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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBBB 25, 1906. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



A CHICAGO SHOW HOUSE.irr:! 



I have a new greenhouse 12x15 and 

 ten feet to the ridge, used as a show 

 house adjoining my store. The side 

 walls are eight feet high, half double- 

 boarded and half glass. The house is 

 protected on three sides but open to the 

 north winds and does not receive much 

 of the sun. In Chicago climate how 

 many feet of 2-inch cast-iron pipe will 

 I need to maintain a temperature with 

 hot water suitable for a miscellaneous 

 collection of plants? B. A. 



The house in question, 12x15, and ten 

 feet to the ridge, can be heated suf- 

 ficiently for mixed stock by installing 

 200 feet of 2-inch pipe. You speak of 

 cast-iron pipe. Why use cast-iron pipe 

 when malleable pipe can be had for less 

 cost and more economically installed? 

 The cast pipe is probably a little more 

 durable, but the malleable pipe should 

 last as long as the house will stand. 



L. C C 



PIPING FOR A GREENHOUSE. 



I have a greenhouse, 25x190, for car- 

 nations. The boiler-room is sixty feet 

 from the front, on the north side of the 

 greenhouse. Can you tell me the size 

 of boiler necessary, and how to pipe it 

 with 4-inch pipe? E. R. T. 



The carnation house, 25x190, should 

 have the piping arranged to make the 

 shortest possible loop from the boiler to 

 the end of the house and return. With 

 the boiler located as it is, it is neces- 

 sary to arrange the piping practically 

 the same as would be necessary in pip- 

 ing two independent houses; the east 

 end should have its radiation independ- 

 ent of the west end. The entire plant 

 should contain about 1,500 lineal feet 

 of pipe, distributed to make eight com- 

 plete lengths of pipe as long as the 

 house itself. The boiler used should not 

 have a rated capacity for less than 2,000 

 lineal feet of 4-inch pipe, or be rated 

 to carry 2,000 square feet of radiation. 



L. C. C. 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



Despite the fact that there was a 

 lull in business, stock kept moving at 

 the commission houses until the latter 

 part of the week. The demand for 

 roses has somewhat subsided, prices 

 ranging from $3 to $8 per hundred. 

 Some fine La Detroit coming in from 

 Mt. Clemens meet with ready sale. 



Mums move well. Large quantities of 

 white are sold daily, prices remaining 

 from $1 to $2 per dozen. Carnations, 

 especially light pink and white, meet 

 with big demand; in fact, of the light 

 colors, there are hardly enough to go 

 around. 



Smilax has been a scarce article. 



Qub Meeting. 



An exceptionally well attended meet- 

 ing of the Detroit Florists' Club was 

 held in the new headquarters Wednes- 

 day evening, October 17. J. F. Sullivan 

 gave an interesting talk on his recent 

 eastern trip, dwelling mostly upon his 

 visit to the violet district, at Ehinebeck. 

 Everyone, from the full-fledged grower 



WILES GREENOOUSE HEATHtS 



The Wilks Greenhouse Heaters 

 are all Steel Self-Feeders. 

 Will run 16 hoars at a time 

 v^ithout attention. 



HO HI6HT FIREMAN REQUIRED 



Can be used with either 

 HARD OR SOrr COAL. 



BZVD FOB OUS SBW OATA^OOVB. 



s. wilkFmfg. CO. 



35th and Shields Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Mptitlon Thp Uerlew when yon write. 



THREE 



SUPERIOR 



BOILERS 



New, steel, each built to heat 11,000 

 feet of 4-inch pipe. 



READY FOR SHIPMENT 



SUPERIOR MACHINE 

 A BOILER WORKS 



127-133 West Superior St 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



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to blacksmith and stagedriver, seems to 

 be in the violet raising business, but 

 why they grow so readily in that dis- 

 trict, no one seems to know. 



A most complete paper on ornamental 

 trees and shrubs was read by Harry 

 Hunter, forester in the city parks. Mr. 

 Hunter was unanimously elected a mem- 

 ber of the club. John Hall, also em- 

 ployed in the city parks, was proposed 

 for membership. 



It was thought too early in the season 

 to hold a chrysanthemum show Novem- 

 ber 7, according to the program. 



Mr. Sullivan is expected to read his 

 paper on "Why Members Should At- 

 tend Meetings" on the night of Novem- 

 ber 7. 



Various Notes. 



Gus Knoch has been awarded a judg- 

 ment for $800 against the Detroit Gas 

 & Light Co. Mr. Knoch has gone quite 

 extensively into growing water hya- 

 cinths, and gas escaping from the mains 

 is blamed for the loss of many thou- 

 sands of plants. 



A recent visit to Beard Bros.' green- 

 houses proved interesting. A large va- 

 riety of carnations is grown, among 

 them such as M. A. Patten, Queen, The 



FLORSNCK HBATXRS 



OUT8IDK Ain>IN8IDB 



COLUMBIA HEATING CO., Belvidere, III. 



Sftlei D«pt.. 86 Dearborn St., CHICAGO 



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High'firade Boilers 



S&S^. For GREENHOUSES 



STEAM and HOTWATCR 



GIBLIN&CO.,Utica,N.Y. 



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Belle, Red La-^on, Candance, and other 

 popular sorts. Mr. Beard also grows 

 a large number of Boston ferns, small 

 ferns. Asparagus plumosus strings, and 



