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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 10, 1900. 



ciciit. If the l^j-inch pipe could be 

 cxcLan<;od I'or 2-iiKh pipe, -!U9 feet addi- 

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

 of 2-incli pii>e uill supply the necessary 

 heatinj;; surface. 



The 2-iuoh pij)e is none too lar(j;e for 

 the ]on<:j runs- 1115 feet — and one size 

 of jiipe will ]>rove more satisfactory 

 tlian two sizes. The arrangement of the 

 jiijics nuist be determined by the type 

 of tlie beds or l)enches used in tlie house 

 and tlie crojis to be grown. Without 

 sueli ill formation it would be unwise to 

 venture an ujiinion. Your boiler is of 

 ami'le size for tliis house. The only 

 criticism is that the runs are a little 



long for liut water. 



L. C. C. 



THE BUILDING BOOM. 



frobably the extent of the jireseut 

 building boom in the greenhouse business 

 best may bo illustrated by the records of 

 some of" the manufai'turers of greenliouse 

 material. "Figures don't jn-evaricate. " 

 The John C. Moninger Co., Chicago, have 

 for several years j)ublished a statement 

 as to tlie combiiifd 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. JSetweeu .January 1, 

 190G, and May 1 they have milled and 

 shipjied material for a total of 151 green- 

 houses of varying dimensions. 



The builders, number and size of the 

 houses are as follows: 



p<auie. Addross. lluiises. Feet. 



Anker, Wm. J., ILiiiviUe. Ill 1 ISxlOO 



Akers, Andrew, Johustuwn, I'a 1 iius51 



Arp, AUolph, Davenport, lowu 1 0x15 



Ueuson, N. A., Denver, Colo 1 2<ixlJ5 



Bourdet & Uoehr, St. Louis, Mo :> 'Jxluo 



brunsoD, C. L., & Co., Taducab, Ky.. i: 27x110 



Bommersbach, J. N., Decatur, lU :i :i8xl2i> 



Itartlett, A. G., Los Angeles, Cal 1 lOxoO 



Beard Bros., Detroit, Mich ~ 2.Jx50 



Cramer rioral Co., .Salt Lake. Utah.. 1 14x00 



Chappell, J. n.. GarrettsvUle, <) 2 24x100 



Clinton Falls Nur., Owatonna, Minn.. r> 27xlSo 



Dlttmann, Wni., New Castle, Ind 3 ;!0x3;{5 



Ehrhardt, Chas., Park Kidge, 111 2 27x100 



Engel Bros., Itogers I'ark, 111 7 2;{xl00 



lYench Hotel Co., Trench Lick, lud.. 1 22x00 



Keder Hv., Milwaukee, Wis 5 2i)xl00 



Kink," Jos'., & Son, Chicago, 111 1 19x114 



Gentemanu Bros., Quincj, 111 2 22x07 



Gumto, E. J., Pittsburg, I'a 1 2<ixll0 



Hartmann. Geo., Kirkwood. Mo 1 18x120 



Hess & Swoboda, Uuiaha, Neb 2 24x20<i 



j)o 1 <x200 



Hills, K. B., Maywood, 111 ■'! 23xl2t) 



Herman, Oscar, Council BliifTs 2 i;Sx25<) 



l)Q 1 27x250 



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



Jirueger Bros., Toledo, 1 14x:i5 



Katzwinkel, B., Mendota, 111 2 15x100 



Krause. Fred, Peoria, 111 2 17x!)."> 



Kinsman, A. N.. Austin, Minn 1 .■ilxl4S 



Kring Bros., Fairbury, 111 1 21x125 



Lvman, F. O., Lakeside, 111 1 15x22 



Liickiug. E. 11.. Bradford, Pa 1 27x100 



iMTch A. T., A: Co., De Haven, Pa.. 2 21x:«K» 

 Muskogee Cam. Co.. .Muskogee, I. T.. 5 20xl(M> 



Mitchell (iuhses.. .Mit( hell, .S. H 2 lOxlOi) 



.Matthewson, J. L.. .ShelK.ygan. Wis.. 1 25x150 



Do - l»x.-.<) 



MfRevnohls. H. C, Glencoe. Ill 2 li.fxLiO 



Manke, Aug. A; Son. Milwaukee. Wis. 1 21x100 

 .Mitchell. .1. .1., Lake Geneva, Wis... 1 IsxloO 



Mumic lloral Co.. Muiioie, Iii'l 1 27xOn 



.Minnc^ipolis Flo. C<i., MiiiiieMpolis. . , .} ll'ixir.l 

 Muntz. S. F., DubiKiue, Iowa 2 LMxl.O 



D(, t l.'!x7S 



Nagel, V... & S<)!i. Minneapolis 2 17xl(H> 



I'eler.'cn. i:. F.. Denver, Col-> 1 ::><x2<iO 



Potter L iV .'^''•ii, Waukegan, 111..., 1 27xi<) 

 I'alinsky. W. 1... Chicago 1 20x!>.i 



Do 1 '.ixiiO 



P.ters. t-has. .T., Ileiupstead. L. I 2 '2r,\2<>Ci 



I'ili..-- I'raU Flo. Co . C(.l..i:i.|.. Spi,'". I 1^x1 12 

 I'ovlilnianii Br.'S. Co., .Morton (irovc, 



III :• 2.Nt(,. 



Do 2 UVx;}..o 



Do ■■■■ 27xl,'-.0 



P.nt,'.'..v| >-, .\., cii'v.'lniMi. «• 1 21xSS 



Do 1 20x4.-, 



],, 1 15x2.'! 



Itowdoii, Ceo II . W iiUiiiuford. <oiiii.. 1 20x75 

 BicbUiond, II. J. W., 'Icri.' Haute. 



Ind 1 l-'^VV 



Beiss, Kdw., 'lone Hauto, lud 1 Oxl.'^o 



Do ■■ 27x1.50 



Itoethko Floral Co, Sairin.iw, .Mn-h.. . I 2ix.'.00 



Both. H. Lafa.Notle. Iiol 1 2;;\"."2 



Snillh, W. .1.. I'ittslmrt.'. Pa 1 .".Ixl.^ 



Strothenk Wui., Milwaukee, Wi-- 4 20x122 



Do 1 }*^'% 



Swnn Floral Co., Lima. <) 2 211x125 



Schraniin I'.ros. Arlington III^., HI.. 1 2'.txloo 

 Von Boesel.iger, A,. .Mt. rieniens, 



Mi,-) 1 32x100 



Name. .Vddress. Houses. Feet. 



Weisgerber, F. 1!., Chicago. Ill 1 24x00 



Weiland, I'eler, New Castle, Ind :5 2Sx;500 



Do 1 2.8x300 



Weilaiul & Bis-ih, Fvanston. HI 8 27x105 



AWiiuii'inan. C, C., Mexico. .Mo ."> 14x100 



Wietor Bros., High Uidge, 111 2 25x251 



Do :{ 27x251 



Young, John Welsh, Geruiantown, Pa. 1 .'tSxlOO 



Here are ]51 houses, of an average 

 width of twenty-two feet and an aver- 

 age length of 150V1> feet — 151 houses 

 22xl5o\'-2 — 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 I 

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



MAKING A START. 



1 Imve purchased a small piece of land 

 on whicli 1 wish to build a greenhouse. 

 .\ot having enough capital to build it 

 all at present, 1 desire to build in sec- 

 tions, putting up one or two sections now 

 iind a,lding later. I would like very 

 much to get advice from some practical 

 llorists tir mechanics on this subject. At 

 first 1 would wa.nt 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 1 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? I'leasc give me 

 all information possible, as 1 am a young 

 man and wish 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 the 

 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. 



1 am quite certain that the detached 

 liouse 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 suffi- 

 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 cast 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 ot 

 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 liouses we find twenty-one feet 

 a convenient width, allowing three 

 lienches 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 IV2- 

 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. 



IMy 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 



Interior of Ludvig Mosbaek's New Range at Onarga. 



