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June 11, 1914. 



about thirty feet from the heater. The 

 floor of the greenhouse will be about 

 on a level with the top of the heater. 

 Do you think that we can heat the 

 house in this way? If so, what size of 

 pipes will be needed, and how many? 

 Where should they be placed? We will 

 use a hot water heater. The outdoor 

 temperature in this part of the country 

 seldom goes lower than 16 degrees 

 above zero. We need a temperature' 

 of about 50 degrees at night. The 

 greenhouse will be modern in every 

 respect, W. & J. 



There should be no difficulty in heat- 

 ing the greenhouse from the heater in 

 the basement of the dwelling. Run 

 21/^-inch flow and return pipes to the 

 greenhouse and extend the flow to the 

 farther end, carrying it at a slight 

 slope about two feet below the ridge. 

 For returns use three 2-inch pipes on 

 each wall. In case the end of the 

 house is much exposed, it might be 

 well to start the coils under the end of 

 the flow pipe and carry them along 

 the end as well as down the sides of • 

 the house. F. R. 



THE BOTTLE BRUSH. 



I am sending the flower, stem and 

 leaf of a plant unknown here. Will 

 you kindly inform me as to name, cul- 

 ture and nativity? The shape of the 

 flower resembles a lamp chimney 

 cleaner, the thread-like spines being 

 at right angles with the stem. 



A. E. C. 



It is Metrosideros floribunda, also 

 called robusta, commonly called the 

 bottle brush plant. Quite a consider- 

 able number of these are annually im- 

 ported from Belgium and flowered for 

 the Easter trade. This particular va- 

 riety is a native of New Zealand. 

 Newly imported plants should be forced 

 in gentle heat at first, raising the tem- 

 perature when necessary as the flower 

 buds show. Keep them freely syringed. 

 Left-over plants should be pruned back, 

 kept warm and moist, and they soon 

 will break. Plant or plunge outdoors 

 in June and keep well watered. House 

 before frost. They can also be planted 

 out in good loam or peat and lifted. 

 The plants are of quite easy culture. 



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