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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 2, 190S. 



BUILDING QUERIES. 



Please inform me through the Review 

 whether or not the roof bars of a green- 

 house are better with caps or without. 

 "What size pipe do you recommend for 

 hot water heating, and how many for a 

 house 20x50 feet standing east and west 

 for carnations t The coldest weather out- 

 side is about 20 degrees below zero. 

 Would solid beds be better than raised 

 benches f This house will stand on a 

 high ground with good drainage. The 

 side walls are of wood and one partly 

 glass, namely the south side. Is it bet- 

 ter to have the pipes under the beds or 

 on the side walls? E. A. M. 



While there are some who use butted 

 glass and caps on the sash-bars they are 

 greatly in the minority. My personal 

 preference is for lapped glass, no caps. 

 The glass should be lapped from one- 

 eighth to three-sixteenths of an inch and 

 bedded in good putty. 



Heating pipes for hot water range in 

 size from 1 14 -inch to 4-inches in diam- 

 eter. If cast-iron pipes are to be used 

 3-inch or 4-inch is the size usually em- 

 ployed. With hot water under pressure, 

 which is undoubtedly the most satisfac- 

 tory, the pipes range from 1^4 -inch to 

 2-inch. The 2-inch pipe is a good size 

 but a little more difficult to install than 

 the smaller sizes. Your house 20x50 feet 

 will require sixteen runs of pipe to 

 maintain a temperature of 60 degrees 

 during severe weather. A good plan 

 would be to run three 2-inch risers, one 

 under each bench, to return in four IVj- 

 inch pipes to the boiler, i. e., threa :?- 

 inch flows and twelve 1%-inch returns. 



The question of the position of the 

 hcKting pipes is simply a question of 

 bottom heat or no bottom heat. S<inc 

 carnation growers prefer solid benches 

 and no bottom heat, while others prefer 

 bottom heat, i. e., raised beu'.ho^ with 

 tlie pipes beneath them. Bottom hesit is 

 not 80 essential for carnations as J'or 

 some other crops, but when it is de- 

 sirable to force the crop, bottom heat 

 is an tK! vantage. L. C. C. 



Datton, O. — The Miami Floral Co. 

 has increased its capital stock from 

 $15,000 to $30,000. Charles E. Pease 

 is president and John Barlow secretary 

 of the concern. 



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Ship Lap, Drop Siding, Sheathing, 



Flooring, "White Cedar Poctt, Etc. 



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EVERYTHING IN PINE AND 

 HEMLOCK BUILDING LUMBER 

 — Writ* for Prioaa 



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Telephone North 1626 and 1627. 



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SEE THAT LED6E. 



Pat. Sept. 18, 1900, 



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