2036 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May It), I'.tO". 



Greenhouse Dealing. 



INSUFFICIENT RADIATION. 



1 liave two iiMiallt'l f:;r(>riiliouses, heated 

 witli hot water. Tliey liave 4-i'oot -walls 

 .till! iiu'asure trii Iret to the ridi^c. They 

 aic (loiilih> lioardcd with iiiatclied lumber, 

 with two tiiickiicsscs of tar pai>(M' be- 

 iwei'M. Ill ]l<»usc .\o. 1, which is ]()xGO 

 iVet, the main Icaxcs tiie boiler iu a 

 ;■>' ^.-iiich pipe and then divides into two 

 Ll'j-iiuli Hows, ♦■ach uf which feeds live 

 i'-iiic)i ret urn pi|(cs. House No. 2 is 

 Mix.*);', fret. Willi .-111 ell l.'x:?0 at the far 

 fUil. In this house the ;'i'oinch main, 

 after le;niiiy llie boiler, is (iivi(le<l int() 

 Two niiich flow pipes, each feeding live 

 J inch returns. Ail jiipes ha\(; an up and 

 down grade of one inch to ten feet, and 

 have a direi-t drop df twenty inches 

 where they enter the lioiler. All Hows 

 are overhead. 1 ha\e in use a Xo. Gl'-4 

 Hunihain hot-water boiler, with six sec- 

 lions and a grate surface 24x30 inches. 

 I burn soft coal. House No. L' has glass 

 in th(^ gables. 1 wish to maintain a tein- 

 jier.-ituie ot' .1,") to (iO di'grees. is the 

 lioiler larye enough to do this without 

 forcing it? 



The dimensions as you have recorded 

 them are not suilicient to enable me to 

 ;^i\e an accur.-ite estimate of your jdant. 

 It is evident, liowever, that the )ii])ing 

 is insufhcient to maintain even a tem- 

 ]ierature of (j() degrees. The radiation 

 sliouhl be 1,000 square feet for a tem- 

 perature of <)0 degrees, and it is evident 

 that there is less than !)(»0 square feet 

 I if radiation in the houses. If your boiler 

 has a rated capacity of 1,500 square feet 

 it is large enough to handle the plant 

 witiiout forcing. L. C. C. 



WRONG INSTALLATION. 



I have .•ill east and west greenhouse, 

 11x40 feet, heated l)y a Wilks hot water 

 iieater. There are three benches, with 

 tiiiee Po-iiich How ]dpes under each side 

 beiii-ii and four under tiie middh> bench, 

 riieii' is one lij-indi return ]'ij>e under 

 e.nh bench. 'J"he bidler is about two 

 feet lower than the pipes, which grjjd- 

 iiiiily rise about fifteen inches. The ex- 

 pan-ion tank is at the higliest point. 

 This arrangement did not ]>rove entirely 

 vat isfaetory. It was hard work- to keej) 

 I lie hoat up on exti-emely cold or windy 

 day>. ^Vh.•lt (diange Avoiild you suggest, 

 using the li^>-inch jiijie? J am planning 

 III build a 10-foot lean-lo and wish to 

 use 4-in(di Jiipe. How sliouhl it be ar- 

 ranged.' K. \V. O. 



If T read the description of your heat- 

 iiil; plant correctly, it is little wondf'r 

 Mill have difliculty in maintaining lieat 

 III the house. It is installed wrong end 

 'ii; tluif is. you have loo many How pijies 

 .iiid tun few and loo small returns. If 

 \.iii will rearrange tiie heating plant by 

 ■ ai lying one I'-inch jdpe 1'rom the boiler 

 iiiidei' the ri<lgr to the far end of the 

 III. use, there divide it to supply three 



• lil'- of l^l.-inch ]ii|)e of four pipes each 

 under each of the three benches, ana 

 ilieii reunite these near the boiler into a 

 iiiinnion 2-iii(di r(>1urn. you will lia\e the 

 plant right en<l to and suilicient for a 

 t'lnperature of (50 degrees. Connect the 



• xpansion tank by a -yi-incdi pifie to the 

 main return within a foot of the boiler 

 'I III I i-arry it six to ten I'eet above the 



We have a largre lot of choice 4-lnch Boiler tubes (second-hand) which we 



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CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Wrought Iron Pipe 

 Cast-iron Fittings 

 Valves, Pumps 

 Steam Traps 



and everything: used in a Steam Plant 



A majority of the Houses are changing 

 from water to steam. The only pipe to use 

 is the genuine Wroueht Iron and "Byers" 

 is the best made. Write Us fob Prices. 



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GEORGE REINBERO 



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liiylicst jKiiiit ill till' lirritiiifj svstoin, rind 

 imti' ri'sults. L. < '. C 



PIPING FOR CARNATIONS. 



I liMvi^ n <irornlinuso r.nx44 fret, ten 

 I feet til the ridfio, witii Ti-foot walls of 

 douMr. slii|.-l!i|) sidinif ; no glaf^s in sides. 

 : I li;i\<' line :.'-in(h tlow pipe and ten 1- 

 i iiicli ntiiriis til the furnace, -with iseven- 

 I \y frit ni roil ill tlie furnace to heat the 

 , water, and a Id-iiuli flue direct from 

 till' fiiniace to the far end of the house 

 and out. Xow. I TNould like to take out 

 tlie tine. Tlow much more 1-inch pipe 

 will I iiccil to iieat the building for 

 caniatiiiiis. yeianiunis, etc.. and how 

 many llnws of 2 iiidi pipe Avill T need? 

 I liave lieated the Imildinfj for ten years 

 witli llie flue and ten 1-incli jiipes, but 

 I want to i^row carnatimis on a bench 

 iiM'r the fliif and tliat would make the 



THE POINTS 

 OF SUPERIORITY 



in Florence Heaters 



are too numerous to mention 

 in this limited space. 



BRIEFLY WE WILL 

 MENTION HERE. 



80 per cent Direct Fire Surtace 



AND 



ability to BURN ANY FUEL 



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 CHICAGO SALES DEPARTMENT 

 LOCATED AT 



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Mont ion llie Ueview wlipii yon write. 



hinili tiKi warm. ( )r, \Mmld tiainations 

 <fro\\ I'll a licmdi ovrr tin- line if the 

 bottiiiii iif till' liem-li wrri' a foot or fif- 

 teen iiiidifs tiniu the tlue.' I am my 

 nwii fiti'maii and i-au wati'h ■ln'^olv. 1 



