JANUAKV 17, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



675 



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are two 3-inch flows supplying four 1^- 

 inch returns. The flows were laid side 

 by side on stringers fastened to the legs 

 ot the benches. The returns were fast- 

 ened one over the other to the legs of 

 the benches. Last summer we noticed 

 the benches had settled, so we tore out 

 the arrangement and supported the flows 

 on concrete blocks and the returns on 

 uprights fastened to the blocks. Here 



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 Look it all over carefully, and you 

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is the trouble: Two north side flows 

 are hot from end to end, while the cen- 

 ter flow is hot for ten feet at the boiler 

 end and for forty feet at the farther 

 end, but cold in the center. Of the six 

 returns, two are merely warm, while four 

 are hot at the boiler end. The same is 

 true of the four returns on the south 

 side. The air pipes on each side are 

 open and go out at the ridge, which is 

 ten feet high. The boiler, a No. 7 

 Furman, is rated for double the work it 

 is doing. There is a closed expansion 

 tank in the workshop eight feet above 

 the boiler. G. F. B. 



If I understand the arrangement of 



pipes correctly you have a much greater 

 capacity in the flow than in the returns, 

 which is exactly the reverse of what it 

 should be. It is probable that the lack 

 of heat in the risers is due to impeded 

 flow in the returns, because of the great 

 friction, the result of their small size 

 and the consequent throttling of the flow 

 of water in the risers. Then, too, the 

 pipe which does not heat well may have 

 a kink in it which causes an impaired 

 flow. Look carefully to the alignment 

 of the pipes and see that they are free 

 from kinks and have a uniform grade. 

 Tap a small airvalve into the dead pipe 

 and open it as a test for air from time 

 to time, if adjusting the alignment does 

 not remedy the difiieulty. L. C. C. 



BLOOMINGTON, ILL. 



A year ago the florists of Illinois, un- 

 der the impression that they should be 

 awake to the modern spirit of progress 

 and have a state association, called a 

 meeting which was held in Peoria, where 

 many men who were representatives in the 

 culture of flowers over the state assem- 

 bled and the Illinois Florists' Association 

 sprang into being. A. I. Knowles, Frank 

 Washburn, Arthur J. Graves, of this city, 

 and J. W. Adams, of Normal, were there 

 and believing that this city would be an 

 ideal place for its second meeting urged 

 upon the new organization to meet in 

 this city next year. They presented their 

 cause so well that in spite of several 

 other invitations theirs was accepted. 



After the delegates returned to this 

 city they called a meeting of the local 

 florists and nurserymen and formed the 

 Florists' Club of this city with A. I. 

 Knowles president. This organization 

 will have charge of the annual conven- 

 tion which will be held here February 

 18 and 19. The Illinois hotel will be 

 headquarters. The Business Men's Asso- 

 ciation will provide the convention hall 

 for the meeting at some central point in 

 the city near the hotel. 



A big banquet will be given at the 

 Illinois hotel on the night of ± ebruary 19 

 and visits will be arranged to the green- 

 houses about the city. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, is 

 president of the state association. 



LowviLLE, Kt.— F. B. Pfister will, in 

 the spring, build another greenhouse 22x 

 100, for carnations. 



The Review will send Herrington's 

 Chrysanthemum Book, with complete 

 cultural details, on receipt of 50 cents. 



