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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 10, 1906. 



cient. If the 1%-inch pipe could be 

 exchanged for 2-inch pipe, 209 feet addi- 

 tional would be enough; i. e., 3,009 feet 

 of 2-inch pipe will supply the necessary 

 heating surface. 



The 2-inch pipe is none too large for 

 the long runs — 125 feet — and one size 

 of pipe will prove more satisfactory 

 than two sizes. The arrangement of the 

 pipes must be determined by the type 

 of the beds or benches used in the house 

 and the crops to be grown. Without 

 such information it woiUd be unwise to 

 venture an opinion. Your boiler is of 

 ample size for this house. The only 

 criticism is that the runs are a little 

 long for hot water. L. C. C. 



THE BUILDING BOOM. 



Probably the extent of the present 

 building boom in the greenhouse business 

 best may be illustrated by the records of 

 some of the manufacturers of greenhouse 

 material. "Figures don't prevaricate." 

 The John C. Moninger Co., Chicago, have 

 for several years published a statement 

 as to the combined number of houses 

 built by them during the preceding sea- 

 son. It has shown an annual increase 

 but nothing like the business to date 

 done this season. Between January 1, 

 1906, and May 1 they have milled and 

 shipped material for a total of 151 green- 

 houses of varying dimensions. 



The builders, number and size of the 



houses are as follows: 



Name. Address. Houses. Feet. 



Anker, Wm. J., Danville. Ill 1 18x100 



Akers, Andrew, Johnstown, Pa 1 30x51 



Arp, Adolph, Davenport, Iowa 1 6x15 



Benson, N. A., Denver, Colo 1 20x125 



Bourdet & Roehr, St. Louis. Mo...... 3 »xlOO 



Brunson, C. L., & Co., Paducah, Ky. . 2 27x116 



Bommersbach, J. N., Decatur, 111 3 28x125 



Bartlett, A. G., Los Angeles, Cal.... 1 16x60 



Beard Bros., Detroit, Mich 2 23x50 



Cramer Floral Co., Salt Lake, Utah.. 1 14x60 



Chappell, J. H., GarrettsvlUe, 2 24x100 



Clinton Falls Nur., Owatonna, Minn.. 5 27x180 



Dittmann, Wm., New Castle, Ind.... 3 30x335 



Bhrhardt, Chas.', Park Ridge lU.... 2 27x100 



Bngel Bros., Rogers Park, 111 7 23x180 



French Hotel Co., French Lick, Ind.. 1 22x60 



Feder. Hy., Milwaukee, Wis 6 20x100 



Fink, Joe., & Son, Chicago, 111 1 19x114 



Gentemann Bros., Quincy, 111 2 ^x97 



Gumto, B. J., Pittsburg, Pa 1 20x110 



Hartmann, Geo., Klrkwood, Mo 1 18x120 



HesB & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb 2 24x200 



Do 1 7x200 



Hills, F. R., Maywood, 111 3 23xl» 



Herman, Oscar, Council Bluffs 2 28x250 



Do 1 27x250 



Harvey Flower Houses, Harvey, 111.. 1 24x100 



Krueger Bros., Toledo, 1 14x35 



Katzwinkel, B., Mendota. Ill 2 16x100 



Krause, Fred, Peoria, 111 2 17x95 



Kinsman, A. N., Austin, Minn 1 31x148 



Krlng Bros., Fairbury, 111 1 21x125 



Lyman, F. O., Lakeside, 111 1 16x22 



Lucking, B. H.. Bradford, Pa 1 27x100 



Lorch. A. T., & Co., De Haven, Pa.. 2 21x300 



Muskogee Cam. Co., Muskogee, I. T.. 5 20x100 



Mitchell Gnhses.. Mitchell. S. D 2 16x100 



Matthewson, J. E., Sheboygan, Wis.. 1 26x150 



Do 2 14x50 



McReynolds. H. C, Glencoe. Ill 2 23x160 



Manke, Aug. & Son, Milwaukee. Wis. 1 21x160 



Mitchell. J. J., Lake Geneva. Wis 1 18x100 



Muncie Floral Co., Muncle. Ind 1 27x60 



Minneapolis Flo. Co., Minneapolis 4 20x1.31 



Muntz, S. B., Dubuque, Iowa 2 20x170 



Do 1 1 3x78 



Nagel, E., & Son, Minneapolis 2 17x100 



Petersen, E. E., Denver, Colo 1 38x200 



Potter, L., & Son, Waukegan, 111.... 1 27x70 



Pallnsky, W. L., Chicago 1 20x90 



Do 1 ^^^ 



Peters, Chas. J., Hempstead, L. I 2 25x200 



Pike's Peak Flo. Co., Colorado Spga. 1 18x142 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 



111 3 27x475 



bo" 2 27x350 



Do 3 27x150 



Pentecost, S. N., Cleveland, 1 21x88 



Do 1 20x43 



Do 1 15x23 



Rowden, Geo. H., Walllngford, Conn.. 1 20x75 

 Richmond, H. J. W., Terre Haute. 



Ind 1 19x50 



Relss, Edw., Terre Haute, Ind 1 6x150 



Do 3 27x150 



Roethke Floral Co, Saginaw, Mich 4 27x300 



Both. H.. Lafayette, Ind 1 2.3x92 



Smith, W. J., Pittsburg, Pa 1 31x150 



Strothenk. Wm., Milwaukee, Wis 4 20x122 



Do 1 14x55 



Swan Floral Co., Lima, 2 29x125 



Schramm Bros.. Arlington Hts., 111.. 1 29x100 



Von Boeselager, A., Mt. Clemens, 



Mich 1 32x100 



Name. Address. Houses. Feet. 



Weisgerber, F. R., Chicago. Ill 1 24x66 



Welland, Peter, New Castle, Ind 8 28x300 



Do ,, 1 28x300 



Welland & RlVch,"Evanston,'*Ili!!!!!! 8 27x165 



Wonneman, C. C, Mexico, Mo 3 14x100 



Wletor Bros., High Ridge, 111 2 25x251 



Do 3 27x251 



Young, John Welsh, Germantown, Pa. 1 35x100 



Here are 151 houses, of an average 

 width of twenty-two feet and an aver- 

 age length of 150% feet — 151 houses 

 22x1501^ — or one house twenty-two feet 

 wide and over four miles long. 



It is interesting to note, aside from 

 the tendency to build "longer, wider, 

 higher," as a famous railroad advertise- 

 ment says of its sleeping car berths, that 

 the Moninger records show a majority to 

 be building even-span houses, with most 

 of the others short-span-to-the-south. 



MAKING A START. 



I have purchased a small piece of land 

 on which I wish to build a greenhouse. 

 Not having enough capital to build it 

 all at present, 1 desire to build in sec- 

 tions, putting up one or two sections now 

 and adding later. I would like very 

 much to get advice from some practical 

 florists or mechanics on this subject. At 

 first I would want it for such stock as 

 carnations, pot plants, chrysanthemums, 

 etc. It is a corner lot and has no shade, 

 but there may be a terrace built on the 

 west side of a lane eighteen feet from 

 my land, so I may have some shade in 

 the afternoon. Is it better to buy from 

 factories that are experts in building 

 greenhouses or will it be cheaper to have 

 a contractor build it? Please give me 

 all information possible, as I am a young 

 man and vnah to get a start in life. I 

 have been in this trade since a boy and 

 love it, so any information will be appre- 

 ciated. My home is opposite, across thd 

 road, where I can raise carnations, etc. 

 B. V. S. 



As your lot is quite limited in size, 

 I would advise you to build connecting 

 houses. Where space is of little conse- 

 quence and you could afford to keep the 

 houses separate, it would be an advan- 

 tage. To separate them by say six feet, 

 it would be only to make a pocket for 

 snow to lodge. If separated at all it 

 should be at least twelve to fifteen feet 

 and more is better. This would soon 

 eat up all your ground. 



I am quite certain that the detached 

 house with glass on side walls both back 

 and front will give the best results. Yet 



there are some advantages in the con- 

 nected houses, among which are saving 

 of fuel and cost of construction and, al- 

 though they are not ideally light as the 

 detached houses are, yet they are suflS- 

 ciently light to grow splendid plants and 

 flowers. 



Suppose you build connecting houses, 

 then they must be equal span with side 

 or exterior walls five feet high and at 

 least half their height of glass. Begin 

 on the south line of your property and 

 run the houses east and west. One gable 

 end of the houses can be on the last line 

 of the lot and the south side of house 

 No. 1 running along the south line of 

 the lot, showing off well from the main 

 street. On the west end you must leave 

 a passageway for convenience in renew- 

 ing soil and other material. In future 

 building you will add houses to the 

 north. 



After trying many different dimen- 

 sions of houses we find twenty-one feet 

 a convenient width, allowing three 

 benches about five feet wide and a path 

 beneath the gutter. ' 



There are two styles of iron gutters, 

 one supported by a single post, either 

 wood or pipe, and the other by two 

 rows of posts, in this case always li^- 

 inch or 2-inch pipe. In the latter case 

 you save path room, for your path is 

 beneath the gutter. In the other case 

 your single post is directly beneath 

 the gutter and you can't get along 

 without a narrow path on each 

 side of the center post. I strongly 

 recommend an iron gutter, of which there 

 are several patterns made. 



While the grade of your surface of 

 houses should be as near level as pos- 

 sible, let the ridge and gutter have a fall 

 either to the east or west of at least 

 ten inches. If you build two houses this 

 year make convenient provision for add- 

 ing other houses to the north. To do 

 this finish off the north wall with wood 

 and glass. Any horticultural builder will 

 supply you with a wooden plate to fit on 

 iron gutters and bars to fit to it. This 

 can be removed at any time you desire, 

 but most likely you will leave it in, as 

 a place of your size will want some 

 houses of different temperatures. Let 

 the gutters be at least six feet six inches 

 in height. 



My plan as suggested may not be most 

 convenient for heating, as you naturally 

 locate your boiler-house on the northwest 

 corner. Still you can overcome that by 



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