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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 18, 1904. 



DAHLIAS NOT BLCXDMING. 



I have planted some nice varieties 

 of dahlias. I first started them in the 

 greenhouse in February, so that they 

 •were strong plants when planted outside 

 in May. They are full of buds all the 

 time, and very healthy, but do not bloom. 

 The buds seem to blast and rot. We 

 water them with a spray from the hose 

 nozzle. A considerable portion of the 

 day they are exposed to the sun with- 

 out shade. I do not know anything 

 about growing dahlias. Any information 

 you can give me as to how to protect 

 tho flowers and make them bloom will be 

 appreciated. Wm. Laksen. 



Mr. Larsen's trouble is mostly a re- 

 sult of too much water. Dahlias love 

 plenty of water, as well as good rich 

 soil, yet both of these can be given in 

 excess. A thorough watering once or 

 twice a week, according to location and 

 condition of the weather, is very bene- 

 ficial. 



The way we grow dahlias is to plant 

 them in fairly rich soil, which has been 

 thoroughly plowed and then harrowed 

 a number of times to thoroughly pul- 

 verize and firm the soil. On our heavier 

 soils we use disc and Acme harrows. 

 The plants or roots are then planted 

 and we cultivate, not too deeply, say, 

 about three to four inches in the be- 

 ginning. As soon as the plants come 

 into bud and bloom we cultivate only 

 one to two inches deep, but continue to 

 stir the surface soil after every rain the 

 entire season. During excessive drouth 

 we irrigate every six to twelve days, ac- 

 cording to the conditions of the weather, 

 and after each irrigation we stir the soil 

 again, so as to keep the surface loose 

 and fine and prevent from baking. A 

 stirring of the surface soil, nine times 

 out of ten, is far more beneficial than 

 an application of water. After the plants 

 have been blooming profusely for some 

 time and the blooms become smaller, we 

 give a top dressing of fertilizer, which 

 keeps up the size of the flowers. 



W. P. Peacock. 



COIL BOILER. 



I have a tljree-quarter-span house 20x 

 100, one foot of glass in side walls and 

 gables glass, eight feet to ridge. How 

 shall I go to work to build a coil boiler 

 oiit of 1%-inch pipe? I want the press- 

 ure system with safety valve and no ex- 

 pansion tank. Cord wood for fuel arid 

 00 degrees required when the tenip.;raUire 

 is 10 above zero outdoors. Fow niauy 

 2-inch feed and return pipes will be need- 

 ed. Location Puget Sound; house in be 

 used for cucumbers. J. L. K. 



A boiler such as you desire was illus- 

 trated in the Florists' Eeview of De- 

 cember 31, 1903, page '269, and its con- 

 struction described. To provide th'; heat 

 required in a house of the Jmiensions 

 noted it would.be necessary that you use 

 250 feet of li/4-inch pipe in tho const/u.:" 

 tion of your boiler. This will require 

 about eight square feet of grate i^urfa'-e. 

 If you construct the boiler with grate 

 bars about four feet long and u lixobi'x 

 two feet wide by arranging the ]>ipes 

 above the firebox with return bends, it will 

 be possible to keep the boiler v.-ithin co-n- 

 paratively close limits. Two ten-hole 

 manifold tees can be used to provide 

 means for caring for the return water, 

 as well as the heated water. If the to lor 

 is made six feet long the manifolds chu 



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be used at the rear of the boiler gnd 

 three return bends employed in tho ''on- 

 struction of each coil, i. e., four lonj^tbs 

 of pipe wUl be used to make up t)ic 

 coil. Ten of these placed inside the 

 bricked up furnace will give the required 

 heating surface. The lowest pipe should 

 be about fifteen inches above the grat'* 

 bars and at least twelve inches should 

 be allowed below the bars for the ash pit. 



I do not think it will be satisfactory 

 or economical to attempt to oper.ito a 

 plant of this description without an ex- 

 pansion tank unless automatic feed water 

 connections of some description are pro- 

 vided. The boiler does not contain a 

 very large volume of water and for that 

 reason is liable to much more violent 

 changes than a boiler containing more 

 water. If an expansion tank can be con- 

 nected to the manifold of the boiler en- 

 tered by the return pipes and located 

 sixteen to*twenty feet above the boiler, 

 a good pressure will be maintained and 

 more satisfaction obtained than oy t'le 

 other method. 



Your house requires 800 feet of radia- 

 tion, to provide which will take thirteen 

 runs of 2-inch pipe, i. e., 1,300 lineal 

 feet. If two of these are used as flow 

 pipes the others may be made up into 

 manifolds or coils to act as returns, six 

 in one group and five in another. If 

 properly graded these may be arranged 

 on the side walls or under the benches 

 of the house if it has raised benches. 



• L. C.C. 



CAPAQTY OF FLOWS. 



How many feet of 1^4 -inch pipe will 

 a 3-inch main heat successfully with low 

 pressure steam? How. many feet will 

 4-inch and 5-inch mains supply! Is 2,000 

 lineal feet too much for the 3-inch or 

 7,000 feet too much for the 4-inch? 



K. F. C. 



Under normal conditions, where the 

 runs are not too long, a 3-iuch main 

 should supply 2,170 feet of 114-inch 

 pipe, a 4-inch main 3,600 feet and a 

 5-inch main 7,000 feet. These are con- 

 servative estimates and under conditions 

 where sudden changes do not prevail the 

 4-inch main might successfully supply 

 7,000 feet of l^i-inch pipe. L. C. C. 



Port Allegheny, Pa. — Louis Renter, 

 of Westerly, E. I., is in charge of the 

 Port Allegheny Greenhouses as manager. 



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PLUMOSUS NANUS, 



2>^-mch pots, $3.00 per JOO; 

 $25.00 per JOOO. 



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$2.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000. 



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NEWAKK, New York. 



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Springfield, Ohio. 



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HAIL ASSOCIATION. 



The Florists' Hail Association held its 

 annual meeting at St. Louis August 18, 

 the many members present expressing 

 their continued satisfaction with the 

 management of its affairs. . The past 

 year has been the most expensive in the 

 history of the association, but its credit 

 is in no way impaired. 



The following is the summary of oper- 

 ations: 



Balance, Aug. 1, 1903 |12,761.28 



Receipts 15.712.27 



Total 28.473.53 



Losses paid $19,266.60 



Kxpendltures 4,021.87 



Balance Aug. 1, 1S>04 5,185.06 



Total 28,473.53 



The cash balance of $5,185.06 is in 

 addition to $16,400 invested for the 

 emergency fund and $11,400 invested for 

 the reserve fund. 



