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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBBB 18, 1906. 



€reenlioiise Heating. 



A COIL HEATER. 



I am building a coil heater out of 

 1%-inch pipe, using 480 feet. Each coil 

 will be thirty inches wide and ten feet 

 six inches long. There will be four of 

 them. What size should the firebox be in 

 height, width and length to successfully 

 heat it? I am putting the coils in the 

 furnace double deck; i. e., two coils be- 

 low a partition of boiler iron and two 

 •coils above. What size and height 

 should the smokestack be? I have con- 

 siderable 6-inch sheet-iron pipe. Would 

 three lengths be enough? A. L. H. 



The heater in question should have a 

 firebox two and one-half feet wide, this 

 being the width of the coils, and three 

 feet in length. This gives a little more 

 grate area than is absolutely necessary 

 to heat the amount of exposed surface, 

 but the large area will permit the use 

 of a less intense fire. A smokestack 

 twelve inches in diameter should be 

 large enough for this furnace. How suc- 

 cessfully you can adapt the pipe you 

 have to it I can not say, but if it is used, 

 three pipes connected to the heater should 

 .be sufficient. L. C. C. 



RESIDENCE AND GREENHOUSE. 



We want to heat our residence from 

 the furnace in the greenhouse. The dis- 

 tance is forty-five feet. We have a rise 

 -of one inch in six feet. Can we put the 

 expansion tank at the highest point in 

 the residence, with aircocks at the high- 

 est point in the greenhouse? It will re- 

 quire a rise of twelve feet above the 

 flow pipe in the greenhouse. Can we 

 make it work? We have been using a 

 No. 186 Ideal hot water boiler in the 

 residence and the same kind in the 

 greenhouse. We are now putting in a 

 No. 3 Kroeschell hot water boiler of 

 9,000 feet rated capacity. Our residence 

 has nine rooms, and we have 2,500 feet 

 ■of glass in the greenhouse. How large 

 will the expansion tank need to be? 



There should be no difficulty in heat- 

 ing the residence and the greenhouses 

 from the same boiler. It is advisable, 

 "however, to carry an independent flow 

 and return pipe from the boiler for 

 each system; i. e., make the house-heat- 

 ing system entirely separate from the 

 greenhouse plant, except that a common 

 boiler is used for both. The expansion 

 tank can be located on the main return 

 from the dwelling and placed in the at- 

 tic or any other convenient place where 

 an overflow can be provided. A 50- 

 gallon tank should be ample. Provide 

 aircocks on every register and at all high 

 points in the greenhouse system. 



L. C. C. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



The Market 



Our first frost was October 10 and 

 with the freeze we had our first snow. 

 Trade is increasing, and the craft agree 

 that it is much ahead of a year ago at 

 this time. The colder weather has 

 helped the first sales of chrysanthemums, 

 there being quite a good demand for 

 Monrovia, Polly Rose, and Glory of Pa- 

 cific. As soon as we obtain a better 

 grade of carnations from the growers it 



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will be easy to raise retail prices to the 

 regular winter basis of $1 a dozen for 

 good Enchantress. 



Roses are good and, as always, are 

 the backbone of the market. Violets 

 are not yet of the best color and go 

 slowly. Funeral work is of large pro- 

 portions, as it has been right along. 



Varioua Notes. 



October 9 our club held its first meet- 

 ing of the month. President Stephens 



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was in the chair and, in the absence of 

 the secretary, M. B. Faxon looked after 

 the records. P. F. Hemer, with the 

 Fifth Avenue Floral Co., was elected an 

 active member. Mr. Curry, our vice- 



