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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



December 6, 1906. 



Greenhouse Deating. 



RADIATION. 



W'c li;i\(' ill view a horizontal steam 

 lioilcr witii iliiiu'iisioiis as follows: 

 J.cii<;lli, srxcii ;iinl oiu'-liall' I'cet ; diaine- 

 ter, tliiity iiiclics; twenty-four o-inch 

 tines; yrate surfaee, oOx-K) inches. JIow 

 iiiaiiv feet of radiation will it i-aie fori' 



n. 6c c. 



'J'he lioiler in question, if set nnd used 

 as a return tubular boiler, will have a 

 capacity 1o care for about ],<)()U s(]uare 

 feet of i;idiatii)ii. J.. ('. C. 



ea(di o5.\].jU, jsitle 

 an using ."t-ineh 



BIG TUBES. 



I lia\e a boilei- 4x1. S with luebe O-inch 

 tubes. Will tiii-re be any economy in 

 usin^r this style boiler for heating greeii- 

 liouses, either with steam or liot water.' 

 How many s(|uare feet of radiation will 

 this boiler heat for zero weather or lU 

 degrees iiclow zero.' ilow many runs 

 of I'-iiich pipe should 1 use on the side 

 walls of three or four connected eveu- 

 si>aii greenhou.'^es, 

 walls five feet high .' 1 

 ami :;' o-inch llow-i)ipe. Which system 

 is better. Ihc gra\itv or pressure.' 



W. K. B. 



While 1 have had no experience with 

 a boilei- of this tyjie, it is the pattern 

 quite exteiisi\cly used on river boats and 

 in mills where wood find is employed. 1 

 am inclined to believe it would prove sat- 

 isfjictory for eitlwr steam or hot water, 

 jierhaps better for hot water than for 

 steam. The iioiler in (piestion should 

 cany .-ibout l',(""J .s(juare feet of radia- 

 tion. The houses in (question, ."i.jxljU 

 feet, should e;ich have .seventeen runs of 

 L'-inch jiijie if hot water is used at ISU 

 degrees. I"<u- such a ])lant on a liot- 

 Avater b;isi'< I sliould not trust anything 

 but .•! pr«ssuic sy.stein, luul even then a 

 cii'Mihil iiiii |Miinp m;i\' pro\(> necessary. 



L. c. r. 



BUFFALO. 



A Good Thanksgiving. 



Thanksgiving, tluit uni<iue American 

 holiday, is past once more and never to 

 our recollection were we favored with 

 more beautiful weather; snushine from 

 early morn until our globe turned too 

 far east to see the obi gentleman, the 

 father and iiourisher of all life. The 

 (jueen of autumn was in good demand 

 and those who had an abundance of line 

 llowers reaped a liberal harvest. Some 

 of us were well supplied with good car- 

 nations and they found a ready sale 

 with peojile who preferred (juality to 

 bulk. As usual, the sweet Viola ordorata 

 was in great demand, and why not? The 

 iove-sick swain will not consider cost 

 when the tender passion disturbs his 

 nianiy breast. Koses were in good sup- 

 ply. As the season advances Kichmond 

 is winning favor. It has to be cut clo.se, 

 but how lovely it grows, even to the 

 third and fourth day. Wo never had a 

 better Thanksgiving. I hope that a year 

 hence we shall have as good cause to 

 return thanks. 



At Sooth Park. 



We journeyed out to the botanic gar- 

 dens a few days ago. Unfortunately 

 Prof, t'owell had not returned from his 

 duties as judge at Chicago's great tlower 



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sliow; still we enjoved the visit greatly. 

 We were in tlie eoiiipany of young 

 (leorge K. McClure, ami when Tom 

 J-'itzgerald, Mr. (Owell "s superiiiteiident 

 of the conservatory, joined us there wa.s 

 .such n buzzing of botanical names of 

 orchids, eycad.s and other genera that I 

 succumbed and was carri(>d to the near- 

 est drug store, where they gave me a 

 decoction of bromo seltzer, although 1 

 had asked for an extract of bromeliacea. 

 This botanic garden is jioorly supported 

 by our city fathers, yet it is one of the 

 finest ranges of glass in the country and 

 contain.s a splendid collection of eco- 

 nomic plants as well a.s .^howy and orna- 

 mental j)Iants. With the funds at his 

 eoinmand Mr. Cowell has done wonders. 

 The chrysanthenuun exhibition was 

 lieautiful as well as instructive and 

 attracted large crowds of visitors, as 

 most free shows do. Botanic gardens 

 were not instituted for amusement. They 

 are for studv and instruction, vet here 



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is 1o be found plenty to ] (lease the eye 

 alone, as well as the student who wishes 

 to become familiar with the vegetable 

 kingdom, be it a native oak, a humble 

 campanula, or a nepenthes of Sumatra. 



W. S. 



P^NfLOSEl) find check for $1 for the 

 Kf.view for another year. It is essential 

 I should have it. — (JEORciE Smith, Man- 

 chester, Vt. 



Handoi.I'H, Vt. — H. M. Totman was at 

 Burlington yesterday to read a paper, 

 "The Carnation, and How I (Jrow It," 

 before the Vermont State Horticultural 

 Societv. 



