air valve at 

 the highest point in the system. 



Holly Springs, Miss. — Mrs. R. L. Per- 

 son has gone out of the florists' business. 



Evansville, Ind. — The firms of C. L. 

 Niednagel and Julius Niednagel have 

 consolidated and are now operating as 

 one company. 



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