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The Weekly Horists' Review. 



May 28, 1907. 



fireeohoiise Heating. 



STEAM FOR FIVE HOUSES. 



I am planning the erection of a block 

 of five parallel greenhouses and desire 

 some information regarding them. 

 Houses No. 1 and No. 2, each 25x132 

 feet, are intended for carnation houses 

 and will require a night temperature of 

 55 degrees. Houses No. 3 and No. 4, 

 each 15x132 feet, are for roses and 

 should have a temperatxire of 60 degrees. 

 House No. 5 is 9x132 feet and is for 

 miscellaneous stock, requiring a tempera- 

 ture of 55 degrees. The houses will run 

 east and west, with a glass gable in the 

 west end. The boiler will be under the 

 shed at the east end. How should each 

 be piped for steam and what horse- 

 power of horizontal tubular boiler would 

 be requireuf Would this plan be satis- 

 factory or would it be better to run the 

 houses north and south, with the shed 

 at the north end? I expect to get water 

 from a spring-pond and should like to 

 get your advice as to the water plant. 

 What can I do to avoid a boiler pit? 



J. H. C. 



In reply to your query regarding the 

 direction and piping of your houses, will 

 say my personal preference with even- 

 span houses is that they run north and 

 south, with the work-room and heating 

 plant at the north end. 



Houses No. 1 and No. 2 should each 

 be provided with a S-inch flow under the 

 ridge and fourteen IVi-inch returns the 

 length of the house. Houses No. 3 and 

 No. 4 should each be provided 

 with a 214-inch flow under the 

 ridge and ten l^/i-inch returns, while 

 house No. 5 should have a 2-inch riser 

 under the ridge and seven 1^-inch re- 

 turns. 



By installing a return steam trap you 

 can arrange the boiler on the level 01 

 the greenhouses. This will require the 

 overhead risers as suggested, and all 

 the water of condensation will be re- 

 turned into a hot well, from which it 

 can be lifted to the boiler by the steam 

 trap. The water plant can be arranged 

 by use of a ram, windmill or power 

 pump driven by motor, gas engine or 

 steam engine. I am inclined to believe 

 that either gasoline or steam power will 

 be most satisfactory. The water would 

 be delivered direct to mains or into an 

 elevated storage tank as desired. 



If you use a gravity system, the water 

 level in the boiler should be at leasl 

 two feet below the level of the lowest 

 radiating pipes in the houses; more 

 would be better. The boilers should have 

 a rated capacity to carry 4,000 square 

 feet of radiation or more. One return 

 tubular boiler, rated at forty horse- 

 power, should be sufficient to heat this 

 plant. L- ('. C. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The market is stil overcrowded with 

 stock of all kinds and business at the 

 stores is reported as dull. The only 

 business that is going on, to amount to 

 anything, is in the line of funeral or- 

 ders; there were quite a few of them 

 last week. The planting season has at 

 last begun and this branch of our busi- 

 ness is active. Prices at the wholesale 



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W« luiv* a UkXf lot of ohoice 4-inoli Boilor tnbta (■•ooad-hand) whioh wo 



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houses suffered again last week. Every- 

 thing was cheap. Much more stock is 

 coming in than the local or shipping, 

 trade can use up. The complaint seems 

 general, so we nuist have our share of it. 



Roses in all grades were almost given 

 away. Most of the great lot of fancy 

 long Beauties went to waste for want of 

 demand. The same can be said of Bride, 

 Richmond. Maid, Perle, Killarney, Car- 

 not and Cliatenay. Carnations suffered 

 also in the low prices. These are again 

 plentiful. White sold well last week, but 

 the colored stock went fast asleep. En- 

 chantress, too, sold well when extra 

 fancy. 



Peonies in pink, white and red are 

 selling well. Valley is dragging; so are 

 callas and Harrisii. All outdoor stock is 

 bringing little, if anything. The mar- 

 ket is short of good ferns. Other greens 

 are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Swan Peterson, of Gibson City, 111., is 

 sending in a fine lot of carnations. The 



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BETTER BE SAFE 

 THAN SORRY 



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new white seedling is making good with 

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The Foster Floral Co. has not as yet 

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