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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Dbcxmbbr 8, ^904. 



BOILER ABOVE GROUND. 



Some time ago L. C. C. 'gave me direc- 

 tions for heating three houses, 6,000 feet 

 of, ground covered, with hot water. I 

 believe that if we had been able to fol- 

 low directions we would have had a good 

 system. The plan called for a deep r 

 but we came to water at six feet and at 

 between seven and eight feet there was 

 such a heavy flow that we could not do 

 anything with it. The party who was doing 

 the steam fitting thought he could over- 

 come the diflSculty of having the boiler 

 above-ground by running the main pipe 

 up twelve feet, but it does not work. 

 All the houses heat alike but some of 

 the returns do not warm up. W. H. S. 



I gather that you can get a dry pit 

 six feet in depth. If so there should be 

 no diflSculty in obtaining a low down 

 boiler which will give you satisfactory 

 results. The Kroeschell No. 3 boiler is 

 thirty-four inches high and the Superior 

 boiler No. 000 is forty inches high with- 

 out the ash pit. I believe either of these 

 types will work in your system, with the 

 piping arranged as I described in the 

 September 1 issue of the Review. If 

 you attempt to use a thirty or forty 

 horse-power return tubular boiler eight 

 to ten feet will be the required depth of 

 the boiler pit, but with a self contained 

 boiler, such as those above mentioned, 

 I believe a six-foot pit will answer the 

 purpose. It will be necessary for you to 

 have the crown of the boiler below the 

 lowest point in the returns in the house 

 and the more this difference can be in- 

 creased the better will be the results. 

 The manufacturers of these boilers will 

 give you the dimensions of a boiler with 

 capacity for caring for 2,000 feet of radi- 

 ation and from that you can determine 

 whether or not these boilers will answer 

 the purpose. If the boiler must be placed 

 on the surface of the ground a circulat- 

 ing pump will be necessary. Such a pump 

 can be arranged to operate with pteam, 

 water pressure or electricity. If the wa- 

 ter or eI«otricity are available, Uiey will 

 prove most satisfactory in a plant such 

 as yours, where a night fireman is not 

 kept on constant duty. L. C. C. 



CAPAQTY OF BOILER. 



I am using an upright boiler five feet 

 high with fifty 2-inch flues three feet 

 long. Is it large enough to heat one 

 house 17x48 and one 17x60 f Side walls 

 four feet, double boarded, with paper 

 between. Have a coil under each side 

 bench, of four 1-inch pipes with a 1%- 

 inch feeder at the ridge. I must have 

 60 degrees, using steam. W. E. T. 



In order to maintain a temperature 

 of 60 degrees in your houses during 

 severe weather, 636 feet of radiation 

 should be supplied. The boiler you have 

 has capacity to care for about 750 feet 

 of radiation, or about 100 feet more 

 than is required in the houses. 



_ L. C. C. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Henry Nungesser & Co., New York, 

 grass and clover seeds; E. F. Winterson 

 Co., Chicago, Christmas goods; Orcutt 

 Seed & Plant Co., San Diego, Cal,, seeds, 

 etc. ; Francis Brill, Hempstead, L. I., cab- 

 bage and cauliflower seed; Jos. Bancroft 

 & Son, Cedar Falls, la., Christmas greens ; 

 W. W. Barnard & Co., Chicago, Chistmas 

 greens. 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



..NOW READY.. 



These low prices good only up to December 25. 



WHITS: Per 100 



Queen Louise 9100 



Flora Hill 1.00 



Alba 1.40 



Gov. Wolcott 100 



Norway 100 



LUlianPond 1.40 



Ohicot 1.20 



PINK: 



Mrs. Tbos. LawaoD 1.40 



EDcbantreBS 350 



Mrs. Joost 1.00 



Success 1.00 



Mermaid 1.00 



CresBbrook 1.00 



Pres. McKinley 1.40 



Mrs. Tbeo. Roosevelt 1.40 



BOASIiBT: 



Q. H. Orane 



America ••. 



.$1.00 

 . 1.00 



Per 1000 

 $10.00 

 10.00 

 12.60 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.50 

 10.00 



12.60 

 80:00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10 .00 

 12.60 

 12 50 



$10.00 

 10.00 



SCABX^ST: Per 100 Per 1000 



P. Pabner $100 $1000 



Sstelle 1.40 12.50 



J.H.Manley IJO 1600 



ApoUo 1.M 1600 



oBimovi 



Harlowarden 1.40 



Gov. Roosevelt 1.20 



■ YBKl^OW: 



Golden Beauty 1.40 



Eldorado « 1.00 



▼ABIBOATBD: 



Prosperity .• 1.40 



Marsball Field 1.40 



Stella 1.4t 



Armazindy 1.00 



ViolaAllen 1.20 



Gaiety 1.20 



12.60 

 10.00 



1^60 

 10.00 



12.50 

 12.50 

 12.50 

 10.00 

 11.00 

 11.00 



Special prices on large lots. Unrooted pips at balf price of above. 25 at 100 rate. 2V) at 

 1000 rate. Express prepaid at above prices. Oasb or 0. O. D. witb priTilege of examining. 



Loomis Floral Company, 



LOOM IS, 

 CAL. 



Mention mie B«Tlew when yon write. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



TWO USEFUL SUBJECTS. 



I have had very good success during 

 the past two seasons, both in transplant- 

 ing and selling our native azaleas and 

 rhododendrons. The azaleas are found 

 in great profusion in the higher lati- 

 tudes of California and also in Oregon. 

 They grow to a height of ten feet and 

 make well furnished shrubs. There is 

 no difficulty in handling them at this 

 season of the year, as they are about as 

 dormant as they ever get. I dug about 

 200 plants last year at about this time 

 and potted them in 8-inch and 10-inch 

 pots and they broke out with a heavy 

 young growth of leaves and blossoms in 

 the spring. The masses of flowers al- 

 most obscure the foliage, they are so 

 prolific, and are of a creamy white and 

 delicate pink tint, with a faint spicy 

 odor. Pot plants, when in full bloom, 

 are good sellers, easily retailing from 

 $1.00 to $2.50 each. 



The native rhododendron, although it 

 does not grow as abundantly as the 

 azalea in this portion of California, is 

 found in quantity in the northern part 

 of our state and up the coast as far as 

 British Columbia. I do not find it quite 

 as easy to transplant as the azalea, as it 

 is inclined to grow on the rugged moun- 

 tain sides and does not make many small 

 or fibrous roots. In transplanting about 

 200 plants I lost about fifty, but the bal- 

 ance, some of which I pruned heavily, 

 broke out strong and made splendid 

 heads of foliage and masses of flowers. 

 The blooms of the native rhododendron 

 are not fragrant but they are very 

 showy and beautiful and the plants, 

 when established in pots, sold well. In 

 fact, I sold all I had and could prob- 

 ably have disposed of more. 



Both these native shrubs are valuable 

 and because they are so plentiful in cer- 

 tain parts of the state they have been 



neglected by the dealers and only when 

 seen in their magnificence in the summer 

 and fall is their value realized. G. 



SANFRANOSOO. 



The Market 



Business has been extremely quiet 

 since Thanksgiving. The weather is 

 bright and warm again and flowers con- 

 tinue to be brought in by wagon loads. 

 Chrysanthemums still hold their place as 

 the season's favorite and, although the 

 eariy blooming sorts are over, we still 

 have an endless assortment of late varie- 

 ties. Violets, although very cheap, are 

 the best selling flower we are handling. 

 They bring 75 cents per dozen bunches 

 wholesale. Carnations are cheaper than 

 they were a week ago and will not ad- 

 vance in price, unless we have cold 

 weather, until the mums are over. The 

 best of the fancy sorts cost three dozen 

 for a dollar and other varieties sell at 

 about 20 cents per dozen. Poinsettias 

 are in and are of good quality. Nar- 

 cissi of all kinds are a drug. Valley i» 

 daily getting more plentiful and sells at 

 from $4 to $5 per ■ hundred. Boses are 

 only in fair supply but there seems to 

 be enough to fill the demand. Green 

 stuff is selling well but it is so cheap 

 that a great quantity of it must be 

 handled to make a few dollars. The 

 dealers everywhere are hoping for a few 

 sharp frosts to curtail the over-produc- 

 tion of flowers. 



Various Notes. 



A. A. Mills, of the Orange County 

 Nurseries, FuUerton, Cal., is in town on 

 a short visit. 



Howard Prentice has sold his "Wash- 

 ington street store in Oakland to N. Eol- 

 leri. Mr. Prentice will devote his time 

 in future to his wholesale department at 

 Fruitvale. 



James D. Brady, well known in Chi- 

 cago trade circles, has moved to Califor- 



